Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter II tasks

Use the functions under the Tasks heading in the navigation pane to directly control the actions of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II and your server. The tasks that you can perform depend on the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is installed.

You can perform the following tasks:

vView server power and restart activity

vRemotely control the power status of the server

vRemotely access the server console

vRemotely attach a disk or disk image to the server

vUpdate the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware

vAccess other Remote Supervisor Adapter IIs and Remote Supervisor Adapters

Note: Some features are available only on servers running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system.

Server power and restart activity

The Server Power/Restart Activity area displays the power status of the server when the Web page was generated.

Power The Power field shows the power status of the server at the time this Web page was generated.

State The State field shows the state of the server when the Web page was generated. The following states are possible:

vSystem power off/State unknown

vSystem in POST

vSystem stopped in POST (Error detected)

vBooted Flash or System partition

vBooting OS or in unsupported OS (could be in the operating system if the operating system or application does not report the new system state)

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