Adding a Card Online

Adding a new card to a slot is made easy with the three-step process provided by the Peripheral Device Tool. This action is active only when the selected slot is capable of a card addition. Before beginning, be sure to familiarize yourself with the OL* concepts in “Important Terms and Concepts”.




	IMPORTANT: Do not attempt to physically add a card before beginning the process properly using the Peripheral Device Tool, olrad, or the Attention Button. You will be prompted to add the card to the target slot at the appropriate point in the Peripheral Device Tool process.

Preliminary actions to add a card to a slot:

Select a slot from those listed on the OLRAD Cards tab.
Click Add Card Online
The Add Card Online page appears describing the three-step process. As you progress through the defined steps, each step is checked off successively letting you know that all is well. You can choose to end this process, leaving the system unchanged, at any time by clicking [Cancel].
Figure 2-17 pdweb Add Card Example

Start adding the card by clicking [Run CRA].

A critical resource analysis (CRA) is run on the system and the results are displayed in Step 1 of the Add Card process.

Figure 2-18 pdweb Adding a Card CRA Example

The results of the CRA determine the action to be taken in Step 2.
You are presented with these result driven choices:

Table 2-4 pdweb Adding a Card CRA Results

CRA Result	Available Actions	Suggested Course of Action
Success	[Power Off] and [Cancel]	Continue to add the new card.
Warning	[Power Off] and [Cancel]	Carefully review the results data to determine if you should continue to add the new card.
Data Critical Warning	[Force Power Off] and [Cancel]	Terminate the card addition, resolve the data conflicts, and attempt to add the card at a later time.
System Critical Warning	[Done]	Terminate the card addition as it would be detrimental to the system.
Error	[Done]	Terminate the card addition as a problem exists that should be investigated using the information provided in the CRA.

Click the button appropriate to your course of action.
- Chose [Power Off] or [Force Power Off], and these events are initiated:
  the amber attention LED is set to flashing
  the target slot is powered off if necessary
  the target slot green power LED is set to steady OFF
- If any other buttons are chosen, you are returned to the OLRAD Cards tab and the state of the target slot is unchanged.
Figure 2-19 pdweb Adding A Card CRA Step 2 Example
CAUTION: Do not push the Attention Button on the slot, if it exists, as this causes the slot to be powered on and an attempt to bring the card online prematurely is executed by the system.
IMPORTANT: Only add a card to a slot when the Power LED is OFF.
At the system, locate the target slot then confirm that the green power LED is off, and that the amber attention LED is flashing before proceeding. If this is not the case, refer to the “Messages from pdweb Actions”.
At the target slot, physically install the new card in the target slot. Refer to the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) documentation for details on card installation.
You can choose to:
- Bring the card online now by, clicking [Bring Card Online] thus completing the process.
  These events are initiated:
  the target slot is powered on
  the target slot green power LED is set to steady ON
  the card and device drivers are bound to the target slot
  the amber attention LED is set to steady OFF
  These events activate the target card and bring it online in the target slot.
  When the system has completed the process, a confirmation page appears identifying the results. Click [Done] to return to the OLRAD Cards tab and see that the card that was added is listed in the target slot with the updated information.
  See “Bringing a Card Online” for screen image.
  Should an error occur, refer to the “Messages from pdweb Actions” for additional information.
- Bring the card online later by, clicking [Defer].
  You are returned to the OLRAD Cards tab and the target slot is updated to reflect that it is suspended. Use the “Bringing a Card Online” procedure to complete this process.

Adding a Card Online

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