To clarify, Dell IPMI firmware with or without a DRAC installed does effectively press the power button for the chassis power control functions.
Keith Mund x34851 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nitin Gupta Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 7:50 AM To: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] disable shutdown when using chassis power off? Mark Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > > How do I disable shutdown from being called > after remotely issuing an IPMI chassis power off command? > > I want to power off the machine immediately; no shutdown, no delay. > > Background: > As an example case, the host is a Dell PE-2850 with a DRAC card installed > so I can access this remote system's console. > With a recent LINUX 2.6 kernel running, I issue an IPMI chassis power > off or cycle to this remote host and observe its console via DRAC. > The remote console shows the OS starts a shutdown sequence and > it progresses through run level kill scripts. > A few seconds later though, the power is pulled from the system. > The OS never gets to complete transitioning to run level 0. > Is this due to ACPI? > Yes, DRAC seems to emulate power button press event which is caught by ACPI. But I want the shutdown sequence to complete before actual power-off occurs. Do you know how to delay this power-off so that user-scripts (shutdown) can complete their work? Is there a way to actually 'cancel' the power-off altogether? Thanks, Nitin Gupta > > Mark > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
