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Viewing the Server Properties and State

You can view the properties of a server (such as, the MAC address, external IP, Backbone IP) and the server state/status on the Servers page.

To view the server properties and state

1. Select Servers from the left Menu.

   The Servers page appears. The state of the server can be Enabled or Quarantined.

2. To sort the column, click the column name.
3. To add or remove the columns that appear on the page, click the down arrow to the right of the column and then select or clear the desired column names.

Power Off or Power Cycle a Server

The BFC enables you to power down or power cycle any server not allocated to a grid.

To power down, or power cycle a server

1. Quarantine the desired server. The server must be quarantined before performing any power operations on the server. This prevents the grids from allocating a server during this procedure.
2. Select Servers from the left Menu.

   The Servers page appears.

3. Select the checkbox next to the desired server.
4. Select Power Off or Power Cycle from the Server Actions drop-down list.

Quarantine or Unquarantine a Server

The BFC enables you to quarantine and unquarantine servers as needed. For example, you want to replace a hard disk on one of your servers in a grid you can quarantine the server so that other grids cannot add the server to their grid.

Note: For hardware maintenance, we recommend that you follow the procedure to remove a server from the grid before you quarantine it.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Servers from the left Menu.

   The Servers page opens.

2. Select the check box next to the desired servers.
3. Select Quarantine or Unquarantine from the Server Actions drop-down list.

Delete a Server

Deleting a server enables you to remove the server from the BFC. If you decide to add the server back to the BFC, simply power on the server and the Auto Discovery process will add the server back into the BFC.

To delete a server

1. Quarantine the desired server. The server must be quarantined before it can be deleted.
2. Select Servers from the left Menu.

   The Servers page appears.

3. Select the checkbox next to the desired servers.
4. Select Delete from the Server Actions drop-down list.

   A confirmation dialog appears.

5. In the confirmation dialog, specify if you want to prevent rediscovery of the server. In Manual Configuration ("whitelist") mode, this removes the server's entry from the whitelist. In Auto Discovery ("blacklist") mode, this adds the server's entry to the Auto Discovery list. In either case, the server will not be discovered when it boots.
6. Click OK on the confirmation dialog to delete the server.