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6.1 Hot node add and repair
The CEC Hot Add Repair Maintenance (CHARM) functions provide the ability to add/upgrade
system capacity and repair the Central Electronic Complex (CEC), including processors,
memory, GX adapters, systems clock, and service processor without powering down the
system. You can obtain more detailed information about CHARM in 4.3, “CEC Hot Add Repair
Maintenance (CHARM)” on page 123.
In this section, we show the configuration and repair steps using CHARM to help you
understand the operation of hot node add and repair, and hot GX adapter add and repair ...