Overview

Power Protection for the Rack and Power Management Server

Power protection for the Management Server is essential. The Management Server is the central point of control of the Rack and Power Management environment. If the Management Server goes down, control of all managed devices is lost. Supported power protection configurations for the Management Server are detailed in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1: Management Server Power Protection Configurations

Number of UPSs

UPS Connections

Components Required on

 

 

Management Server

 

 

 

 

Single

UPS serially attached to the

HP Rack and Power

 

Management Server

 

Manager

 

 

System Agent

 

 

Serial Relay Agent

 

 

 

 

Single

Network connected

HP Rack and Power

 

 

 

Manager

 

 

System Agent

 

 

 

 

Redundant

Both UPSs network connected

HP Rack and Power

 

 

 

Manager

 

 

System Agent

 

 

 

 

Redundant

Both UPSs serially attached*

HP Rack and Power

 

 

 

Manager

 

 

System Agent

 

 

Serial Relay Agent

 

 

 

 

Redundant

One UPS serially attached, one UPS

HP Rack and Power

 

network connected

 

Manager

 

 

System Agent

 

 

Serial Relay Agent

 

 

 

 

*If this configuration is used, the serial communications cable from the second UPS must be connected to a separate server.

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