Intelligent Platform Management Interface or IPMI refers to the monitoring and control functions that are built into the platform hardware and primarily is used for monitoring a server’s hardware such as temperature, voltage, and errors.On the “IPMI Power Mgmt.” form under “Applications”, you can enable and perform power management of devices that have IPMI controllers.As shown in the following figure, if no IPMI devices have been added previously, only the “Add” button appears.When an “Add” button or “Edit” button is pressed, a form appears for adding or editing a device.Expert > IPMI Power Mgmt. “Add/Edit IPMI Device” Dialog BoxesAfter you fill out the fields or make changes and save the changes, the device is added to the IPMI Devices list or the configuration for the device is changed. The following figure shows an entry for an IPMI server.Expert > IPMI Power Mgmt. Device Entry ExampleOnce an IP address for a device is added to the list of IPMI devices on this form, any user authorized for power management can turn power on and off and cycle power for the IPMI device through the Web Manager. Also, users authorized to connect to serial ports can perform IPMI power management on a serially-connected device while connected.To configure power management of IPMI devices the following ACS information must be obtained from the IPMI device’s administrator.
The “admin” or user in the “admin” group can Add, Edit, or Delete an IPMI device in an IPMI Devices List. The user with power management privileges can manage power on listed IPMI devices.
A yellow light bulb indicates the current state of the device. Clicking the light bulb icon toggles the state of the device. When the status is unknown, a question mark appears instead of the light bulb. A question mark indicates either of the following conditions.
• The device was added or deleted and the changes were not saved. Select an IPMI device to review or change its configuration.To Delete, Add, or Edit an IPMI Device to Enable or Disable IPMI Power Management
2. To delete a previously added IPMI device, click the “Delete” button on the line with the device’s name.
c. Choose an authentication type, if desired, from the “Authentication Type” pull-down menu.
f. Enter a password for administering the remote device in the “Password” field and go to Step 5.
4. To edit the configuration for a device, click the “Edit” button on the line with the device’s name, and make the desired changes on the Edit dialog box.
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2. To select a port or ports to modify, click the appropriate “Modify Ports” button, and then the “Power Management” tab.
3. To enable Power Management of a device connected to the current port and plugged into a connected IPDU, click “Enable Power Management on this port.”.
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6. The power management port and the specified outlet numbers display on the PowerMgmt Port list.To Configure a User for IPDU Power Management While Connected To a Serial PortPerform this procedure to allow a user to perform power management for a device while connected to the device through one of the ACS’s serial ports.
1. To allow everyone with access permissions for this port to perform power management on this port, click the “Allow All Users” radio button.
2. To restrict power management on this port to a restricted list of users authorized to access this port, click the “Allow Users/Groups.”
3. Enter a valid user name or group name in the “New User/Group” field, and click “Add.”To enable IPMI Power Management of an IPMI device connected to the currently-selected portA user of the device connected to this serial port can use this hot key to bring up the IPMI power management screen while connected to the port.Enter the key combination in the IPMI key field with ^, as in ^I. The caret (^) stands for the Ctrl key.Note: The default IPMI hot key is “^I”. The hexadecimal code for the <Ctrl-I> is the same as the keyboard’s <Tab> key. You can choose to change the default IPMI hotkey.
3. Select the name of the previously-added IPMI device from the “IPMI Server” pull-down menu.