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SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Administration Guide

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Updated: September 2017
 
 

Server, System, and Host States

The server can be in one of these states:

No power applied

No power is applied to the server. For example, when the power cords are not connected, or the data center power breaker is off.

Standby

Power is applied to the server, the SP is running, but main power is not applied to the system or the host(s). You can access Oracle ILOM on the SP in the Standby state.

Fully powered on

The system and the host(s) are powered on. After the system boots the OS in the host(s), you can access the OS.

When the host is powered on, it can be in one of these states:

Booted

The operating system is running in one of these levels:

  • 3 – The OS is running in multiuser mode with all resources enabled.

  • S – The OS is running in single-user mode and some resources are not enabled.

At the OpenBoot prompt

The OS is not running. You communicate with the OpenBoot firmware on the host.

The host automatically attempts to boot when you reset or start the host if the OpenBoot auto-boot? variable is set to true and the Oracle ILOM auto-boot property is enabled. In addition, other Oracle ILOM properties can affect the power state of the host, and thus, the boot behavior. This table explains how the HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON property and the HOST_LAST_POWER_STATE property affect the host power state.

HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON
HOST_LAST_POWER_STATE
Host Power State Behavior
Boot Behavior
Enabled
Disabled
Powers on.
The host will boot if the OpenBoot auto-boot? variable is set to true and the Oracle ILOM auto-boot property is enabled.
Disabled
Enabled
Restores host to the previous power state.
The host will not boot if the power state was off. If the previous state was on, then the host will boot if the OpenBoot auto-boot? variable is set to true and the Oracle ILOM auto-boot property is enabled.
Disabled
Disabled
Remains off.
The host will not boot.

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