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15.4.2 Controlling the Power to the PCI Expansion Unit


15.4.2 Controlling the Power to the PCI Expansion Unit
This section describes how to turn on/off the power to remove the PCI expansion unit, an I/O board, a power supply unit, etc.

Power-on and power-off must be performed with a user account that has the platadm or fieldeng privilege.
Operation Procedure
  1. Power off the power supply unit in the PCI expansion unit with the ioxadm command.
    The following example powers off the specified parts, including a power supply unit, so that they can be removed.
XSCF> ioxadm -f poweroff PCIBOX#12B4/PSU#1
Note - To forcibly turn off the power, specify the -f option. Note that use of the -f option may damage the domain.
  1. Restore power to the power supply unit in the PCI expansion unit with the ioxadm command.
    The following example turns on the power again to the powered-off parts.
XSCF> ioxadm poweron PCIBOX#12B4/PSU#1
Note - To remove a power supply unit or I/O board, power off the specified part. To turn on the power again when the POWER switch is set to on, execute the ioxadm command.