Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.
Turningontheserver
Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:
•Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontofthechassistoturnontheserver.Theserverneedsabout30secondsforthe
ThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryouconnectthe
servertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerbuttonduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstart
immediately;itwillstartaftertheTMMinitializationfinishes.
•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLANremotely.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
Turningofftheserver
CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.
Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:
•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.
•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontofthechassistostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem
andturnofftheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.
•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttononthefront
ofthechassisforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpower
cordsfromtheserver.
•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLANremotely.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
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