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Accessing hot-plug management functions

You can use PCI Hot Plug Manager to service PCI adapters with the system power on in AIX®. Use the procedures in this section to perform this task.

Note: Procedures performed on a PCI adapter with the system power on in AIX, also known as hot-plug procedures, require the system administrator to take the PCI adapter offline prior to performing the operation. 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.
To access the hot-plug menus, do the following:
  1. Log in as root user.
  2. At the command line, type smitty.
  3. Select Devices.
  4. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager and press Enter.
  5. The PCI Hot-Plug Manager menu displays. Return to the procedure that directed you here. The following section describes the menu options.
Parent topic: PCI hot-plug manager access for AIX

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Last updated: Thu, January 10, 2019