Remote Supervisor Adapter device driver is installed. You might also need to install IBM Director Agent. For more information, see the Attention notice at the beginning of this section.
Shutdown O/S and then restart server
To restart the operating system, click Shutdown O/S and then Restart Server. This option requires that the Remote Supervisor Adapter device driver is installed. You might also need to install IBM Director Agent. For more information, see the Attention notice at the beginning of this section.
Restart the server immediately
To turn off and then turn on this server immediately without first shutting down the operating system, click Restart the Server Immediately.
A confirmation message displays if you select any of these options, enabling you to cancel the operation if it was selected accidentally.
Remote boot (start)
From the Remote Boot page, you can remotely start (boot) your server from a newly created diskette image or from a previously created and saved diskette image.
Note: This feature is not available on all servers.
Complete the following steps to create an image from a diskette for the first time and then start the server from the image:
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 Remote Boot. A window similar to the one in the following illustration opens.
3.Click Remote Booting From a Diskette.
4.Select the diskette drive for your server; then, select the directory for the temporary files.
5.Click Create Disk Image and Boot Server.
6.You are then asked if you want to save the image for future use. Click Yes if you want to be able to start the server again at a later time. An image of the diskette is then created and transferred to temporary storage on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. A confirmation window opens when the image transfer is complete.
7.Click Continue in the confirmation window to start the server using the transferred image.
Complete the following steps to start your server from a previously created and saved diskette image:
1.Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the ASM Web interface” on page 3.
