Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Chapter 4. Turning on and Turning off the Server; Turning on the Server; Turning off the Server

Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.
Turningontheserver
Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:
•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontofthechassistoturnontheserver.Theserverneedsabout30secondsforthe
ThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryouconnectthe
servertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerswitchduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstart
immediately;itwillstartaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.
•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
Turningofftheserver
CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.
Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:
•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.
•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontofthechassistostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem
andturnofftheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.
•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthefront
ofthechassisforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpower
cordsfromtheserver.
•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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