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Oracle® ILOM Protocol Management Reference SNMP and IPMI Firmware Release 4.0.x

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Updated: August 2017
 
 

Manage the System Power Policy


Note -  The settings defined in this procedure are not applicable to all server platforms.

Note -  The IPMI TLS interface (orcltls) is supported as of Oracle ILOM firmware version 3.2.8 and later. For a higher level of security, you should always specify the IPMI TLS interface (-I orcltls) when executing Oracle ILOM commands from the IMPItool utility. For more information about the IPMI TLS interface that is provided by Oracle, see IPMI TLS Service and Interface.
  1. To get the current system power policy, type:
    $ipmitool -I [orcltls|lanplus] -H SP_hostname_or_IPaddress -U username -P password
    raw 0x2e 0x43 4
  2. To set the power manage policy to performance, type
    $ ipmitool -I [orcltls|lanplus] -H SP_hostname_or_IPaddress -U username -P password
    raw 0x2e 0x42 2 00 00 00 00
  3. To set the power manage policy to elastic, type:
    $ ipmitool -I [orcltls|lanplus] -H SP_hostname_or_IPaddress -U username -P password
    raw 0x2e 0x42 2 00 00 00 01
  4. To set the power manage policy to disabled, type:
    $ ipmitool -I [orcltls|lanplus] -H SP_hostname_or_IPaddress -U username -P password
    raw 0x2e 0x42 2 00 00 00 02

    The following table describes the Power Management Policy State (IPMItool) input fields:

    Fields
    Byte
    Description
    Input Data
    1
    Sunoem command group number: 0x2e.
    2
    Command code 0x42 sets the Power Policy Activation State.
    3
    Group extension identification: 2.
    4-6
    Reserved fields.
    7
    Sub-commands for power policy activation: 00 - Performance policy 01 - Elastic policy 02 - Disable the policy