IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter - Manual (Page 63)

Remotely controlling the power status of a server
The Remote Supervisor Adapter provides full remote power control over your server
with power on, power off, and restart actions. In addition, power-on and restart
statistics are captured and displayed to show server hardware availability.
Attention: Read the following information to prevent the loss of data or damage
to data when you perform a remote shutdown of your operating system:
1. If the Windows 2000, Windows NT, Red Hat Linux, or SuSE Linux operating
system is installed on your server, you need to install only the Remote
Supervisor Adapter device driver to support remote operating system shutdown.
Note: If the value is less than 45 seconds in the Power off delay field, the
device driver will adjust the value to 45 seconds when the device driver
loads. You can decrease the power-off delay value after the server has
started, but the device driver will reset it to 45 seconds on the next
server restart. The device driver will not change a power-off delay value
that is 45 seconds or greater.
2. If the Novell NetWare, SCO UnixWare, or Caldera Open UNIX operating system
is installed on your server, you need to install both the Remote Supervisor
Adapter device driver and IBM Director Agent, to support remote operating
system shutdown. When you install the Director Agent, be sure to select the
Management Processor Assistant (MPA) check box.
To perform the actions in the Server Power/Restart Control section, you must have
read/write access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. For the operating system
shutdown options, the Remote Supervisor Adapter communicates with the
system-management software through the device driver and the
system-management software initiates the shutdown.
Complete the following steps to perform server power and restart actions.
Note: Select the following options only in case of an emergency, or if you are
offsite and the server is nonresponsive.
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. For more information, see Chapter 2,
“Opening and using the ASM Web interface” on page 3.
2. In the navigation pane, click Power/Restart. Scroll down to the Server
Power/Restart Control section.
3. Click one of the following options:
Power on server immediately
To turn on this server and start the operating system, click Power On
Server Immediately.
Power on server at specified time
To turn on this server at a specified time and start the operating system,
click Power on Server at Specified Time and set the time to turn on the
server.
Power off server immediately
To turn off this server without shutting down the operating system, click
Power Off Server Immediately.
Shutdown O/S and then power off server
To shut down the operating system and then turn off this server, click
Shutdown O/S and then Power Off Server. This option requires that the
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