Configuration and Administration > Power Management Support

Power Management Support
To configure Power management support, you must first configure a power management (PM) device that is connected to a KVM/net, OnSite, or ACS/TS device managed by the APM. Then you configure outlets on the PM and associate the outlets with consoles. The following figure shows an example of an administrative PM details edit form.
IPDU Details Form
Tab that opens a display of data read back from the PM device after you click on the “Get Information” button. This tab does not appear when you are creating a PM device.
Tab that opens the outlets control form. From here, you can select individual outlets, regardless of whether or not they are assigned to a KVM port, and turn them on or off, cycle them, or lock or unlock them, either individually, or in selected groups. You can also view the current status of each outlet from this form after clicking on the “Get Information” button. This tab does not appear when you are creating a PM device.
Tab that opens the device log rotation settings form, which lets you set device log rotation by frequency or file size.
A name you can give to the PM device to help you remember where it is and what it controls.
A pull-down list allowing you to select either “On Demand” (to enable the PM) or “Disabled.”
The name of the controlling device (KVM/net, OnSite, ACS, or TS) to which the PM device is connected.
This is either port “1” (or an incriminated number for each daisy chained device) on a KVM/net or OnSite, or the serial port number of an ACS or a TS to which the PM device is connected.
If set to 0, the alarm will occur when default current threshold of the PM is exceeded. You can set this to an alternate threshold below the default threshold, if you wish.
Over current protection
If selected, automatically shuts off an outlet if the current at that outlet exceeds the current limit.
Button that allows you to go back to the previous form without saving any configuration parameters.
Button that saves the current PM parameter settings and configures all the outlets on the device.
Save & Autodiscover
Button that saves the current PM parameter settings and interrogates the device controlling the PM (if it can be detected) for existing outlet configurations.
This button is used to update information displayed in the “IPDUs Info” and the “Outlets” forms, since they are not updated in real time.
To Configure a PM Device
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For a KVM/net or an OnSite, the PM should be physically connected to the “AUX” port. For an ACS or a TS, the PM should be physically connected to one of the serial console ports. Use a straight through serial (not console) cable.
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For a KVM/net or an OnSite, be sure to include the KVM ports for which you want to assign AlterPath PM outlets.
For an ACS or a TS, be sure to configure the serial port to which the PM is attached, as a PM port. You do this from the ACS or TS WMI, either directly or via an APM proxy connection (see “Proxies”).
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The “IPDU” create/device details form appears (see “IPDU Details Form”).
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The model number must match the model of the PM connected to the managed AlterPath device.
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The choices are ssh, ssh_telnet, and telnet.
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The devices list appears. The PM device and possibly, the device to which it is attached will have indications in the “Upload” columns indicating that an upload is required.
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Note: If you create an admin user with access restricted to a PM device only, and such a user subsequently logs onto the APM and uploads the PM device, the parent device will also be uploaded. This happens even if the parent device is specifically not checked in the upload menu.

Configuration and Administration > Power Management Support