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7. The Select Last Number of Days to Export window opens. Specify the number of days in
the field provided.
8. Click Finish.
Task: Sending an IPMI chassis control command to target devices
This command powers up, powers down, cycles the power (power down and then power up),
performs a gentle shutdown or resets one or more IPMI target devices.
You must have Control Target Device Power rights to send an IPMI chassis control command.
See About Access Rights on page 163.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see Running tasks manually on
page 374.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Send IPMI chassis control command to target devices from the drop-down menu.
Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see Specifying when to run tasks on page 360). Click Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select All Target Devices or select a particular
unit group to configure from the menu. See Grouping Units on page 233. Then click Next.
7. The Select Target Devices window will open. Select one or more IPMI target devices to
chassis control from the Available Target Devices list, then click Add. The IPMI target
devices will be moved to the Target Devices to Control list. Click Next.
8. The Select IPMI Control Function window will open. Select the power control function
you wish to perform on the IPMI target devices, then click Next.
Turn Power On - powers up the specified devices.
Turn Power Off - powers down the specified devices.
Cycle Power - powers down and then power up the specified devices. *
Reset - performs a hard reset of the specified devices.
Graceful Shutdown - performs a graceful shutdown of the specified devices. *
* The availability of the Cycle Power and Graceful Shutdown options is dependent on
the BMC implementation. If one of these options is selected for a task but the BMC
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