Remote Boot (Start) - IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter User Manual

Shutdown O/S and then restart server
Restart the server immediately
A confirmation message displays if you select any of these options, enabling you to
cancel the operation if it was selected accidentally.

Remote boot (start)

From the Remote Boot page, you can remotely start (boot) your server from a
newly created diskette image or from a previously created and saved diskette
image.
Note: This feature is not available on all servers.
Complete the following steps to create an image from a diskette for the first time
and then start the server from the image:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. For more information, see Chapter 2,
2. In the navigation pane, click Remote Boot. A window similar to the one in the
3. Click Remote Booting From a Diskette.
4. Select the diskette drive for your server; then, select the directory for the
5. Click Create Disk Image and Boot Server.
6. You are then asked if you want to save the image for future use. Click Yes if
7. Click Continue in the confirmation window to start the server using the
Complete the following steps to start your server from a previously created and
saved diskette image:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter. For more information, see Chapter 2,
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Remote Supervisor Adapter device driver is installed. You might also need
to install IBM Director Agent. For more information, see the Attention notice
at the beginning of this section.
To restart the operating system, click Shutdown O/S and then Restart
Server. This option requires that the Remote Supervisor Adapter device
driver is installed. You might also need to install IBM Director Agent. For
more information, see the Attention notice at the beginning of this section.
To turn off and then turn on this server immediately without first shutting
down the operating system, click Restart the Server Immediately.
"Opening and using the ASM Web interface" on page 3.
following illustration opens.
temporary files.
you want to be able to start the server again at a later time. An image of the
diskette is then created and transferred to temporary storage on the Remote
Supervisor Adapter. A confirmation window opens when the image transfer is
complete.
transferred image.
"Opening and using the ASM Web interface" on page 3.