摘要 |
Disclosed is a hot plug device for use with an information handling system, eg a computer, the device having a hot plug operation initiation means. The hot plug operation being actuated to add or remove the device and including generation of a system management interrupt (SMI) signal. The initiation means may be a attention button and have an indicator that shows when a hot plug operation has been completed. The indicator may be a light or sound. The device may have storage means for storing the status of the device, the status my be that the hot plug operation is ongoing, that operation is pending or neither. Also, disclosed is a method of managing multiple hot plug operations that are attempting to be executed at the same time. |