Joe, > We have several G5s running YDL in a server room. I would like to be able > to turn them on and off remotely as the server room usually cannot be > entered. Turning them off remotely is fairly easy but turning them back on > is the tricky part as they do not seem to support BOOT-ON-LAN. I found > power strips that can be controlled via Ethernet but I cannot figure out > how to configure the G5s so they power up when (re-)connected to power. > > I read that there is a way to change the settings using the Mac O/S but not > via nvram (auto-boot). The biggest problem is that these are re-furbished > G5s with YDL installed on them and there was no Mac O/S media that came > with them. > > Has anybody been able to set up their G5 Xserve to power on upon power > connection using nvram?
I believe there is a firmware setting for auto-power-on with power, but I need to do some digging --OWEN, do you remember, can this be done? kai _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
