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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