Chapter 2 Using Dynamic Reconfiguration 15
Identifying a Card or Slot From a System Console
1. Log in to the system as superuser.
2. Type the cfgadm command to display detailed status information for the system’s
PCI slots.
The command output identifies each slot and any cards occupying those slots.
For
more information, see “How to Display Card Status” on page 7.
3. Determine the attachment point ID for the card to be removed, or the slot where
you will add the new card.
To identify a faulty card, look in the Condition column of the cfgadm output for
cards marked failed, failing, or unusable. The Ap_Id column indicates the
slot’s attachment point ID.
How to Prepare a PCI Card for Removal
What to Do
1. Terminate usage of all devices on the card.
All I/O devices must be closed before they can be unconfigured. Ensure that any
networking interfaces on the card are not in use. All storage devices attached to the
card must be unmounted and closed.
■ To identify the components that are on the card to be unconfigured, use the
prtdiag(1M), ifconfig(1M), mount(1M), df(1), ps(1), or swap(1M)
commands.
■ To see which processes have these devices open, use the fuser(1M)
command.
■ Warn all users to stop using the functions that the card provides.
2. Use the ifconfig command to terminate usage of any network interfaces on the
card.
Note – You cannot terminate the usage of network interfaces if the network
interface is the primary network interface and no alternate path is available.
# cfgadm
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