ADLINK Technology AdvancedMC AMC-8100, User Manual

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Installation 5
AMC-8100
Understanding Hot Swap
Your AMC-8100 is electrically designed for hot swap within a fully
powered chassis. To facilitate hot swap, there is a blue LED on
the front faceplate. This LED is under software control.
If your system is using software that provides full hot swap capa-
bilities, the software will illuminate the blue hot swap LED on the
AMC faceplate when software has stopped and it is safe to
remove the AMC module.
If your system does not have hot-swap aware software running,
behavior of the blue LED is indeterminate. In this case, you may
need to manually shut down applications or operating systems run-
ning on the board prior to board removal, even if the blue LED is lit.
Powering down or removing a board before the operating system
or other software running on the board has been properly shut
down may cause corruption of data or file systems.
2.3 Verify Slot Usage
2.4 Module Hot Swap
This section describes a recommended procedure for installing a
board module in a chassis. The AMC-8100 module has a latching
mechanism. The Latch Mechanism includes the module handle
with an integrated multi-position shaft and micro-switch.
The module handle is held in place by the faceplate, while the
micro-switch is mounted on the module printed circuit board. The
module handle is used to activate the micro-switch, which allows
for Hot Swap switch as well as for extracting the module out of the
connector and the AMC bay.
CAUTION:
Prevent possible damage to module components by verifying
the proper slot usage for your configuration. In most cases,
electronic keying (E-keying) will prevent powering on of a
board installed in an incompatible slot. However, as an extra
precaution, you should be familiar with the slot purpose.