I currently have Vmware ESXI 5 cluster with Dell Poweredge R710 hosts. I was told that its possible when a host goes into stand-by to have a "quick-boot" when it comes out. At this time I am waiting 7+ minutes. I have seen another cluster that boots out of stand-by in 30 seconds.
Is this a setting or part of IPMI or bios? If so how do i set this up?
Best way I can explain it Is i want the VM Host to Go to Sleep vs power off completely when in stand-by mode.
Best Answer
This is part of the VMWare Distributed Power Management (DPM) functionality.
In your host config in the vSphere client, navigate to
Configuration -> Software -> Power Management.You can add your ILO/DRAC/IPMI settings in the resulting dialog.
Further configuration on policy definition is available in your cluster properties dialog... It's related to the DRS feature.
What version of VMWare licensing are you running?