About OIR
Online Insertion and Removal (OIR) was developed to enable you to replace faulty parts without affecting system operation. When a card is inserted, power is available on the card, and it initializes itself to start working.
Hot swap functionality allows the system to determine when a change occurs in the unit's physical configuration, and reallocate the unit's resources to allow all interfaces to function adequately. This feature allows interfaces on the card to be reconfigured while other interfaces on the router remain unchanged. The interrupt routine must ensure that the interrupt line has reached a stable state.
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When a card is inserted, it is analyzed and initialized in such a way that the end user can configure it properly. The initialization routines used during OIR are the same as those called when the router is powered on. System resources, also handled by software, are allocated to the new interface.
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When a card is removed, the resources associated with the empty slot must either be freed or altered to indicate the change in its status.