Owner's Manual

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Setting power control options
The power control options screen provides you with information on the system power status.
It also provides several power control options and lets you set a power restore policy.
The power-on counter indicates the length of time that the BMC (only) has been receiving power
(that is, plugged in) and not how long the server has been turned on. This count takes place
even when the system is powered off. Everything else shown on the screen applies to the BMC
host server and not the BMC itself.
To access the power control options:
1 From the BMC Web server main screen, click Power Control on the left side of the screen.
The Power Control Options screen opens.
2 To change the power control options, open the Power Control Options list and click the
option you prefer. Choose from:
• Power Up - The system is started from powered off status.
• Power Cycle - The system is shut down, then powered up again after a brief pause
(a cold reboot).
• Hard Reset - A warm reboot (like pressing the reset button).
• Power Down - The system is turned off.
• Force Dump - This causes the operating system to dump core. Support for this option
depends on the operating system.
To locate the server, turn on the UID (chassis locator), which turns on the ID LED on the
host chassis.
To set a power restore policy, click the option you prefer.