Remote Power And Chassis Management - Avocent MERGEPOINT SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

Table 3.1: MergePoint SP Manager Web Interface Descriptions
Window
Number
Area
Top
1
Option Bar
Side
2 Navigation
Bar
3 Tab Bar
Top
4 Navigation
Bar
Content
5
Area

Remote Power and Chassis Management

Using the MergePoint SP manager, you may view the power status and the status of the chassis
indicator LED (if available) on managed target devices, manage power and turn the LED on
and off remotely. You may also initiate cold reset and BMC self test operations on certain types
of SPs.
The effects of Power Off and Power Cycle commands differ among service processor vendors.
For a hard power command, power is turned off immediately, while a soft command shuts down
the operating system before turning off the SP. If a service processor provides more than one of
the options, the MergePoint SP manager performs the hard power option by default.
The options for the reset command also differ, and are defined as warm reset and cold boot. For
a warm reset, only the operating system is restarted while a cold boot issues a power cycle
command. In cases where both options are available, the MergePoint SP manager will use cold
boot.
NOTE: In addition, for Dell 10G SPs, you can view power tracking statistics and peak statistics by clicking Power
Monitoring.
To view and control the power status:
1. In the side navigation bar, click an SP name.
Description
Use the top option bar to log out or access online help. If any alerts occur, a yellow icon is
displayed. The name of the logged in user appears on the left side of the top option bar.
Use the side navigation bar to select the appliance or SPs and access or edit
corresponding information in the content area.
Use the tab bar to display and manage the MergePoint SP manager, managed groups
and SPs.
The selections in the top navigation bar vary, depending on the active tab in the tab bar.
The content area displays information relative to your selections and allows you to make
changes to the MergePoint SP manager, managed groups or SPs.
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