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Installing a PCI adapter in the 8233-E8B server, with the power on in an IBM i environment

You can install a PCI adapter in the IBM® i environment.

If your system is managed by an HMC, use the HMC to complete the steps for installing the part in the system. For instructions, see Installing a part by using the HMC.

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, note the following concurrent maintenance information before proceeding with the instructions provided here. Concurrent maintenance of this double-wide adapter is not supported through the HMC. Concurrent maintenance must be done from within the partition operating system. In IBM i, the Hardware Service Manager (HSM) of the system or owning partition will automatically power off or on both PCI slots when either slot is selected. In AIX® or Linux, you must manually power off and on each slot separately.
Note:
- Both PCI slots must be powered off when installing or removing this adapter with the system power on.
- If this adapter is the load source IOA, or any other storage IOA with critical storage devices attached to the system, this concurrent maintenance procedure should be performed by a qualified service provider.
If you are removing, installing or replacing a PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB cache SAS RAID Adapter, note the following concurrent maintenance information before proceeding with the instructions provided here. Concurrent maintenance of this adapter is not supported through the HMC. Concurrent maintenance must be done from within the partition operating system. In IBM i, the Hardware Service Manager (HSM) of the system or owning partition will automatically power off or on both PCI slots when either slot is selected. In AIX or Linux, you must manually power off and on each slot separately.
Note:
- Both PCI slots must be powered off when installing or removing this adapter with the system power on.
- If this adapter is the load source IOA, or any other storage IOA with critical storage devices attached to the system, this concurrent maintenance procedure should be performed by a qualified service provider.
Fibre Channel Adapters (5735 or 5774) installed in IBM 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 (5735 or 5774) that is installed in IBM 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 5735 or 5774 Fibre Channel IOA, the external storage subsystem must be updated to use the worldwide port name of the new 5735 or 5774 IOA. For instructions, see Updating the worldwide port name for a new 5735 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.

If you do not have an HMC, complete the following steps to install a PCI adapter with the system power on in the IBM i environment:

Complete the prerequisite tasks that are 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.
If you are installing, removing, or replacing a PCI adapter in a rack-mounted system, follow these steps to remove the service access cover.
1. Open the front rack door.
2. Place the system unit in the service position.
3. Remove or open the service access cover.
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 the 8233-E8B and 8236-E8C server.
Access the concurrent maintenance procedures using the IBM i Hardware service manager (HSM) tools:
1. Type strsst on the command line of the Main Menu and press Enter.
2. Type your service tools user ID and service tools password on the System Service Tools (SST) Sign On display. Press Enter.
3. Select Start a service tool from the System Service Tools (SST) display. Press Enter.
4. Select Hardware service manager from the Start a Service Tool display and press Enter.
5. Select Packaging hardware resources (system, frames, cards) from the Hardware Service Manager display. Press Enter.
6. Select option 9 (Hardware contained within package) in the System Unit or Expansion Unit field of the unit where you are removing the card, and then press Enter.
7. Select function F7 (Include empty positions and not owned positions) on the unit where you are removing the card.
8. Select Concurrent Maintenance on the card position where you want to remove the card and then press Enter.
9. Select 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 remove the adapter.
10. Select Toggle LED blink off/on to stop the blinking LED.
11. Select function F9 (Power off domain), and when complete then ensure that the PCI-e card slot power LED is not lit.
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.
From the Hardware Resource Concurrent Maintenance display, complete the following steps:
1. Select Power on domain and press Enter.
2. Select Assign to on the resource that has an asterisk (*) on the Work with Controlling Resource display. Press Enter.
3. 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.
Verify the installed part.
- If you replaced the part because of a service action, verify the installed part. For instructions, see Verifying a repair.
- If you installed the part for any other reason, verify the installed part. For instructions, see Verifying the installed part.

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Last updated: Thu, January 10, 2019