On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 14:14, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> wrote: > On 1/11/2021 10:32 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > > How do you want the person to shut it down without logging in? Some > computers have a "smart" power switch pushbutton that you can program to do > a shutdown or a reboot depending on how long you hold the button down. > Otherwise you'll need at least a keyboard, or possibly something like a > joystick or a mouse button? > > Keyboard. i don't have a mouse hooked up since it's currently running > without a GUI. > > I wasn't sure if the power switch on the R720xd is monitored that way so > that hitting the front panel button would shut the system down or maybe > bring up the DRAC screen. > > > The simplest would be to have a person plug in a keyboard and do a three finger salute (CNTRL-ALT-DEL) on the system. Doing it once should trigger a shutdown and reboot. [That said. I have seen some systems ignore it and others do an immediate power cycle so please test.] When the hardware is booted, the DRAC screen can only be brought up on the network. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Stephen J Smoogen.