Magma EB2R user manual Slot, Procedure for hot-un-plugging a PCIe plug in card

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For this feature to work, you need to install the Magma software driver. See Chapter 6 for instructions on how to download the latest software for your system, should you require this feature.

Each of the PCIe slots is controlled by a Hotplug Button as seen below:

SLOT 2 SLOT 1

Simply press the button corresponding to the slot you wish to “power- down.” The power will now be removed from that slot so that the card can be replaced. All other PCIe cards remain fully functional, as they are independent of this slot. Below is the outlined procedure step-by- step:

Procedure for hot-un-plugging a PCIe plug in card:

1.Given a stable Windows-based system booted with the Magma chassis, an applet on the right hand side of the start menu bar should appear depicting a card with a green arrow above it.

Double click on the applet.

2.A dialog should appear with the title “Safely Remove Hardware” in the dialog will be a list of devices that may be removed from the system. Within this list will be the cards currently plugged into the chassis.

Select a device and click on the “Properties button”.

3.If the device is currently in the Magma chassis, the location will show “Magma chassis x slot y”. Where x identifies the physical chassis and y identifies the slot the device is plugged into.

After verifying that this is the device to be removed, click

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