How to Check Presence of Mistral Card on PMF?

Asset ID:	1-71-2016154.1
Update Date:	2017-01-04
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Solution 2016154.1 : How to Check Presence of Mistral Card on PMF?

Applies to:

Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software - Version 6.6.3 to 10.1.0 [Release 6.0 to 10.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to know if Mistral card is present in PMF-SS7 PCI slots?

Solution

In order to know, log in to PMF-SS7 with root user and execute:

dmidecode -t slot

expected output will be like below:

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0901, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-X Slot 1
        Type: 64-bit PCI-X
        Current Usage: In Use
        Length: Long
        ID: 1
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:07:01.0

Handle 0x0902, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-E Slot 2
        Type: x8 PCI Express
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 2
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:0b:00.0

Handle 0x0903, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-E Slot 3
        Type: x4 PCI Express
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 3
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:0f:00.0

Handle 0x0904, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-E Slot 4
        Type: x8 PCI Express
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 4
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:12:00.0

Handle 0x0905, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-E Slot 5
        Type: x4 PCI Express
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 5
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:16:00.0

Handle 0x0906, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI-E Slot 6
        Type: x4 PCI Express
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 6
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                PME signal is supported
        Bus Address: 0000:19:00.0

Check value in line "Current Usage":

if value is "In Use", it means card is installed in this particular slot
if value is "Available" for all the slots it may mean there are no cards installed or that the card installed is faulty and not communicating on the PCI bus.

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