Blade management commands 153
POWEROFF SERVER
CAUTION: This command can cause a server blade to lose data or become unstable.
• Command:
POWEROFF SERVER {ALL | <bay number> [{ - | , } <bay number>]} [FORCE]
• Description:
o Performs a graceful shutdown of the server in the specified bay.
o This command returns the user to the CLI immediately but the shutdown actions can take up to 5
minutes to complete.
o If the FORCE argument is given, the server blade is immediately shut down and might lose data or
become unstable.
o If no blade is in the specified bay, you are notified that the bay is empty.
• Access level/Bay level:
Administrator, operator
Bay specific
• Restrictions:
o You must have access to the specified bay number.
o This command is not applicable to storage blades. The FORCE argument is only valid for server
bays.
POWERON SERVER
• Command:
POWERON SERVER {ALL | <bay number> [{ - | , } <bay number>]} [{NORMAL | PXE
| HDD | RBSU | CD | FLOPPY | USB }]
• Description:
o Powers on the specified server blade or all server blades.
o Adding an optional boot argument forces the server blade to abandon the regular boot order and
boot using the specified method.
o If no blade is in the specified bay, you are notified that the bay is empty.
• Access level/Bay level:
Administrator, operator
Bay specific
• Restrictions:
o You must have access to the specified bay number.
o This command is not applicable to storage blades.
