Accessing the hot-plug management functions

Find information about how to use the hot-plug manager to service adapters with the system power turned on in AIX®.

About this task

Note: Procedures that are completed with the system power turned on also known as hot-plug procedures. The hot-plug procedure for an adapter in an AIX system requires the system administrator to take the adapter offline before starting the procedure. Before taking an adapter offline, the devices attached to the adapter must be taken offline as well. This action prevents a service representative or user from causing an unexpected outage for system users.

To access the hot-plug menus, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Log in as root user.
  2. At the command line, type smitty.
  3. Select Devices.
  4. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager and press Enter.

    The PCI Hot-Plug Manager menu displays.

    For details about the menu options in the PCI Hot-Plug Manager screen, see PCI hot-plug manager menu.

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