Server User Manual

Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower

switchonthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage17.Theserverneedsabout

30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou

pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill

startaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda

LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole

usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis

availablefordownloadat:

http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Turningofftheserver

CAUTION:

Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff

theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower

cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected

fromthepowersource.

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran

orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow

toshutdownyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor

theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn

offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe

frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords

fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma

managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis

availablefordownloadat:

http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides