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Configuring Interface Cards 2-
This chapter discusses removing and replacing components, and downloading
firmware. It ends with a summary on configuring a peripheral.
Removing and Replacing Components
The HP-UX operating system adds components to the system structure at boot time
by inventorying the existing Continuum hardware components and configuring the
system accordingly. Once the system is running, you can use the ftsmaint
command to remove and replace Continuum hardware components or the
addhardware command to add new hardware to a running system.
When replacing Customer Replacable Units (CRUs), the following restrictions apply:
■ When removing a hardware component, you must replace it with another
component of the same type.
■ The addhardware command allows you to add a new hardware component to
a running system without needing to manually step through remaking the kernel
or rebooting the system. See the HP-UX Operating System: Fault Tolerant System
Administration (R1004H) and the mk_kernel(1M), flifcp(1M), and flashdd(1M) man
pages.
■ To prevent unpredictable system behavior, issue an ftsmaint disable and
following enable command to disconnect it from its software link before
removing a hardware component.
A newly replaced CRU undergoes diagnostic self-test. If it passes diagnostics and
satisfies configuration constraints, the resources contained in that component are
made available to the system.
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