Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide I/O device edition - for Solaris (TM) Operating System -

3.2.1 Solaris 8

This section explains the procedure for expansion of PCI cards on Solaris 8 system.

To expand by using DR on Solaris 8, it is necessary to reserve the definition of I/O devices that are expected to expand beforehand and restart the system.
When the I/O devices to expand are already defined, the reserved definition is not required. So omit the following procedure of step 1.

If you use Fibre Channel Card (PW028FC3*/PW028FC4*/PW028FC5*), ensure the automap function is effective. Boot the system after modifying lpfc.conf.

# vi /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf <Return>
:
# If automap is set, SCSI IDs for all FCP nodes without
# persistent bindings will be automatically generated.
# If new FCP devices are added to the network when the system is down,
# there is no guarantee that these SCSI IDs will remain the same
# when the system is booted again.
# The bind method of the port is used as the binding method of
# automap devices to preserve SCSI IDs between link down and link up.
# If automap is 0, only devices with persistent bindings will be
# recognized by the system.
automap=1; <- set to 1

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3.2.1.1 Expansion of non-redundant configuration

3.2.1.2 Expansion of new redundant configuration

3.2.1.3 Expansion of PCI cards to redundant configuration