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To add the task:
1. From the Tasks window, click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear. Click Next.
2. The Select Task to Add window will open.
a. Select Send IPMI chassis control command to target devices from the drop-down menu.
b. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
c. Click Next.
3. The Select When to Run the Task window will open. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 246 for more information). Click Next.
4. The Select Unit Group window will open.
a. Select All Target Devices from the drop-down menu to configure the IPMI chassis control
on all target devices.
-or-
Select a particular unit group to configure from the drop-down menu. See Grouping units
by unit group on page 128 for more information.
b. Click Next.
5. The Select Target Devices window will open. The Available Target Devices list will contain
all IPMI 1.5 target devices available in the unit group specified in the previous step.
a. Select the specific IPMI 1.5 target devices to chassis control from the Available Target
Devices list. Multiple target devices may be selected by pressing
Ctrl or Shift while
clicking on the target device names. Click Add. The IPMI 1.5 target devices will be moved
to the Target Devices to Control list.
b. Click Next.
6. The Select IPMI Control Function window will open.
a. Select the power control function you wish to perform on the IPMI 1.5 target devices:
• Select Turn Power On to power up the specified devices.
• Select Turn Power Off to power down the specified devices.
• Select Cycle Power to power down and then power up the specified devices.
• Select Reset to perform a hard reset of the specified devices.
• Select Graceful Shutdown to perform a graceful shutdown of the specified devices.
NOTE: The availability of the Cycle Power and Graceful Shutdown options is dependent on the BMC
implementation. If one of these options is selected for a task but the BMC implementation does not support the
option, the task will fail when run and be reported in the Task Results window.
b. Click Next.
7. The Completed Successful window will open. Click Finish. The Tasks window will open
including the new task.
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