Users Guide

88 Managing and Recovering a Remote System
Managing Power on a Remote System
The DRAC 4 allows you to remotely perform several power management
actions on the managed system to try and recover after a system crash or other
problem. Use the Server Control page to perform an orderly shutdown through
the operating system when rebooting, and power the system on or off.
NOTE: You must have Execute Server Action Commands permission to perform
power management actions.
Selecting Server Control Actions
1 Select whether to perform an Operating System Shutdown (only for the
Reboot System , and Power Off System, Server Control Actions ).
If you want to make the system perform an orderly shutdown through the
operating system before the selected
Server Control Action , select
Operating System Shutdown .
NOTE: To use the Operating System Shutdown option, you must first install
the DRAC 4 managed system software, otherwise this option will be
unavailable. For more information, see your Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator’s User’s Guide.
2 Select one of the following Server Control Actions .
•
Reboot System — Resets the system (equivalent to pressing the reset
button); the power is not turned off by using this function.
•
Power Cycle System — Turns off the system power and turns it on
again (equivalent to pressing the power button twice).
•
Power Off System — Turns off the system power (equivalent to
pressing the power button when the system power is on).
•
Power On System — Turns on the system power (equivalent to
pressing the power button when the system power is off).
3 Click Apply to perform the power management action (for example, cause
the system to power cycle).