Chapter 5. Supply power to the appliance
Power up or power down the appliance
Power up the appliance
1. Attach a supplied power cord to the socket of each PSU in your appliance, as shown below in the
gure.
2. Attach the power cord to a grounded PDU on the rack.
3. Turn on your system by pressing the Power On button located on the right front panel, (see Figure 1,
External Features in Section 3.1).
4. You can verify power status by checking the Power Status LED located on the PSU. A solid green LED
light indicates that the appliance is in main power mode and power is supplied to all the appliance
components.
Figure 23. Connecting PSU to Power Source
CAUTION:
Do not attempt to modify or use the AC power cord if it is not the exact type required to
t into the grounded power outlet.
Power down the appliance
1. Check the color of the Power Status LED.
a. Green means that the appliance is in main power mode and must be shut down before it can be
safely powered off. In this mode, power is supplied to all appliance components and any operating
system that your drives can run.
b. Amber means that the appliance is already in standby mode and can be safely powered off. In this
mode, power is supplied only to the processor and the cooling fans and it is safe to power off the
appliance from this mode.
.
2. Invoke a graceful shutdown by doing the following.
a. Log in to the device as localadmin..
b. At the command prompt, type poweroff.
3. Disconnect the power cords from the PSUs to completely power off the appliance.
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