IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter Remotely controlling the power status of a server

Note: F1 through F4 are the only function keys that are supported in the text-based interface.

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 any of these actions, you must have read/write access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. With 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 “Accessing the text-based interface through a Telnet connection” on page 65.

2.Select Server Power/Restart. A submenu opens. You can configure the special keys or redirect the text console.

3.Click one of the following options:

Power on server immediately

To turn on the server and start the operating system, select the Power On

Server Immediately option.

Power on server at specified time

To turn on the server at a specified time and start the operating system, select the Power on Server at Specified Time option and set the time to turn on the server.

Power off server immediately

To turn off the server without shutting down the operating system, select the

Power Off Server Immediately option.

Shutdown O/S and then power off server

To shut down the operating system and then turn off the server, click

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