Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Clicking the IPM Device tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (shown in Figure 3-2) will display some information and functions of the system’s BMC firmware. Device Information This shows the revision levels of the BMC and IPMI firmware. ACPI System Power State This shows the managed system’s power state. If the managed system is in a power-off state, the green light will be off. This status will update automatically every five seconds. Graceful Power Control (Administrator and Operator only) Graceful power control will inform the OS running on the managed system to shutdown/reboot/power-cycle within a specified time (the default is 30 seconds).
When the OS running on the managed system receives a graceful power control request, it will generate a pop-up window on the managed system’s monitor and start a count down. This pop-up notice window gives the user who is working on the system a chance to save any working files. However, remote login users or service users (for example Web site visitors) will not see this notice. Graceful Shutdown Same as the shutdown function in Windows. The managed system will enter an S5 state. Graceful Reboot Same as the reboot function in Windows. Graceful Power Cycle This function is a combination of the Graceful Shutdown and Power Up functions. 3-21