Device Command Descriptions

Network Port Sharing Commands

The Command Line Interface allows commands to be sent to guest Rack PDUs. The user may specify the Display ID of the Rack PDU to be commanded, followed by a colon, before the first argument (or as the first argument, if the command does not normally have arguments). Providing a Display ID is optional, omitting it will simply command the local Rack PDU. For example:

<command> <id>:<arg1> <arg2>

This will send <command> to the Rack PDU with the Display ID <id>. <id> is delimited from <arg1> with a colon character; do not include any spaces between <id>:<arg1>, as spaces are used to delimit arguments.

bkLowLoad

Access: Administrator, Device User

Description: Set or view the bank low-load threshold current in amps. You can specify all banks, a single bank, a range, or a comma-separated list of single banks and/or ranges.

Example 1: To set the low-load threshold for all banks to 1A, type:

apc> bkLowLoad all 1 E000: Success

Example 2: To view the low-load threshold setting for banks 1 through 3, type:

apc> bkLowLoad 1-3 E000: Success

1:1 A

2:1 A

3:1 A

Example 3: To view the low-load threshold setting for banks 1 and 2 on guest Rack PDU 3, type:

apc> bkLowLoad 3:1-2 E000: Success

1:0 A

2:0 A

bkNearOver

Access: Administrator, Device User

Description: Set or view the bank near-overload threshold current in amps. You can specify all banks, a single bank, a range, or a comma-separated list of single banks and/or ranges.

Example 1: To set the near-overload threshold for all banks to 10A, type:

apc> bkNearOver all 10 E000: Success

Example 2: To view the near-overload threshold setting for banks 1 through 3, type:

apc> bkNearOver 1-3 E000: Success

1:10 A

2:10 A

3:10 A

Example 3: To view the near-overload threshold setting for banks 1 and 2 on guest Rack PDU 3, type:

apc> bkNearOver 3:1-2 E000: Success

1:16 A

2:16 A

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