
Magma
EB7-X8G2 | Chapter 4 Install PCIe Cards
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Each of the PCIe slots is controlled by a Hotplug (HP) pushbutton. The buttons are enumerated 1-7 as shown below:
Simply press the Attention Pushbutton corresponding to the slot you wish to “power-down.” The power will be removed
from that slot within 5 seconds so that the card can be replaced. All other PCIe cards remain.
Hot-Plug/Swap Procedure for Windows
1.
Given a stable Windows-based system booted with the Magma chassis, an applet on the right
hand side of the start menu bar should appear depicting a card with a green arrow above it.
Double click on the applet.
2.
A dialog should appear with the title “Safely Remove Hardware” in the dialog will be a list of devices that may
be removed from the system. Within this list will be the cards currently plugged into the chassis.
Select a device and click on the “Properties button”.
3.
If the device is currently in the Magma chassis, the location will show “Magma chassis
x
slot
y
”. Where
x
identifies the physical chassis and
y
identifies the slot the device is plugged into.
After verifying that this is the device to be removed, click on the OK button to close the new dialog.
4.
The properties dialog should close and the original “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog should remain.
Click on the Stop button of the dialog.
5.
A dialog with the title “Stop a Hardware device” should appear. This is to confirm the stop command that will
be sent to this device.
Click on the OK button of the new dialog.
6.
After a brief period a pop up will appear confirming that the device may be removed safely, and the device
will be removed from the list of the original dialog.
In the chassis, press the Attention Button that corresponds to the slot where the device is located.
7.
A green LED, labeled
P
X
PwrE
(where
X
corresponds to the slot number) will begin to flash.
Note:
If, by mistake, you’ve pressed the button corresponding to the wrong slot, then press it again within 5 seconds
and the hot plug request will be ignored. Otherwise continue to step 8.
8.
After 5-6 seconds the LED will stop flashing and turn off completely.