Configuring
and
Deconfiguring
SCSI
Hot-Swap
Disk
Drives
Attention:
The
Linux
operating
system
does
not
support
some
hot-pluggable
procedures.
Also,
Linux
does
not
support
hot-plugging
any
hot-pluggable
PCI
adapters
or
devices.
The
system
with
Linux
installed
on
one
or
more
partitions
must
be
shutdown
and
powered
off
before
replacing
any
PCI
adapter
or
device
assigned
to
a
Linux
partition.
Please
follow
the
non-hot-pluggable
adapter
or
device
procedures
when
replacing
a
PCI
adapter
or
device
in
any
partition
with
Linux
installed.
To
configure
or
deconfigure
a
drive,
use
the
following
procedures:
Configuring
Drives
1.
Log
in
as
root
user.
2.
At
the
command
line,
type
smitty
.
3.
Select
System
Storage
Management
(Physical
and
Logical
Storage)
and
press
Enter.
4.
Select
Logical
Volume
Manager
and
press
Enter.
5.
Select
Volume
Groups
and
press
Enter.
6.
Select
Set
Characteristics
of
a
Volume
Group
and
press
Enter.
7.
Select
Add
a
Physical
Volume
to
a
Volume
Group
.
8.
Fill
in
the
fields
for
the
drive
you
are
adding
to
the
system.
Press
F4
for
a
list
of
selections.
Documentation
for
the
AIX
operating
system
is
available
from
the
IBM
Eserver
pSeries
Information
Center
at
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base.
Select
AIX
documentation
.
The
AIX
Documentation
CD
contains
the
base
set
of
publications
for
the
operating
system,
including
system-management
and
end-user
documentation.
9.
Press
F10
to
exit
smitty.
Deconfiguring
Drives
1.
Log
in
as
root
user.
2.
At
the
command
line,
type
smitty
.
3.
Select
System
Storage
Manager
(Physical
and
Logical
Storage)
and
press
Enter.
4.
Select
Logical
Volume
Manager
and
press
Enter.
5.
Select
Volume
Groups
and
press
Enter.
6.
Select
Set
Characteristics
of
a
Volume
Group
.
and
press
Enter.
7.
Select
Remove
a
Physical
Volume
from
a
Volume
Group
.
8.
Press
F4
to
list
the
available
volume
groups,
then
select
the
volume
group
name
and
press
Enter.
9.
Press
F4
to
select
a
physical
volume
and
follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen
to
select
the
physical
volume.
Press
Enter.
10.
Return
to
the
procedure
that
directed
you
here.
Chapter
5.
Installing
Options
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