Users Guide

Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System 381
Managing Power on a Remote System
iDRAC6 enables you to remotely perform several power management actions
on the managed server. Use the Power Management screen to perform an
orderly shutdown through the operating system when rebooting and powering
on and off.
NOTE: You must have Execute Server Action Commands permission to perform
power management actions. See "Adding and Configuring iDRAC6 Users" on
page 99 for help configuring user permissions.
1 Click System , then click the Power Management  Power Control tab.
2 Select a Power Control Operation , for example Reset System (warm
boot)
.
Table 19-9 provides information about Power Control Actions.
3 Click Apply to perform the selected action.
traceroute <IP
Address>
Used to determine the route taken by packets across an IP network.
traceroute6
<IPv6 Address>
Used to determine the route taken by packets across an IPv6
network.
gettracelog Displays iDRAC6 trace log. For more information, see gettracelog
in the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and
CMC available on the Dell Support website at
dell.com/support/manuals.
Table 19-9. 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).
NMI
(Non-Masking
Interrupt)
Sends a high-level interrupt to the operating system, which causes
the system to halt operation to allow for critical diagnostic or
troubleshooting activities.
Table 19-8. Diagnostic Commands
(continued)
Command Description