Powering On And Powering Off The System; Before You Begin - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual

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C H A P T E R
Powering On and Powering Off the
System
This chapter describes how to power on and power off the system, and how to
initiate a reconfiguration boot.
This chapter explains the following tasks:
"Powering On the Server Remotely" on page 62
"Powering On the Server Locally" on page 63
"Powering Off the System Remotely" on page 64
"Powering Off the Server Locally" on page 66
"Initiating a Reconfiguration Boot" on page 66
"Selecting a Boot Device" on page 69

Before You Begin

Note – Before powering on the system, you must attach a system console device to
gain access to the system. See
system is plugged in.
The following is a brief summary of powering on the system properly:
1. Attach a system console device to the serial management port and turn the
console device on.
2. Plug in the system power cords.
Serial management access is only possible during first-time startup.
ALOM boots and starts issuing console messages. At this time, you can assign
a username and password.
Chapter 2. ALOM automatically boots up when the
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