Windows 2000 Shutdown

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Hi,

I have seen plenty of posts out there, but none that clearly explain what to
do.

I have a number of Dell servers PE1750's, 2650's and 2600's.

I have them all setup on a UPS with network shutdown.

The problem we run into is most of these servers when they autopower off..
they turn off completely and when power is restored, they don't turn on
again.. I would like to know how to configure Windows 2000 Server (SP4) to
not power off the system on shutdown.

My BIOS for Dell doesn't have anything except a option to turn off the power
switch which works, but then disables the power button.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Paul
 
Paul said:
Hi,

I have seen plenty of posts out there, but none that clearly explain
what to do.

I have a number of Dell servers PE1750's, 2650's and 2600's.

I have them all setup on a UPS with network shutdown.

The problem we run into is most of these servers when they autopower
off.. they turn off completely and when power is restored, they don't
turn on again.. I would like to know how to configure Windows 2000
Server (SP4) to not power off the system on shutdown.

My BIOS for Dell doesn't have anything except a option to turn off
the power switch which works, but then disables the power button.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Paul
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Whether or not the UPS can power the servers back up is entirely dependent
on the motherboard capacity/BIOS on the server, as far as I know. Check with
Dell and see what they have to say.
 
Lanwench is correct it should be a cmos setup mobo issue.

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:
| Hi,
|
| I have seen plenty of posts out there, but none that clearly explain what
to
| do.
|
| I have a number of Dell servers PE1750's, 2650's and 2600's.
|
| I have them all setup on a UPS with network shutdown.
|
| The problem we run into is most of these servers when they autopower off..
| they turn off completely and when power is restored, they don't turn on
| again.. I would like to know how to configure Windows 2000 Server (SP4) to
| not power off the system on shutdown.
|
| My BIOS for Dell doesn't have anything except a option to turn off the
power
| switch which works, but then disables the power button.
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Thanks
|
| Paul
 
Guys,

Thanks.. I have looked into that one.. Dell says the system has to be left
in a "Windows is now safe to shutdown mode"

rather than compltely poweroff which apparently the OS does automatically..
There isn't any way to disable that in the dell bios.. I can turn off the
power switch all together, but then i can't shut the server off without
unplugging it.

There is a way to do that through Win2003 with a patch/registry change.. but
i was curious to see if there is a fix for Win2k as well.

Hope this clears up any confusion..

Thanks!

Paul
 
This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810903

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Guys,
|
| Thanks.. I have looked into that one.. Dell says the system has to be left
| in a "Windows is now safe to shutdown mode"
|
| rather than compltely poweroff which apparently the OS does
automatically..
| There isn't any way to disable that in the dell bios.. I can turn off the
| power switch all together, but then i can't shut the server off without
| unplugging it.
|
| There is a way to do that through Win2003 with a patch/registry change..
but
| i was curious to see if there is a fix for Win2k as well.
|
| Hope this clears up any confusion..
|
| Thanks!
|
| Paul
 
That might work.

The Device Manager has ACPI Enabled in it.

I wonder if I disable that would that help?
 
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