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Hot Plug

Refers to an internal component that can be removed or added when the electrical power is on.

 

The majority disconnectable internal components are hot redundant. In computing, this possibility is especially used in network servers. Components Hot Plug include NIC, power supply, hard drive (usually SCSI, SATA and SAS), ... Some high-end switches and routers also use this opportunity for their internal components. The UPS replacement batteries use also this feature.

Different External ports are hot plug as the bus USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 or firewire.

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