Avocent Cyclades ACS, Installation/Administration/User Manual

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Chapter 9: Ports Menu and Forms 149
NOTE: If you wish to configure IPMI power management on this port, continue to the IPMI configuration
procedure below.
To configure a serial port for IPMI power management:
This procedure assumes you have added the connected IPMI device in the Applications - IPMI
Power Mgmt. form.
1. To enable IPMI Power Management of an IPMI device connected to the currently selected
port, perform the following steps:
a. Click the Enable IPMI on this port checkbox. The IPMI key and IPMI Server
fields appear.
b. Enter a key in the IPMI key field. Enter the key combination in the IPMI key field with
^
,
as in
^i
. The caret (
^
) stands for the
Ctrl
key. The administrator of the device connected to
this serial port uses this hotkey to bring up the IPMI power management screen.
c. Select the name of the IPMI device from the IPMI Server pull-down menu.
2. Click Done .
3. Click apply changes .
To configure a user for IPDU power management while connected to a serial port:
Perform this procedure to allow a user to perform power management on a device while connected
to it through one of the console server’s serial ports.
1. Configure a serial port for IPDU power management as described in the previous section.
2. To permit everyone to perform power management on this port, click the Allow All Users
radio button.
Figure 9.16: Ports - Physical Ports - Power Management-Allow All Users
3. To restrict power management on this port to a set of users authorized to access this port, click
the
Allow Users/Groups radio button.