Users Guide

Restarting a system forcefully is called ‘warm boot’ while closing all the programs and shutting down
a system is called ‘cold boot’.
3. Select the Perform random power on commands check box, specify the interval (in minutes) and the
number of devices to which you want to apply the power task, and click Next.
4. In the Associated Devices/Groups tab, select the devices in the All Devices tab or in the Grouped
Devices tab, select the device groups that you want to manage and click Next.
5. In the Schedule Task tab, select the Run Now option to start the power control task immediately.
Alternately, you can select the Set Schedule option to start at a specific interval. The possible options
are:
• Run Once — Specify the date and time when you want the power control task to begin.
• Period — Specify if you want the power control task to run the power control task daily, weekly,
or at a specific period.
a. Select or clear the Activate check box to enable or disable the task. By default, the check box is
selected. You can save a disabled task, but cannot run it.
b. Under the Range of recurrence option, select the start and end date for the task, or select the No
End Date option to run the task for an unlimited period.
c. Click Next. Enter the iDRAC/IPMI user name and password of the device on which you want to
run the power control task.
6. Click Finish to create the power control task and return to the Power Control Tasks tab.
Protocol profile
Power Center server uses a protocol profile to communicate with devices. The protocol profile specifies
the connection protocol and credential information of a device. You select a protocol profile when you
discover a new device.
You can set up multiple protocol profiles for each device. Additionally, you can add a profile, edit an
existing profile, or delete a profile.
Power Center supports the following connection protocol types, and includes several optional settings:
NOTE: Get the correct protocol type and credential information from your system administrator.
The user name and password for the IPMI/WS-MAN protocol must be the same as those used for
the iDRAC/CMC Web console.
• IPMI: Select IPMI protocol for the server.
– IPMI User Name — Maximum length is 16 characters.
– IPMI Password — Maximum length is 255 characters.
– IPMI Key — A string of 40 hex digits.
• WS-MAN: Select WS-MAN protocol for the chassis.
– WS-MAN User Name — HTTP basic user name; maximum length is 255 characters.
– WS-MAN Password — HTTP basic password; maximum length is 255 characters.
– WS-MAN Port — Default value is 443, or enter a port number from 1 to 65535.
– WS-MAN Validate Certificate — (Optional) Enables device certificate validation.
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