Windows nt, Windows 2000, Windows xp and .net 32-bit – Avago Technologies AcceleRAID 170LP User Manual

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PCI Hot Plug

Manual No. DB11-000024-00

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Windows NT

Windows NT requires additional software from the vendor who makes the
system. Since this software is not a part of NT, the software needs to be
installed after the operating system is loaded. Refer to your vendor's PCI Hot
Plug documentation.

Caution

GAM drivers can stop PCI Hot Plug Boards from
unloading. If this problem occurs, stop GAM and
unload the GAM drivers before attempting to unload
the PCI Hot Plug controller.

Known Windows NT Issues

• The macdisk.sys driver should not be loaded with a Mylex PCI Hot

Plug board; if macdisk.sys is loaded, the system will hang upon
shutdown.

• When you install a Mylex controller as a boot device and a Mylex

driver has been installed prior to the installation of the Windows NT
OS, Windows NT will not recognize the Mylex controller as a PCI Hot
Plug device. To fix this, the driver must be reinstalled and the system
rebooted.

This problem occurs because PCI Hot Plug information does not get
loaded into the Windows NT registry for the Mylex controller upon
installation of Windows NT.

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 supports the PCI Hot Plug capability. No additional software
is required.

Please refer to the Windows 2000 documentation for instructions on how to
use the PCI Hot Plug feature.

Windows XP and .NET 32-bit

The released version of Windows XP and .NET 32-bit is intended to support
the PCI Hot Plug capability. No additional software is required.

Please refer to the Windows XP or .NET 32-bit documentation for

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