Performing An Emergency Shutdown; Using The Integrated Administrator; Pressing And Holding The Enclosure Power Button; Completely Removing Ac Power - HP BladeSystem bc2800 - Blade PC Reference Manual

Performing an Emergency Shutdown

Two methods are available for performing an emergency shutdown on the enclosure and all HP
Blade PCs:
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Using the Integrated Administrator

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Pressing and holding the enclosure power button

Using the Integrated Administrator
The Integrated Administrator performs an emergency shutdown of the enclosure and all HP Blade
PCs only after trying for five minutes to perform a graceful shutdown. For more information, see the
Performing a Graceful Shutdown on page
cannot perform a graceful shutdown on the enclosure and all HP Blade PCs, the Integrated
Administrator performs an automatic emergency shutdown. To power down the enclosure using the
Integrated Administrator, refer to the HP Integrated Administrator User Guide for detailed instructions.
Pressing and Holding the Enclosure Power Button
You can also perform an emergency shutdown of an HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure and all
HP Blade PCs by pressing and holding the power button on the rear of the enclosure for four
seconds.
CAUTION:
unsaved data on all HP Blade PCs in that enclosure.
Briefly press the button again to power up the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure.

Completely Removing AC Power

To completely remove power from the enclosure and all HP Blade PCs, after powering down the
enclosure, disconnect both of the power cords from the AC power source, then disconnect both of the
power cords from the rear panel of the enclosure.
Figure 3-4 Disconnecting the power cords from the rear panel
Reverse these steps to power up the enclosure.
Performing an emergency shutdown on an HP Blade PC may result in the loss of any
10. If, after five minutes, the Integrated Administrator
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