Users Guide

382 Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System
See "Power Monitoring and Power Management" on page 305 for more
information.
Graceful
Shutdown
Attempts to cleanly shut down the operating system, then powers off
the system. It requires an ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface) aware operating system, which allows for system directed
power management.
NOTE: A graceful shutdown of the server operating system may not be
possible when the server software stops responding, or if you are not
logged as an administrator at a local Windows console. In these cases,
you must specify a forced reboot instead of a graceful shutdown of
Windows. In addition, depending on the version of the Windows OS,
there might be a policy configured around the shutdown process that
modifies shutdown behavior when triggered from iDRAC6. See
Microsoft’s documentation for the local computer policy “Shutdown:
Allow system to be shut down without having to login.”
Reset System
(warm boot)
Reboots the system without powering off (warm boot).
Power Cycle
System (cold
boot)
Powers off, then reboots the system (cold boot).
Table 19-9. Power Control Actions
(continued)