Managing Power on a Remote System

The iDRAC6 enables you to remotely perform several power management actions on the managed system so you can recover after a system crash or other system event.

Selecting Power Control Actions from the iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface

To perform power management actions using the Web-based interface, see "Executing Power Control Operations on the Server" on page 298.

Selecting Power Control Actions from the iDRAC6 CLI

Use the racadm serveraction command to perform power management operations on the host system.

racadm serveraction <action>

The options for the <action> string are:

powerdown — Powers down the managed system.

powerup — Powers up the managed system.

powercycle — Issues a power-cycle operation on the managed system. This action is similar to pressing the power button on the system’s front panel to power down and then power up the system.

powerstatus — Displays the current power status of the server ("ON", or "OFF")

hardreset — Performs a reset (reboot) operation on the managed system.

Viewing System Information

The System Summary page allows you to view your system's health and other basic iDRAC6 information at a glance and provides you with links to access the system health and information pages. Also, you can quickly launch common tasks from this page and view recent events logged in the System Event Log (SEL).

To access the System Summary page, click SystemPropertiesSystem Summary tab. For more information, see the iDRAC6 Online Help.

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