Avocent ACS 5000 manual Expert Outlets Manager Icons Description ButtonPurpose, Off

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•Turn outlets on and off

•Cycle power

•Lock outlets to prevent accidental changes in power state (Avocent PM PDUs and Cyclades IPDUs only)

•Unlock the outlets (Avocent PM PDUs and Cyclades IPDUs only)

•Assign an alias to the outlet (to identify the device for which it provides power)

•Save the current configuration to Flash memory in the IPDU

•Edit the outlet configuration (post-on/off delay, minimum on time, wake-up state, current thresholds) (depends on the PDU vendor)

A list shows the port ID, IPDU ID, the model and vendor for IPDUs connected to ports that are configured for power management. The Show button shows details about a selected IPDU. For Avocent PM PDUs, the Outlet, Outlet Name, Outlet State, Current, Power and Alarm are displayed. For other PDUs, the Outlet Number, Outlet Name and Outlet State are displayed

The following table illustrates what each icon indicates

Table 6.2: Expert - Outlets Manager Icons Description

ButtonPurpose

Yellow bulbs indicate an outlet is switched ON. Gray bulbs indicate an outlet is switched

OFF.

An opened padlock indicates that an outlet is unlocked. A closed padlock indicates that an outlet is locked.

An orange Cycle button is active next to each outlet that is on.

Displays a dialog box to configure an Outlet Name and Post On Delay. Outlet names must begin with a letter. Valid characters are letters, numbers, dash (-) and underscore (_). The post on delay is the amount of time (in seconds) that elapses after the selected outlet is turned on before another outlet is turned on.

Clicking the Edit button displays the dialog box for specifying Outlet Name and Post On Delay [turn-on (PU) interval] for Cyclades IPDUs.

You can specify a name for the outlet, such as the server or device name and change the post on delay (turn-on interval).

NOTE: The turn-on interval is the amount of time (in seconds) that elapses after the selected outlet is turned on before another outlet can be turned on.