Enabling Remote Power Cycling

The ability to remotely reset the power for the appliance chassis is available only on 80- and 90- series hardware.

If you want to be able to remotely reset appliance power, you must enable and configure this functionality in advance, using the procedure described in this section.

Before you begin

  • Cable the dedicated Remote Power Cycle (RPC) port directly to a secure network. For information, see hardware documentation for your model, available from the location listed in Documentation.

  • Ensure that the appliance is accessible remotely; for example, open any necessary ports through the firewall.

  • This feature requires a unique IPv4 address for the dedicated Remote Power Cycle interface. This interface is configurable only via the procedure described in this section; it cannot be configured using the ipconfig command.

  • In order to cycle appliance power, you will need a third-party tool that can manage devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0. Ensure that you are prepared to use such a tool.

  • For more information about accessing the command-line interface, see the CLI reference guide.

Procedure

Step 1

Use SSH, telnet, or the serial console port to access the command-line interface.

Step 2

Sign in using an account with Administrator access.

Step 3

Enter the following commands:

remotepower

setup

Step 4

Follow the prompts to specify the following:

  • The dedicated IP address for this feature, plus netmask and gateway.

  • The username and passphrase required to execute the power-cycle command.

These credentials are independent of other credentials used to access your appliance.

Step 5

Enter commit to save your changes.

Step 6

Test your configuration to be sure that you can remotely manage appliance power.

Step 7

Ensure that the credentials that you entered will be available to you in the indefinite future. For example, store this information in a safe place and ensure that administrators who may need to perform this task have access to the required credentials.

What to do next

Remotely Resetting Appliance Power