Booting a G5 Xserve on applying power

[Andrew Zschetzsche]

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Macs do have a wake-on-power option in the OpenFirmware (i.e. the 
BIOS), but you need to set it in OS X under the Energy Saver control 
panel.

There might be a way to set it via linux, but I doubt it.

- --Andy Zschetzsche



On May 5, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Rick Krutz wrote:

> All,
>  
> I have about 25 dual G5 Xserves (running YDL 4) that are part of a 
> system we are building that includes many Intel-based servers.  All 
> are protected by an APC UPS.  We shut the machines down with a series 
> of scripts and then remove power with the UPS.  When we turn power 
> back on, the Intel systems come up fine as there is a boot-on-power 
> option (at the BIOS level).  The Xserves require manual intervention 
> (hitting the power switch) on each server.  I have heard that this is 
> not a problem with MacOS.  Is that true?  Is there any workaround that 
> anyone knows for dealing with this with the G5 and YDL4?  Does it work 
> with YDL 3?   Any help would be appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
> Rick
>  
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