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Power On/Off Chassis

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Assistance
»Overview
»Features & Capabilities
»About Partitioning
»Starting & Stopping
»Complex Scope
»Partition Scope
»Cell Scope
»I/O Chassis Scope
»Actions
»Set Complex Name
»Analyze Complex Health
»Clear All LEDs
»Show Complex Details
»Create nPartition
»Assign Cell(s)
»Delete nPartition
»Modify nPartition
»Unassign Cell(s)
»Power On/Off Cell
»Turn On/Off Cell LED
Power On/Off Chassis
»Turn On/Off Chassis LED
»I/O Slot Actions
»Show Log File
»Status Indicators
»Messages
»Release Notes
»About Partition Manager
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Requirements
» Command Preview
» Error Messages

These actions power on or power off the selected I/O chassis.

Requirements

The following rules apply to powering on or off an I/O chassis.

  • The I/OPower On Chassis action is only enabled when a single I/O chassis is selected, and that I/O chassis is in a powered-off state.

  • The I/OPower Off Chassis action is only enabled when a single I/O chassis is selected, and that I/O chassis is in a powered-on but inactive state.

  • Powering on or off an I/O chassis requires powering on or off the cell that it is attached to.

  • You cannot power off or on an I/O chassis that is not connected to a cell. This is a limitation imposed by system firmware. If you cannot connect the I/O chassis to a cell, then login to the service processor and use the Command Menu to power off the I/O chassis.

  • You cannot power off an active I/O chassis. You must first make the cell that is connected to the I/O chassis inactive. Either shut down the nPartition that the cell is assigned to, or set the cell's “Use On Next Boot” flag to “No” and reboot the nPartition.

  • When running Partition Manager on a local nPartition, or when connecting via WBEM to a remote nPartition, the ability to power on or off a cell (and attached I/O chassis) is affected by the setting of the nPartition Configuration Privilege.

    If the privilege is unrestricted, you can power on and off cells that are assigned to the nPartition that you are connected to and free cells. You cannot power on or off cells that are assigned to another nPartition.

    If the privilege is restricted, you can only power on and off cells that are assigned to the nPartition that you are connected to. You cannot power on or off free cells or cells that are assigned to another nPartition.

    For more information, refer to configuration privilege.

  • When you are using Partition Manager by connecting to the service processor of a complex via IPMI over LAN, you can power off any inactive cell in the complex, and you can power on any cell that is currently powered off. Connecting in this manner requires the IPMI password for the service processor. See the user authentication topic for more information.

Command Preview

Partition Manager executes the frupower(1M) command to perform these actions. The command that will be executed is displayed in a dialog prior to execution. If you decide not to execute the displayed command, click [Cancel]. Otherwise, click [OK] to execute the command. Any errors returned by the command will be displayed.

After clicking [OK] to power on an I/O chassis (by powering on its cell), Partition Manager will display the waiting for cell to power on dialog.

Error Messages

If the power state of the selected I/O chassis has changed since the last complex scan, an error message will be displayed, indicating that the I/O chassis power is already in the desired state.

Click [OK] to return to the previous view, and update the display by clicking the Partition Manager [Refresh] button or by selecting ToolsRefresh Data from the actions menu.

For more information, refer to refreshing the data.