Avocent ACS 5000 manual Ipdu Power Management, Outlets Manager

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IPDU Power Management

IPDU management allows you to manage the power outlets on power management appliance products. If you have permission to manage outlets on a power management appliance, selecting the IPDU Power Mgmt. option will display a form with two tabs, Outlets Manager and View IPDUs Info.

Access the forms under IPDU Power Mgmt. menu to manage outlets or view IPDU information.

Outlets Manager

When you select IPDU Power Mgmt. - Outlets Manager, an error message appears either if you do not have permission to manage power on any of the IPDU outlets or the console server cannot detect an IPDU that has been configured for power management.

If you have permission to manage power on one or more outlets of the power management appliance, the Outlets Manager form is displayed.

The form shows separate entries for each serial port configured for power management, a name for the configured serial port if one is defined by the administrator and the number of IPDUs connected. The matrix displays a line item for each outlet you are authorized to manage.

The authorized user can perform the following for any listed outlet:

•Edit the outlet name. Enter a name to identify the server or device plugged into the outlet.

•Cycle. Turn power briefly off and on again.

•Turn the power On/Off to the outlet.

•Lock or unlock the outlet to prevent accidental changes to the power state (available for Avocent PM PDUs and for Cyclades IPDUs).

•Edit the post-on delay. The post-on delay is the time interval (in seconds) the system waits between turning on the currently-selected outlet and the next outlet. The default is set at 0.5 seconds (available for Avocent PM PDUs, Cyclades IPDUs and ServerTech PDUs).

•Edit minimum on time and minimum off time. This is the minimum time the outlet should be on or off before changing the state to off or on (available for Avocent SPC devices).

•Edit the wake state. The wake state is the outlet state when the PDU is turned on (available for Avocent SPC devices and for ServerTech PDUs).

•Edit post-off delay. The post-off delay is the delay (in seconds) the system waits between turning off the currently-selected outlet and the next outlet (available for some models of Avocent PM PDUs).