I just checked a poweredge 350 and in the bios under Boot there is an option
for What to do after a power failure and "turn on" is the option I have.
you may want to double check. I have a 1650 and I'll check it later for
you. However, and this is just a thought....do you have your UPS gracefully
shutting down the server (ie a serial cable to power down when the battery
fails?) Perhaps the system doesn't think it is a power failure but just a
shutdown and therefore doesn't turn itself back on. Like I said I may be
all wet because I've never had to test it. I'll let you know if my other
Dell has the same Bios.
Good luck.
Jim Carnes
Information Systems Administrator
jcarnes@...
Kenlee Precision Corporation
1700 Morrell Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21230
-----Original Message-----
From: James Piper [mailto:admin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:41 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Shutting down server in the event of a power
failure
Well got a good one for you
We have a Brand spanking new DELL 2600 Power Edge Server
It is attached to a Tripplite SU2200 100VA Battery Backup unit
I am running Windows 2003 Server
Latest version of Power alert software
We had a power outage this weekend. (First time since putting in the new
server)
The server did not come back online when the power was restored
The old Vantage server did (HP LH3000)
Called Tripplite
They said its a Dell issue as all my settings were correct
Said there is a BIOS Setting that tells the system what state to return to
in the event of a power outage
REbooted the server over lunch today
No Setting
Called Dell
No setting available in BIOS/CMOS for this
This is a software issue
Their recommendation, call Tripplite!
Called Tripplite - They say Dell is nuts and that if there is no setting
in
CMOS for this then I am S O L
Anyone have a solution for me?
The power management built into Windows 2003 only lists a APC Unit and I
searched Microsoft's website for a drive without any luck!
Thanks
James Piper
Meco Inc
Paris IL
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for What to do after a power failure and "turn on" is the option I have.
you may want to double check. I have a 1650 and I'll check it later for
you. However, and this is just a thought....do you have your UPS gracefully
shutting down the server (ie a serial cable to power down when the battery
fails?) Perhaps the system doesn't think it is a power failure but just a
shutdown and therefore doesn't turn itself back on. Like I said I may be
all wet because I've never had to test it. I'll let you know if my other
Dell has the same Bios.
Good luck.
Jim Carnes
Information Systems Administrator
jcarnes@...
Kenlee Precision Corporation
1700 Morrell Park Ave
Baltimore, MD 21230
-----Original Message-----
From: James Piper [mailto:admin@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:41 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Shutting down server in the event of a power
failure
Well got a good one for you
We have a Brand spanking new DELL 2600 Power Edge Server
It is attached to a Tripplite SU2200 100VA Battery Backup unit
I am running Windows 2003 Server
Latest version of Power alert software
We had a power outage this weekend. (First time since putting in the new
server)
The server did not come back online when the power was restored
The old Vantage server did (HP LH3000)
Called Tripplite
They said its a Dell issue as all my settings were correct
Said there is a BIOS Setting that tells the system what state to return to
in the event of a power outage
REbooted the server over lunch today
No Setting
Called Dell
No setting available in BIOS/CMOS for this
This is a software issue
Their recommendation, call Tripplite!
Called Tripplite - They say Dell is nuts and that if there is no setting
in
CMOS for this then I am S O L
Anyone have a solution for me?
The power management built into Windows 2003 only lists a APC Unit and I
searched Microsoft's website for a drive without any luck!
Thanks
James Piper
Meco Inc
Paris IL
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
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