Dataprobe iBoot-Hub Operation Manual - Manual (Page 13)

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Action: select from
None Heartbeat not used
Power On – Latch Upon triggering, iBoot will power on and remain so until changed via the web,
ibootctl.exe or direct messaging.
Power On – Follow Upon triggering, iBoot will power on. When the heartbeat returns, iBoot will
power off.
Power Off – Latch Upon triggering, iBoot will power off and remain so until changed via the web,
ibootctl.exe or direct messaging.
Power Off – Follow Upon triggering, iBoot will power off. When the heartbeat response returns,
iBoot will power on.
Power Cycle Upon triggering, iBoot will cycle the power. iBoot will wait the Heartbeat
Frequency x Fail Count; if the heartbeat does not return, the power will be
recycled again. This will continue until the heartbeat returns or Heartbeat is
turned off. Make sure your Heartbeat frequency is longer than the time
required to reboot your device.
Power Cycle Once Upon triggering, iBoot will cycle power one time. It will not cycle again
automatically until the heartbeat returns and is lost again.
8.3. Using Heartbeat Monitor
With Heartbeat operational, the main iBoot page will display the current status of this feature. The status will be OK
to indicate that iBoot is receiving heartbeats, or that the fail counter has not yet been exceeded.
If the fail count has been exceeded, the status will change to Triggered. The Trigger Counter indicates the number
of times the Heartbeat feature has been triggered. A counter reset button is provided when logging in with the
System password.
Using the Heartbeat Program
The heartbeat program and instructions are available from the distribution disk, or
dataprobe.com/support_iboot.html
8.4. External Control Program
Dataprobe provides a remote control program to control iBoot directly. This program is useful for creating simple
desktop icons for specific power functions for one or more iBoots. It can also be run from a command line and can
be called by other programs. (Batch files etc.)
For
example, ibootctl.exe can be called from server monitoring programs such as WhatsUp Gold™, Servers Alive™
or any program that provides for an external program to be run upon loss of a server.
ibootctl.exe is available on the distribution disk, or at
dataprobe.com/support_iboot.html