Installing a PCI adapter in the 8204-E8A or 9409-M50 server, with the power on in IBM i

You can install a PCI adapter in the i operating system.

If your system is managed by the Hardware Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to complete the steps for installing a PCI adapter. For instructions, see Installing a feature using the Hardware Management Console. If you do not have an HMC, complete this procedure to install a PCI adapter.

If your system is managed by the IBM® Systems Director Management Console (SDMC), use the SDMC to install a PCI adapter in the server. For information about using the SDMC to install a PCI adapter, see Installing a feature by using the Systems Director Management Console. If you do not have an SDMC, complete this procedure to install a PCI adapter.

If you are installing a PCI-X double-wide, quad-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Controller (FC 5739 or 5778, CCIN 571F and 575B), remove the lower, right standoff from between the two sides of the adapter before installing it in the system unit. See Figure 3.

Important:

If you are removing, installing or replacing a PCI-X double-wide, quad-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID controller, review the Concurrent maintenance procedure in the PCI-X double-wide, quad-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Controller (FC 5739, 5778, 5781, 5782; CCIN 571F, 575B) topic, before proceeding with the instructions provided here.
If you are removing, installing or replacing a PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB cache SAS RAID Adapter, review the Concurrent maintenance procedure in the PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB cache SAS RAID Adapter topic, before proceeding with the instructions provided here.
Fibre Channel Adapters (2766, 2787, 280E, 5735, 576B, or 5774) installed in i OS logical partitions will post errors at initial program load (IPL) if there is no device or wrap plug attached to each of the adapter's ports. Make sure that every Fibre Channel Adapter (2766, 2787, 280E, 5735, 576B, or 5774) that is installed in i OS logical partition has either a wrap plug or a device attached to each of the adapter's ports. If you are exchanging a 2766, 2787, 280E, 5735, 576B, or 5774 Fibre Channel IOA, the external storage subsystem must be updated to use the worldwide port name of the new 2766, 2787, 280E, 5735, 576B, or 5774 IOA. For instructions, see Updating the worldwide port name for a new 2766, 2787, 280E, 5735, 576B, or 5774 IOA.
If you are replacing a 2748, 2757, 2763, 2767, 2778, 2780, 2782, 5702, 5709, or 570B storage IOA, take note of the following: Depending on the configuration of the system, the storage IOA cache might have been disabled to allow the attachment of OEM storage that emulates a load source drive. If you are replacing a storage IOA that has its cache disabled, configure the replacement IOA the same way as the IOA that you removed. If you remove hardware from the replacement IOA, return that hardware with the failed IOA.

To install a PCI adapter with the system power on in the i operating system, do the following steps:

Perform the prerequisite tasks described in Before you begin.
Take appropriate precautions for avoiding electric shock and handling static-sensitive devices. For information, see Avoiding electric shock and Handling static-sensitive devices.
Determine in which slot to place the PCI adapter. For system-specific adapter placement information, see the PCI adapter placement for machine types 82xx and 91xx or PCI adapter placement for machine type 94xx.
If you are installing, removing, or replacing a PCI adapter in a rack-mounted system, follow these steps to remove the service access cover. If you are servicing a stand-alone system, go to the next numbered step.
1. Open the front rack door.
2. Place the system unit in the service position. See Placing a rack-mounted 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50 in the service position.
3. Remove or open the service access cover as follows: Removing the service access cover from a rack-mounted 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50
If you are installing, removing, or replacing a PCI adapter in a stand-alone system unit, follow these steps to remove the units cover: Removing the service access cover from a stand-alone 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50.
If necessary, remove the adapter expansion slot shield.
If necessary, remove the adapter from the antistatic package.
Attention: Avoid touching the components and gold connectors on the adapter.
Place the adapter, component-side up, on a flat, antistatic surface.
Some PCI adapter cards are shipped from the manufacturer with a blue handle or support bracket along the back edge of the card. To use adapters of this type in this system, you must remove the blue handle or support bracket from the card.
If you are installing a double-wide adapter, remove the PCI adapter divider if one is present. See Removing a PCI adapter divider from a model 8204-E8A or 9409-M50 server.
Type strsst on the command line of the Main Menu and then press Enter.
Type your service tools user ID and service tools password on the System Service Tools (SST) Sign On display. Press Enter.
Select Start a service tool from the System Service Tools (SST) display and press Enter.
Select Hardware service manager from the Start a Service Tool display and press Enter.
Select Packaging hardware resources (system, frames, cards) from the Hardware Service Manager display. Press Enter.
Type 9 (Hardware contained within package) in the System Unit or Expansion Unit field of the unit where you are replacing the card. Press Enter.
Select the option to Include empty positions.
Select Concurrent Maintenance on the card position where you want to replace the card and then press Enter.
Select the option to Toggle LED blink off/on. A light-emitting diode (LED) blinks identifying the position you chose. Physically verify that this is the slot where you want to install the adapter.
Select the option to Toggle LED blink off/on to stop the blinking LED.
Slide the adapter latch (A) into the open position, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. PCI adapter or filler plate removed from the rack-mounted system unit
Ensure that the slot is empty. Remove the adapter filler plate if one is present.
Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge, and align the adapter with the expansion slot and its connector on the system backplane.
Press the adapter firmly into its connector.
Slide the adapter latch (B) back into place as shown in the following figure.
Figure 2. PCI adapter replaced in the rack-mounted system unit
Connect any adapter cables.
Select Power on domain on the Hardware Resource Concurrent Maintenance display and press Enter.
Select Assign to on the resource that has an asterisk (*) on the Work with Controlling Resource display. Press Enter.
Wait for the Hardware Resource Concurrent Maintenance display to appear with this message:
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Power on complete
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Replace or close the service access cover and, if applicable, return the system to the operating position. Refer to the following procedures as needed:
- Installing the service access cover on a rack-mounted 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50
- Placing the rack-mounted 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50 in the operating position
- Installing the service access cover on a stand-alone 8203-E4A, 8204-E8A, 8261-E4S, 9407-M15, 9408-M25, or 9409-M50
Verify that the new resource is functional. See Verify the installed part.