Removing Network Boards

If you want to remove a network board and there is only one instance of the board in the server, you can simply unload the LAN driver and physically remove the board. Unloading the LAN driver releases the memory resources used by the board and driver. See UNLOAD in Utilities Reference.

However, if you have several boards of the same kind in the server, and you want to remove just one, removing the LAN driver would disable all the boards. You would then have to reload and bind the LAN driver for each board that remained in the server.

Use the following procedure to unload one board while keeping other boards of the same type enabled.

1. Determine the filename and the instance number for the board you want to remove.

   The filename is the name of the LAN driver, such as ne2000.lan.

   The board instance number is the number of the board if there is more than one board of the same type installed in the server.

   1. At the server console prompt, load MONITOR.

   2. Select LAN/WAN Drivers and highlight the desired LAN driver.

      A screen displays the instance number and other data for boards associated with the driver. Note the instance number for the board you want to remove.

2. Enter the following at the server console prompt:

   REMOVE NETWORK ADAPTER filename, [board_instance_number]

   The network driver and its resources are deleted.