Remotely Controlling The Power Status Of A Server - IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User Manual

Restart count
Power-on hours

Remotely controlling the power status of a server

The Remote Supervisor Adapter II provides full remote 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.
Attention:
to data when you perform a remote shutdown of your operating system:
v If the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Linux, SUSE
v In the Power off delay field, if the value is less than 45 seconds, the Remote
To perform the actions in the Server Power/Restart Control area, you must have
read/write access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. For the operating system
shutdown options, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II communicates with the
system-management software through the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software,
and the system-management software initiates the shutdown.
To perform server power and restart actions, complete the following steps.
Note: Select the following options only in case of an emergency, or if you are
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. For more information, see
2. In the navigation pane, click Power/Restart. Scroll down to the Server
3. Click one of the following options:
Power on server immediately
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v OS booted
v CPUs held in reset
The Restart count field shows the number of times that the server has
been restarted.
Note: The counter is reset to zero each time the ASM subsystem is
cleared to factory defaults.
The Power-on hours field shows the total number of hours that the server
has been turned on.
Read the following information to prevent the loss of data or damage
Linux, or Novell NetWare operating system is installed on your server, you to
install the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software to support remote operating
system shutdown.
Supervisor Adapter II software will adjust the value to 45 seconds when it is
loaded. You can decrease the power-off delay value after the server has started,
but the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software will reset it to 45 seconds on the
next server restart. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II software will not change a
power-off delay value that is 45 seconds or greater.
offsite and the server is nonresponsive.
Chapter 2, "Opening and using the Web interface," on page 5.
Power/Restart Control area.
To turn on the server and start the operating system, click Power On
Server Immediately.