Switched Rack PDU
USER’S GUIDE
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1.For Priority, select the priority to assign to the test message.
2.For Test Message, use any text that meets the format described in Syslog message format — for example, APC: Test message.
3.Click Apply to have the Rack PDU send a Syslog message that uses the defined Priority and Test Message settings.
Syslog message format. A Syslog message has three parts:
•The priority (PRI) part identifies the Syslog priority assigned to the message’s event and the facility code assigned to messages sent by the Rack PDU.
•The header includes a time stamp and the IP address of the Rack PDU.
•The message (MSG) part has two fields:
–A TAG field, which is followed by a colon and a space, identifies the event type (System, or Device, for example).
–A CONTENT field provides the event text, followed by a space and the event code.
Web/SSL (Web/SSL/TLS in the control console)
Use the Web/SSL menu to perform the following tasks.
•Enable or disable the two protocols that provide access to the Web interface of the Switched Rack PDU:
–Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) provides access by user name and password, but does not encrypt user names, passwords, and data during transmission.
–Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS). Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypts user names, passwords, and data during transmission and provides authentication of the Switched Rack PDU by means of digital certificates.
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