Users Guide

Performing power control operations
You can perform power control operations on a server managed by OpenManage Essentials or an iDRAC.
• Performing power control operations on a server managed by OpenManage Essentials
• Performing Power Control Operations on an iDRAC
Performing power control operations on a server
managed by OpenManage Essentials
For devices managed by OpenManage Essentials, power control operations are supported only on iDRACs and servers.
To perform a power control operation:
1. On the OpenManage Mobile home screen, tap the appropriate OpenManage Essentials console.
2. In the OpenManage Essentials dashboard, tap Devices by health.
The All Devices screen is displayed.
3. Tap the appropriate device category (for example, RAC), and then tap to select the device you want to perform power control
operation on.
The Device Details screen is displayed.
4. Tap
.
The supported power control operations are displayed.
Figure 14. Power control options
5. Type the Username and Password for the device, and then select the power control operation you want to perform.
NOTE:
The Enable All option allows you to perform a power control operation independent of the discovery protocol.
Power On operation is performed through the iDRAC and all other power control operations are performed through
the server host OS.
NOTE: For all tasks except Power On, the server needs to be discovered in addition to the iDRAC.
6. Tap Submit.
OpenManage Mobile performs the power control operation and then displays the result of the operation.
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Managing OpenManage Essentials console