Removing a physical I/O adapter from a partition

You can dynamically remove a physical I/O slot, the adapter, and devices that are connected to that slot by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). You can reassign the physical I/O adapter to other partitions.

Before you begin

Ensure that the devices that are attached to the managed system through the physical I/O slot that you want to remove are not running, by using the operating system commands.

Attention: The dynamic removal of a physical I/O slot that controls disk drives can cause unpredictable results, such as partition failure or loss of data.
Consider the following conditions when you remove a physical I/O slot from a Linux® partition:
  • A Linux distribution that supports dynamic partitioning is installed on the Linux partition. Distributions that support dynamic partitioning include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, and later.
  • The DynamicRM tool package is installed on the Linux partition. To download the DynamicRM tool package, see the Service and productivity tools for Linux on POWER® systems website.

About this task

To dynamically remove a physical I/O adapter from an active partition by using an HMC, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon The icon represents the Resources function of the HMC.
  2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
  3. In the work pane, select the partition for which you want to view or change the properties and capabilities and click Actions > View Partition Properties. The Properties page is displayed. You can view and change the properties that are listed under the Properties area.
  4. In the Properties area, click Physical I/O Adapters.
  5. From the table that lists the assigned physical adapters, right-click the physical adapter that you want to remove and select Remove Adapter.
  6. Click Save after you select the I/O adapter. Alternatively, click Cancel to reject the changes and close the page.

Results

The selected physical I/O adapter is removed from partition.