System AutoShutdown and AutoWakeup Controls

You can specify, through the dtpower window, the timing conditions that will cause your system to shut down automatically after being idle. This feature is called AutoShutdown.

If you have a sun4u desktop machine, you also can set your system to power on automatically at a specified time each day. This feature is called AutoWakeup.

Be sure to read "Choosing to Use Power Management" before changing the AutoShutdown settings.

AutoShutdown uses the Suspend feature to automatically power off your system. When the system powers up again, it resumes in the same state as when it was suspended.

Through the dtpower window, you can activate or deactivate the AutoShutdown and AutoWakeup features, and specify the following time values:

• The number of minutes of idle time before AutoShutdown attempts to suspend the system

• The start and finish times of the period each day when AutoShutdown can occur (specifying the same time for both start and finish enables AutoShutdown to occur at any time of day)

• The AutoWakeup time of day when the system will automatically power up and resume after being suspended by AutoShutdown (sun4u desktop systems only)

AutoWakeup does not occur after you Suspend a system manually; it can occur only after AutoShutdown.