Users Guide
Task Description
Launch Remote Desktop Launches the remote desktop for the selected
system.
Power Cycle Turns off the power, and after a delay, turns it on
again.
Power Off Gracefully Shuts down the operating system first, then turns
off the system power.
Power On Turns on the system power. This option is available
only if the system is off.
Power Reset Turns off the system power and turns it on again.
Turn LED Identification On Turns on the identify LED for 255 seconds on the
selected system.
Turn LED Identification Off Turns off the identify LED on the selected system.
Dell Windows Server Tasks
Check Power Status
You can check the power status and allow power control tasks through the IPMI shell.
NOTE: To enable Advanced Power Control, install Baseboard Management Controller Management
Utility (BMU) in the default path. If BMU is not installed in the default path, create a new console
task. For more information on creating a new console task, see Creating Advanced Power Control
And LED Identification Tasks.
To check the power status of a system:
1. In the OpsMgr console, navigate to a Dell Diagram Views, State Views, or Alert Views.
2. Select the desired Dell server in any of the Diagram Views or State Views or an alert in the Alerts
Views.
3. In the Tasks pane, select Dell Windows Server Tasks → Check Power Status.
Clear ESM Logs
The Server Administrator Embedded Server Management (ESM) log, also referred to as the hardware log,
maintains a list of all system events generated by the hardware, such as error-correcting code (ECC),
system reset and boot, and probe threshold changes. You can refer to this log when hardware errors
appear or when the system is not functioning properly.
To run the Clear ESM Logs task:
1. In the OpsMgr console, navigate to a Dell Diagram Views, State Views, or Alerts Views.
2. Select the desired Dell system in any of the Diagram Views or State Views or an alert in the Alerts
Views
.
3. In the Tasks pane, select Dell Windows Server Tasks → Clear ESM Logs.
The Run Tasks window is displayed.
4. Click Run to clear the ESM logs of the device that you selected.
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