OCPRF100 MP Server System Technical Product Specification

Revision 1.0

•Receives user input and sends requests to the service layer

•Displays the status of the PCI slot

•Provides user with access to PHP functions that may be available through multiple inter- faces

Hot-plug Service

•Provides communication between the user interface and the hot-plug controller driver and is responsible for configuring, loading, and unloading the adapter driver component

•Puts the system into a quiescent state through the hot-plug adapter card by making stan- dard system calls

•Provides communication to the hot-plug controller

•Reports status to the hot-plug user interface

Hot-plug Driver

•Communicates a hot-plug request from the system’s service layer

•Provides a software bridge to the PCI hot-plug hardware

•Drives the hot-plug controller

BIOS

•Supplies initialization of the hot-plug hardware components

•Provides DIMM ID monitoring and presence detection

•Provides Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) table generation

Adapter Drivers

•For Windows NT* 4.0, changes need to be made to standard miniport drivers.

•For SCO* UnixWare* Version 7.01, the driver must be DDI-8 compliant.

•For Novell* NetWare* Version 5.0, the driver must comply with the NWPA 2.32 or ODI 3.31 specifications.

3.3.3.4PCI Hot Plug Mechanical Implementation

. The mechanical retention solution includes the following items:

•LED PC board

•Cable between LED board and the I/O carrier baseboard

•Rocker mechanism

•Plastic card guide/retention mechanism to secure the rear of each installed PCI card

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