Chapter 5. Performing Imm Tasks; Viewing Server Power And Restart Activity; Controlling The Power Status Of A Server - Lenovo RD220 - ThinkServer - 3798 User Manual

Chapter 5. Performing IMM tasks

Use the functions under the Tasks heading in the navigation pane to directly
control the actions of the IMM and your server. The tasks that you can perform
depend on the server in which the IMM is installed.
You can perform the following tasks:
v View server power and restart activity
v Remotely control the power status of the server
v Remotely access the server console
v Remotely attach a disk or disk image to the server
v Update the IMM firmware
Note: Some features are available only on servers running a supported Microsoft

Viewing server power and restart activity

The Server Power/Restart Activity area displays the power status of the server
when the Web page was generated.
Power This field shows the power status of the server when the current Web page
State
Restart count
Power-on hours

Controlling the power status of a server

The IMM provides full power control over your server with power-on, power-off,
and restart actions. In addition, power-on and restart statistics are captured and
displayed to show server hardware availability. To perform the actions in the
Server Power/Restart Control area, you must have Supervisor access to the IMM.
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was generated.
This field shows the state of the server when the current Web page was
generated. The following states are possible:
v System power off / State unknown
v System on / starting UEFI
v System stopped in UEFI (Error detected)
v System running in UEFI
v Booting OS or in unsupported OS (might be in the operating system if
the operating system is not configured to support the in-band interface
to the IMM)
v OS booted
This field shows the number of times that the server has been restarted.
Note: The counter is reset to zero each time the IMM subsystem is cleared
to factory defaults.
This field shows the total number of hours that the server has been turned
on.
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