User`s guide

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User's Guide
Forcibly Powering Off a Single Domain
To forcibly power off a single domain from the PAM Domain Manager:
1. Click Domain Manager to open the Control pane.
2. Select the required domain. If INACTIVE is NOT displayed in the Domain Status panel,
the Force Power Off button is accessible.
3. Click Force Power Off to override the Operating System and forcibly power down the
domain and associated hardware components without closing running applications and
saving data. The Force Power Off Confirmation dialog opens.
4. Select the View Power-Off Logs checkbox if you want power-off logs to be automatically
displayed during the power-off sequence and click Yes to confirm.
Domain hardware is powered down from the main mode to the stand-by mode. As the
force power-off sequence progresses, power-off steps and domain state are displayed in
the Domain Status panel, as shown in the following table.
Force Power Off States
POWERING DOWN
INACTIVE
Table 11. Force power-off states
Once the Force Power Off sequence has been successfully completed, INACTIVE is
displayed in the Domain Status panel and the Power On button becomes accessible.
For a detailed view of the Force Power Off sequence, click Powering View in the Toolbar.
See Viewing Domain Powering Sequences, on page 3-32.
5. Repeat Steps 2 to 4 for each domain to be forcibly powered down.
Note:
If an error message is displayed in the Domain Status panel, the Power Off sequence has
failed. See What To Do if an Incident Occurs, on page 3-42.
Forcibly Powering Off Multiple Domains
To forcibly power off more than one domain from the PAM Domain Manager:
1. Click Domain Manager to open the Control pane.
2. Click Multiple Power. The Multiple Power Domains On/Off dialog opens.