Replacing a host bus adapter online
Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) provides a Dynamic Reconfiguration tool to simplify the removal of host bus adapters from an existing system.
To replace a host bus adapter online
- Start the vxdiskadm utility:
# vxdiskadm
- Select the option from the vxdiskadm menu.
- Select the option.
The output displays a list of HBAs that are available to DMP.
- Select one or more HBAs to replace.
- At the prompt, confirm the HBA selection.
- Replace the host bus adapter.
- Return to the Dynamic Reconfiguration tool and select y to continue the replacement process.
DMP updates the operating system device tree.