IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter manual Creating a login profile

Power Off Delay

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:

a.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.

b.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.

Use the Power Off Delay field to specify the number of minutes that the Remote Supervisor Adapter or ASM processor will wait for the operating system to shut down before turning off the server. By default, the Remote Supervisor Adapter waits 30 seconds.

Shut down your server to determine how long it takes to shut down. Add a time buffer to that value and use it as your power-off delay setting to ensure that the operating system has time for an orderly shutdown before power is removed from the server.

NMI reset delay

Use the NMI reset delay field to specify the length of time, in minutes, that the Remote Supervisor Adapter waits to automatically restart the server after a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) is triggered. A nonmaskable interrupt usually indicates a critical error such as a hardware fault. A nonmaskable interrupt usually signals a parity error in the memory subsystem.

To disable the automatic server restart after a nonmaskable interrupt, select Disabled.

Note: The NMI reset delay field is not available on all servers.

7. Press F4 or press Enter to apply the changes.

Creating a login profile

Use the Login Profiles window to view a summary list of all login profiles and configure individual login profiles. You can define up to 12 unique profiles.

Complete the following steps to configure a login profile:

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