HP Rack and Power Manager Software Power Protection for the Rack and Power Management Server

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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