H164726:  CLIENT NOT CONNECTED AFTER HOT-ADDING A 10/100 ETHERNET NIC


 SYMPTOM:

 A LAN adapter can be hot-added to a PCI slot, but the client
 connected to the adapter will not be visible in Network
 Neighborhood until the system is rebooted.

 The client can not be seen in Network Neighborhood because the
 client will not connect with the system until the reboot.

 PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
 - The system is a Netfinity 7000 M10, Type 8680,
   all models.

 - The system is properly configured with Windows NT.

 - A supported "Hot-add" 10/100 Ethernet NIC has been added to
   the system.

 - The system has not been rebooted since the addition of the
   supported "Hot-add" 10/100 Ethernet NIC.

 - When browsing Network Neighborhood, client(s) attached to the
   supported "Hot-add" 10/100 Ethernet NIC are not seen.

 FIX:

 No Permanent Fix is Available

 WORKAROUND:

 This defect is reproduced only on NT setups where the server
 is not yet started. In order to start the server, an adapter
 must be installed within NT. The MS Loopback adapter may be
 installed to start the server and then the IBM Netfinity
 10/100 Ethernet adapter may be Hot-added. See "DETAILS",
 section below, for more information on the MS Loopback
 adapter.

 Adding of anything but a network card driver while in the
 network applet during a hot add is also unsupported. For
 example: Changing machine name, adding a protocol, or adding a
 service will require NT to reboot.

 DETAILS:

 More information regarding whether or not the MS Loopback
 Adapter is installed:

 1. If NT is loaded on a Netfinity 7000 M10, Type 8680, system
 with the MSLoopback default driver ENABLED, the user will be
 successful in Hot-adding a Lan adapter, connecting a client,
 viewing the server from the client, and viewing the client from
 the server, and finally running a session of LanNT from the
 client to the server.

 2. If NT is loaded on a Netfinity 7000 M10, Type 8680, system
 with the MSLoopback default driver DISABLED, the user will be
 successful in Hot-adding a Lan adapter, connecting a client,
 viewing the server from the client, and running a session of
 LanNT from the client to the server. The user will NOT,
 however, be able to view the client attached to the card from
 the server.

 This defect was produced with the following IBM Fault Tolerant
 Hot plug code:

 1. IBM Netfinity 10/100 Fault Tolerant Driver, version
    4.02.005, date 8/20/98
 2. IBM Fault Tolerant Management, PCI Hot Plug Solution,
    version 2.08.18.0, date 8/18/98
 3. IBM Failover DMI Agent, version 2.0.0.54, date 7/24/98



DATE: September 22, 1998