CLI Guide

serveraction
Table 104. Details of serveraction attribute
Description Enables you to perform power management operations on the blade system.
To run this subcommand, you must have the Execute Server Control Commands permission.
Synopsis
• racadm serveraction -a <action>
• racadm serveraction -m <module> <action>
Input
• -m <module> — Must be one of the following values:
– server–<n>: where n=1–16
– server–<nx>: where n=1–8; x=a–d (enter lowercase letter only).
• -a — Performs power action on all servers. Not allowed with the powerstatus action.
<action> — Species the power management operation to perform. The options are:
• hardreset — Performs a force reset (reboot) operation on the managed system.
• powercycle — Performs a power-cycle operation on the managed system. This action is similar to pressing
the power button on the system’s front panel to turn o and then turn on the system.
NOTE: The -m and -a options are applicable only to CMC platforms.
NOTE: If the server is in turned o state, the powercycle option power-up the
server.
•
powerdown — Powers down the managed system.
• powerup — Powers up the managed system.
• powerstatus — Displays the current power status of the server (ON or OFF).
• graceshutdown — Performs a graceful shutdown of the server. If the operating system on the server cannot
shut down completely, then this operation is not performed.
• nmi — Generates the Non-masking interrupt (NMI) to halt the system operation. The NMI sends a high-level
interrupt to the operating system, which causes the system to halt the operation to allow critical diagnostic or
troubleshooting activities.
NOTE:
The halt system operation does not occur on systems running the Linux operating system.
• -f — Force the server power management operation.
• reseat — Performs virtual reseat of the server. This operation simulates reseating the blade by resetting the
iDRAC on that blade.
-f is required for this operation.
NOTE
: The action powerstatus is not allowed with -a option.
Output Displays an error message if the requested operation is not completed, or a success message if the operation is
completed.
Example
• Power down the operating system on the server by using the following command:
racadm serveraction powerdown
Powers down the managed system
• Reseat blade 2 on CMC by using the following command:
racadm serveraction -m server-2 reseat -f
Server power operation successful
• Turn o the server 16 from CMC by using the following command:
racadm serveraction -m server-16 powerdown
Server power operation successful
74 RACADM Subcommand Details