If the system is partitioned, see Installing new hardware
for i5/OS® logical
partitions before installing a new PCI adapter and then return here
to continue the procedure.
If your system is managed by the Hardware
Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to complete the steps for installing
a PCI adapter. For instructions, see Install a feature using the Hardware Management Console.
Important: - If you are removing, installing
or replacing a PCI-X double-wide, quad-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID
controller, review the Concurrent maintenance procedure in the PCI-X double-wide, quad-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID
Controller (FC 5739, 5778, 5781, 5782; CCIN 571F, 575B) topic,
before proceeding with the instructions provided here.
- If
you are removing, installing or replacing a PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB cache
SAS RAID Adapter, review the Concurrent maintenance procedure in the PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB cache SAS RAID Adapter topic,
before proceeding with the instructions provided here.
- If you are exchanging a 2766, 2787, or 280E Fibre
Channel IOA, the external storage subsystem must be updated to use
the world-wide port name of the new 2766, 2787, or 280E IOA. For instructions,
see Updating the worldwide port name for a new 2766, 2787, or 280E IOA.
- If you are replacing a 2748, 2757, 2763, 2767, 2778,
2780, 2782, 5702, 5703, 5709, or 570B storage
IOA, take note of the following: Depending on the configuration of
the system, the storage IOA cache may have been disabled to allow
the attachment of OEM storage that emulates a load source drive.
If you are replacing a storage IOA that has its cache disabled, configure
the replacement IOA the same way as the IOA that you removed. If
you remove hardware from the replacement IOA, return that hardware
with the failed IOA.
To install a PCI adapter
with the system power on in i5/OS,
do the following: