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2. Remove the two thumbscrews, and remove the top cover from the drawer.
3. Determine the slot from which you are removing the adapter.
4. Ensure that any processes or applications that might use the adapter are stopped.
Note: Removing a hot-pluggable PCI adapter requires the system administrator to
take the PCI adapter offline before performing any PCI adapter hot-plug
procedures. 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.
For additional information about taking an adapter offline or removing it from
the system configuration, see the
AIX System Management Guide:
Operating System and Devices. This publication is available at the following
Web address: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/library/. Select Technical
Publications. AIX documentation is also located on the
AIX Documentation
CD. The documentation information is made accessible by loading the
documentation CD onto the hard disk or by mounting the CD in the
CD-ROM drive.
5. Refer to “PCI Hot-Plug Manager Access” on page 37, and follow the steps in the
access procedure to select PCI Hot Plug Manager. Then return here to continue.
6. Select Unconfigure a Device, and then press Enter.
7. Press F4 to display the Device Names menu.
8. Select the adapter you are removing from the menu.
9. If you are replacing an adapter with an identical one, answer YES to Keep
Definition. If you are removing an adapter permanently, use the Tab key to
answer NO to Keep Definition. Press Enter.
10. The ARE YOU SURE screen displays. Press Enter to verify the information.
11. Press F3 to return to the PCI Hot-Plug Manager.
12. Select Replace/Remove a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter and press Enter. The
Replace/Remove a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter menu displays.
13. Move the cursor to select the adapter that you are removing and press Enter. (The
description entry displays as
unknown
).
14. Press the Tab key until the entry field displays the desired operation and then
press the Enter key. Follow the instructions that display on the screen until you are
instructed to remove the adapter.
15. When you are instructed to remove the adapter from the adapter slot, disconnect
any cables that are connected to the adapter being removed.
16. Turn the locking latch and lift the plastic stop for the adapter. Some full-length
adapter cards can be removed by rotating the blue adapter latch on the right end
of the adapter divider clockwise.
17. Carefully grasp the adapter by the edges and pull it straight out from the system
board. Store the adapter in a safe place.
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