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Performing power actions on managed servers

You can use Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator to power on, power off, and restart managed servers.

Before you begin

You must be a member of a user group to which the predefined Supervisor or Hardware Administrator role is assigned.

ThinkSystem servers require an operating system to perform power operations.

Ensure that the operating system on the server is Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) compliant and is configured to allow shutdown operations.

About this task

XClarity Orchestrator supports the following power actions.

  • Power On icon Power On. Powers on selected servers that are currently powered off.
  • Power Off Normally icon Power Off Normally. Shuts down the operating system and powers off selected servers that are currently powered on.
  • Power Off Immediately icon Power Off Immediately. Powers off selected servers that are currently powered on.
  • Restart Normally icon Restart Normally. Shuts down the operating system and restarts the selected servers that are currently powered on.
  • Restart Immediately icon Restart Immediately. Restarts selected servers that are currently powered on.
  • Restart to System Setup icon Restart to System Setup. Restarts to BIOS/UEFI (F1) Setup for selected servers.
  • Restart Management Controller icon Restart Management Controller. Restarts the baseboard management controller for selected servers.
Note
  • For ThinkEdge Client devices, only Restart Normally icon Restart Normally is supported.
  • The connectivity status of the server must be online. You cannot perform power actions on devices that are offline, including Offline Managed devices.

You can perform power actions on a maximum of 25 devices at one time.

Procedure

To power on, power off or restart servers, complete the following steps

  • For a single server
    1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu, click Resources (Resources icon) > Servers. The Servers card is displayed with a tabular view of all managed servers.
    2. Click the row for the server to display the server summary cards for that server.
    3. From the Quick Actions card, click Power Actions, and then click the desired power action.
    4. Click Confirm.
  • For multiple servers
    1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu, click Resources (Resources icon) > Servers. The Servers card is displayed with a tabular view of all managed servers.
    2. Select one or more servers. You can select a maximum of 25 servers.
    3. Click Power Actions, and then click the desired power action.

      A dialog is displayed with a list of selected devices. Note that devices that are not applicable (that do not support power actions) are grey out.

    4. Click Confirm.
  • For all servers in a group
    1. From the XClarity Orchestrator menu, click Resources (Resources icon) > Groups. The Groups card is displayed with a tabular view of all groups.
    2. Select a group of servers.
    3. From the Quick Actions card, click Power Actions, and then click the desired power action.

      A dialog is displayed with a list of selected devices. Note that devices that are not applicable (that do not support power actions) are grey out.

    4. Select the specific servers in the group to act on. You can select a maximum of 25 servers.
    5. Click Confirm.

      A job is created to perform this operation. You can monitor the progress of the job from the Monitoring (Monitoring icon) > Jobs card. If the job did not complete successfully, click the job link to display details about the job (see Monitoring jobs.)