User's Manual

Power Management 325
Executing Power Control Operations on a Server
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have Chassis Control
Administrator privilege.
The CMC enables you to remotely perform several power management actions,
for example, an orderly shutdown, on an individual server in the chassis.
Using the Web Interface
1 Log in to the CMC Web interface.
2 Expand Server Overview in the system tree, and then select the server on
which you want to execute a power control operation. The
Server Status
page displays.
3 Click the Power tab.
The
Server Power Management page displays.
4 Power Status displays the power status of the server (one of the following):
•
N/A - The CMC has not yet determined the power state of the server.
•
Off - Either the server is off or the chassis is off.
•
On - Both chassis and server are on.
•
Powering On - Temporary state between Off and On. When the
action completes successfully, the
Power State will be On .
•
Powering Off - Temporary state between On and Off. When the
action completes successfully, the
Power State will be Off .
5 Select one of the following Power Control Operations by clicking its radio
button:
•
Power On Server — Turns on the server power (equivalent to pressing
the power button when the server power is off). This option is disabled
if the server is already powered on.
•
Power Off Server — Turns off the server power (equivalent to pressing
the power button when the server power is on).
•
Graceful Shutdown — Powers off and then reboots the server.