What are the IBM PCI Hot Plug Solution and Fault Tolerant Management Interface?

What are the IBM PCI Hot Plug Solution and Fault Tolerant Management Interface?

The IBM PCI Hot Plug solution for Windows NT 4.0 ensures High Availability on PCI Hot Plug-compatible IBM servers.
With IBM PCI Hot Plug, you can use:

Hot Add to install and configure a new adapter while the server is running
Hot Swap to replace a faulty standalone or redundant adapter while the system is running
The IBM PCI Hot Plug Applet to monitor the status of Hot Plug PCI slots on your server

IBM PCI Hot Plug includes two wizards, IBM PCI Hot Plug and Play and IBM PCI Hot Swap.
These wizards provide clear, step-by-step guidance while you are adding or swapping an adapter.

The IBM Fault Tolerant Manager Interface (FTMI) for Windows NT 4.0
allows you to manage the failover operation on Hot Plug-compatible servers.
It provides an integrated view of network machines that require failover management.

With FTMI, you can:

Monitor the status of every Fault Tolerant group on the network.
Force a failover remotely from an active adapter to its backup.
Replace a faulty standalone or redundant adapter while the system is running using Hot Swap
Monitor the status of Hot Plug PCI slots on Hot Plug-compatible servers on the network.

IBM Fault Tolerant Manager Interface includes the IBM PCI Hot Swap wizard.
This wizard provides clear, step-by-step guidance while you are swapping an adapter.

Systems Requirements

IBM Netfinity 5500, 5500-M10, 5500-M20 and 7000-M10

Software Requirements

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and SP5
IBM PCI Hot Plug Package which includes:Intel DMI agent.
This agent automatically installs DMI services on your system.
- IBM PCI Hot Plug Solution (Won't Install on Non-Hot Plug System)
  ° IBM PCI Hot Plug Applet
  ° IBM PCI Hot Plug Systray
  ° IBM PCI Hot Plug and Play Wizard
  ° IBM PCI Hot Swap Wizard
- IBM Fault Tolerant Management Interface
  ° IBM Fault Tolerant Management Interface
- Hot Plug Adapters Software
  Look for a list of the supported adapters on http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/netfinity

Adapters Supported for Hot Plug

You can obtain a list of the supported adapters and download the most current versions of the adapter device drivers and programs from the following IBM pages on the World Wide Web:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/support

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/hotplug/

For additional information about future support, contact your IBM marketing representative.

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