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Inventory Boot
Click Inventory Boot to
During inventory boot the system BIOS assembles the inventory infor- mation of the server blade or PRIMERGY rack server hardware as need- ed by the
In some cases a manual execution of the inventory boot is necessary in order to support the new functionality:
•For support of new functionality a new version of the inventory table might be needed. Example: Converged network adapter card (CNA)
•In some cases the new version of the inventory table might not be created automatically for the server. Example: The new version of the inventory table is only supported by a new version of the system BIOS.
You must execute the inventory boot manually, after applying a new version of the system BIOS and iRMC firmware or a new version of the firmware of the optional hardware.
Boot
Click Boot to start the selected server blade(s) and PRIMERGY rack servers.
Shutdown
Click Shutdown to switch the selected server blades and PRIMERGY rack servers off. You can only assign a server profile to a server blade or PRIMERGY rack server if it is switched off (power off). In the next dialog box, you can select Graceful Shutdown or Forced Power Off.
Graceful Shutdown
Shuts down the server properly and then switches it off.
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