1. A method of hot swapping a standard adapter to an operational computer connected to at least one standard adapter, comprising: providing a hot plug hardware in the operational computer, the hot plug hardware being configured to enable and disable power to the standard adapter, wherein the hot plug hardware comprises at least one data processor for receiving requests from a central processing unit and for controlling the power to the standard adapter; receiving a hot swap request from a user interface program for the hot swap of the standard adapters wherein the hot swap request causes suspension of communications and power disablement to the standard adapter; suspending all communication to the selected standard adapter; disabling power to the selected standard adapter, wherein the disabling occurs under the control of the hot plug hardware; removing the selected standard adapter; swapping a new standard adapter into the operational computer; enabling power to the new standard adapter, wherein the enabling occurs under the control of the hot plug hardware and wherein the data processor determines whether the received request is to enable power; and restarting communications between the operational computer and the new standard adapter.