82 | Reference: Managing Appliances with BMC
Maintenance
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Power Off
- Immediately power off the appliance.
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Power On
- Powers off and then reboots the system (cold boot).
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Power Cycle
- Reboots the appliance without powering off (warm boot).
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Hard Reset
- Initiates operating system shutdown prior to the shutdown.
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ACPI Shutdown
- Sends Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) shutdown signal to
the virtual machine, which has the same effect as if you had pressed the power button.
3. Click
Perform Action
.
Maintenance
You can perform these maintenance tasks:
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Backup Configuration
- You can check the component before performing a backup. By default,
IPMI configurations are selected automatically when you select the Network and Services box. You
can save the backup config file to a location of your choice.
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BMC Recovery
- You can perform a BMC recovery with these options: force a recovery on the next
reboot; set the number of retries to reset the BMC (from 1 to 5); set the number of retries (from 1 to
5) to recover a firmware image during the recovery process; set the address of the server where the
firmware image will be stored; set the image name.
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Firmware Image Location
- Set the protocol to be used to transfer the firmware image onto the
BMC: Web upload during flash or TFTP server.
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Firmware Information
- Displays the firmware image date, time, and version.
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Firmware Update
- Perform a firmware image update.
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HPM Firmware Update
- Perform a Hardware Platform Management (HPM) firmware image update.
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Preserve Configuration
- Check the configuration settings to be preserved when a restore
configuration operation is performed.
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Restore Configuration
- Navigate to a previously saved configuration file to be restored.
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Restore Factory Defaults
- Set configurations to be preserved during a restore operation.
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System Administrator
- View username and password, enable or disable user access, and change
the password.
Signing out of the BMC session
To sign out of the BMC session
1. Choose
Sign out
to display the confirmation pop-up window.
2. Click
OK
to end the session.
