User`s guide

Power Management
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
Power Management
OnSite administrators and users who are authorized for power management
can power off, power on, and reboot devices through the OnSite.
Options for Managing Power
Authorized users can perform power management through the OnSite in the
following ways:
• From screens in the Web Manager
• From screens in the OSD
• Using power management commands on the command line while logged
into the OnSite console
• From a power management screen or dialog while logged into a device
through a KVM or serial port
The OnSite provides the following two types of power management options:
• IPMI power management
• IPDU power management
IPMI Power Management
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) power management
allows authorized users to control power for servers with IPMI controllers
(also referred to as IPMI devices), which respond to IPMI commands over the
network.
The OnSite supports the following two types of IPMI power management:
• Authorized users can manage power for IPMI devices through the Web
Manager. For this type of IPMI power management, the IPMI device does
not need to be physically connected to the OnSite, but the OnSite.needs
network access to the device.
• Authorized users can also manage power for an IPMI device while logged
into the device through a serial port to which the IPMI device is
physically connected