RE: mod 830 hot pci scsci board install

[Mitch Davidson <davidson_l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto.

We attached a 3581 Ultrium Tape without powering down our iSeries 830.  (Not
claiming it was a piece of cake, I had to call the Support Center because there
were a few problems in the Installation and Customization instructions-- we got 
the
"customer set up" flavor.)  In just a few moments, the support tech talked me
through a DST procedure to IPL the IOP and the system kept chugging along 
without a
hiccup.


> message: 2
> date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:18:45 -0500
> from: "Justin C. Haase" <JHaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: mod 830 hot pci scsci board install
>
> I have experience with it - no problems encountered so far.
>
> IBM has a doc on the InfoCenter which discusses hot-plug.  It's not hard.
> Go check it out - you'll wonder how you ever accepted downtime for hardware
> upgrades.
>
> jch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome Draper [mailto:jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:48 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: mod 830 hot pci scsci board install
>
> We just got a couple of scsi tape drives and are trying to find a moment
> when
> we could take the 830 down to install the IOA cards.
>
> I understand that the 830 allows for these cards to be installed when the
> machine is up and in production.
>
> Makes me wary but, gee, if the tecnology is available and proven then I want
> to
> use it for my needs.
>
> Anyone have experience with this?
>
> Jerry
>