Command Line Interface Guide

system before powering the system down. If you do not want to shut down the operating system first,
use the osfirst=false parameter. The following table displays the valid parameters for the command.
NOTE: Due to the limitations of certain operating systems (for example, VMware ESXi), certain
features are not available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator.
Table 48. Valid Parameters Of System Shutdown
name=value pair Description
action=reboot Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup, performing BIOS
checks and reloading the operating system.
action=poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system.
action=powercycl
e
Turns off the electrical power to the system, pauses, turns the power on, and
reboots the system. Power cycling is useful when you want to re-initialize system
components such as hard drives.
osfirst=true | false
true: Closes the file system and exits the operating system before shutting down
the system.
false: Does not close the file system or shut down the operating system before
shutting down the system.
Example Shutdown Commands
To set the shutdown action to reboot, type:
omconfig system shutdown action=reboot
or
omconfig servermodule shutdown action=reboot
To bypass operating system shutdown before the system is powered off, type:
omconfig system shutdown action=reboot osfirst=false
or
omconfig servermodule shutdown action=reboot osfirst=false
Omconfig System Thrmshutdown Or Omconfig Servermodule
Thrmshutdown
Use the omconfig system thrmshutdown or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown command to
configure a thermal shutdown action. You can configure the system for a thermal shutdown when a
temperature probe detects a temperature probe warning or failure event.
The following table displays the valid parameters for the command:
Table 49. Valid Parameters Of Thermal Shutdown
name=value pair Description
severity=disabled | warning |
failure
disabled: Disable thermal shutdown. An administrator must
intervene.
warning: Perform a shutdown when a temperature warning event is
detected. A warning event occurs when any temperature probe
inside a chassis reads a temperature (in degree Celsius) that exceeds
the maximum temperature warning threshold value.
failure: Perform a shutdown when a temperature failure event is
detected. A failure event occurs when any temperature probe inside
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