Accessing ipmi controls – StarTech.com SV1115IPEXT User Manual

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implementations vary widely across manufacturers, the information you
are able to see on your status screen may differ from the examples.
Note that the Status screen will not allow you to make any configuration
changes and is for monitoring purposes only.
To access the Status (IPMI Sensor Report) screen (shown above):
From the Web interface: Click View IPMI sensor report next to the
thumbnail image on the Home screen.
From the VNC interface: Click IPMI from the Bribar at the bottom of
the VNC window.

Accessing IPMI Controls

There are two ways to access power controls for the managed
computer. The first is through the Home screen on the Web interface.
The second is through the Bribar during an active VNC session.
Once IPMI is enabled and functioning correctly, a set of controls will
appear immediately under the thumbnail image of the host computer
on the Home screen on the Web interface. Note that you must be
logged in as admin to use this feature.
From the Home screen:
Hard Reset:
Equivalent to pressing the RESET button on the managed
computer. (The computer will restart.)
Power Cycle: The computer will power off, pause for a moment, and
power on again automatically; equivalent to pressing the POWER
button off and on again on the host computer.
Turn ON: Powers on the host computer.
Turn OFF: Powers off the host computer.
Pulse Diag Int: Restarts operating system on host computer.
Graceful off: Powers down operating system on host computer.
From the VNC:
If you are inside an active VNC session and are logged in as admin you
can use the Bribar to access IPMI features. You have two choices from
the Bribar:

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