• Turn outlets o n and off
• Cy cle power
• Loc k outlets to prevent accidental ch anges in power state (Avocent PM PDUs and
Cyclades IPDUs only)
• U nlock the outl ets (Avocent PM PDUs and Cyc lades IPDUs only)
• A ssign an alias to the outlet (to ident ify the device for which it provid es power)
• Save t he current configuration to Flash memory in the IPDU
• Edi t the outlet configuration (post-on /offde lay, minimumo n time,w ake-up state, current
thresholds) (depends o n the PDU ven dor)
A list shows the port ID, IPDU ID, the model and vend or for IPDUs connected to p orts that are
configured for powe r management. The Show bu tton shows det ails about a sel ected IPDU. For
Avocent PM PDUs, t he Outlet, Outl et Name, Outlet State, Cu rrent, Power and Alarm are
displayed. For other PDUs, the Outlet Nu mber,Out let Name and Outlet State are displayed
The following table il lustrates what each icon indica tes
Button Purp ose
Yellowbulbs indicate an outlet is switched ON. Gray bulbs indicate an outlet is switched
OFF.
Anopened padlockindicates that an outlet is unlocked. A closedpa dlockindicates that an
outletis locked.
Anorang e Cycle button is activene xt to each outlet that is on.
Displaysa dialogbox to configure an Outlet Name and Post On Delay. Outlet names
mustbegin with a letter. Valid characters are letters, number s,dash (- ) and underscore
(_). The post on delay isthe amount of time ( inseconds) that elapses after the selected
outletis turned on before a nother outlet istur ned on.
Table 6.2: Expert - Outlets Manager Ico ns Description
Clicking th e Edit button displa ys the dialog box for speci fying Outlet Name and Post On
Delay [turn-on (PU) int erval] for Cyclades IPDUs.
You can specify a name for the out let, such as the server or device name and change th e 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 turn ed on
beforeanother outlet can be turned on.
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