Chapter 6 Changing the Multipath Configuration (iSCSI Connection for RHEL5, SLES9, or SLES10)
6.7 Path Addition and Reduction (NIC Addition and Reduction)
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Path Addition and Reduction (NIC Addition and Reduction)
This section describes how to increase paths by adding NICs, and decrease paths by removing NICs.
Adding and reducing NICs without server rebooting (PCI Hot Plug) is only supported for PRIMEQUEST servers.
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For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Adding and reducing NICs without server rebooting (PCI Hot Plug) is not supported.
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For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Adding and reducing NICs without server rebooting is the same procedure as adding and reducing cables
without server rebooting. Add or reduce NICs at the same time that cables are being added or reduced. For
details on this procedure, refer to the PRIMEQUEST manual.
Adding and reducing NICs with server rebooting is the same procedure as adding and reducing cables with
server rebooting. Add or reduce NICs at the same time that cables are being added or reduced.