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Using Power Management

Using Suspend-Resume Features Manually

The Power Management software includes a timesaving feature, called Suspend-Resume. This feature is used automatically through the AutoShutdown and AutoWakeup features of the dtpower program. You also can Suspend and Resume your system whenever you choose by following the procedures in "Suspending Your System" and "Resuming Your System".

The traditional process of powering off your system can be time consuming. Similarly, the process of rebooting and setting up your workspace also can take some time. With the Suspend-Resume feature, you can power off your system and quickly save all your current work-in-process automatically. Then, at the next power on, your workspace quickly returns to the way it was when you last used the system.

You can leave your system suspended and powered off for an indefinite length of time without losing data. However, there are some outside operations (such as receiving mail) that may be affected while your system is suspended. Before you use the Suspend-Resume features, be sure to read "Choosing to Use Power Management".

Note -

The Suspend-Resume feature is not supported on systems configured as diskless clients.

Suspending a system can occur automatically through the AutoShutdown feature in the Power Management software. Also, you can suspend your system manually using the keyboard by following instructions in the next section.

Suspend allows you to do the following without losingyour system's current state:

Note -

Do not use the Suspend feature if you need to reconfigure your system. You must halt the operating system whenever you want to reconfigure your system.

Before you suspend a system, you must wait for operations such as the following to finish: