Sun Microsystems 3U manual Installing the Adapter, To Prepare the System for Hot Installation

commands during the installation. For example, if you were installing the adapter in a server set to basic hot swap mode, you might use the cfgadm command to identify and attach the adapter during the installation.

Installing the Adapter

This section contains the procedures required for installing the card in the server.

Note –This section provides a general overview of the tasks needed to prepare for either a hot or cold installation. For the exact procedures required for your system, refer to the documentation that shipped with your system.

▼To Prepare the System for Hot Installation

●Follow the appropriate procedures, as documented in the system’s documentation, to prepare the system for a hot installation of the adapter.

Refer to the system’s documentation for the complete hot swap instructions.

1.Boot the Solaris operating environment with a special operating system kernel. At the ok prompt, type:

ok boot disk_pathname/sparcv9/unix

2.Start cPCI hot swap.

%drvconfig -i sghsc

3.Type the following command:

%cfgadm pci

Confirm that the intended slot can be identified as unconfigured on the list.

14 SunATM 3U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • February 2001