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In order for an I/O Book to be hot-swappable, all adapters that are installed in the book must support
hot-swap and the operating system must also support hot-swap. These operating systems support
hot-swap:
Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

The adapters listed in the following table support hot-swap.
Table 11. Adapters that support hot swap
Part number Feature code Description
00D8540 A4XH Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for IBM System x*
49Y7960 A2EC Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x
49Y7970 A2ED Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x
49Y4230 5767 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x
49Y4240 5768 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x
* Hot-swap is only supported when the adapter is in pNIC mode. Hot-swap is not supported in either vNIC mode
(IBM Virtual Fabric mode or Switch Independent mode).
The usage of these Optional I/O Books requires all four processors to be installed.
The following table shows the ordering information for the optional I/O Books.
Table 12. I/O Book options
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
x3850 X6
44X4049 A4A2 X6 Half-Length I/O Book 2
44X4051 A4A3* X6 Full-Length I/O Book 2
* The Full-length I/O Book can be ordered only as an option. It is not available through CTO because the Full-length
I/O Book cannot be shipped installed in the server