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•Server Technology Sentry™ family of Switched Cabinet Power Distribution Units (CDUs) and switched CDU Expansion Module (CW/CX) power devices.
•Server Technology Sentry Power Tower XL™ (PTXL) and Power Tower Expansion Module (PTXM) power devices.
•Server Technology Sentry Smart CDU (CS) and smart CDU Expansion Module power devices with version 6.0g or later.
NOTE: The term PDU is used to refer to any of these types of power devices.
The console server automatically recognizes and supports a Cyclades PM IPDU or Avocent SPC device when the serial port to which the power device is connected has been configured for power management.
Additional requirements for Server Technology IPDUs
For supported Server Technology IPDUs the following additional requirements apply:
•The console server must be managed by a DSView 3 server (DSView 3 software version 3.4.1 or above).
•The needed power device license must be present, and the power device must be added to the DSView 3 software.
The license is automatically downloaded from the DSView 3 server onto the console server. Configuration and management can then be performed either through the DSView 3 software or through the web manager.
Conventions used to identify outlets
Several formats (such as outlet names, outlet groups, IPDU IDs and port names) can be used to identify outlets during configuration, as described below:
•An administrator can configure optional names for each outlet to replace the default names assigned by the system. Outlet names must begin with a letter. Valid characters are letters, numbers, dash
•An administrator can configure outlet groups. Once defined, outlet groups are specified with the dollar sign ($) prefix followed by the outlet group name: $outlet_groupname. For example, $Cyclades_IPDU specifies an outlets group called Cyclades_IPDU.
•An administrator can specify outlets in any of the following ways:
•With a name that was configured for the outlet
•With an outlet group name preceded by the $ suffix
