Managing Hot-plugable controllers

Managing Hot-plugable controllers

Hot-plug machines provide the capability to physically add, remove or replace a controller on a ``hot'' (running) system. Typically, hot-plug machines have a built-in hot-plug controller, and power can be turned on or off to selected slots.

``The Hot-plug Manager interface'' provides a convenient, interactive way to perform most hot-plug administration.

NOTE: This release of the Hot-plug Manager supports only PCI-based controllers.

There are several aspects to hot-plug administration:

``Preparing to add or replace a controller''
``Removing, adding or replacing a controller''
``Turning a slot attention indicator on or off''
``Turning slot power on or off''
``Suspending, resuming, adding or deleting a driver''
``Displaying a detailed view for a slot or controller''
``Viewing the Hot-plug Log''