Users Guide

128 Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System
Managing Power on a Remote System
The DRAC 5 enables you to remotely perform several power management
actions on the managed system so you can recover after a system crash or
other system event.
Use the Power Management page to do the following:
• Perform an orderly shutdown through the operating system when
rebooting, and power the system on or off.
• View the system’s current
Power Status —either ON or OFF .
To access the Power Management page from the System tree, click System
and then click the Power Management tab.
NOTE: You must have Execute Server Action Commands permission to perform
power management actions.
Selecting Power Control Actions
1 Select one of the following Power Control Actions .
• Power On System — Turns on the system power (equivalent to
pressing the power button when the system power is off).
•
Power Off System — Turns off the system power (equivalent to
pressing the power button when the system power is on).
•
Reset System — Resets the system (equivalent to pressing the reset
button); the power is not turned off by using this function.
•
Power Cycle System — Power off, then reboot (cold boot) the system.
2 Click Apply to perform the power management action (for example, cause
the system to power cycle).
3 Click the appropriate Power Management page button to continue (see
Tab le 5- 1) .
Table 5-1. Power Management Page Buttons (Top Right)
Button Action
Print Prints the Power Management page
Refresh Reloads the Power Management page