Introduction > Power Management > Options for Managing Power > IPDU Power Management

IPDU Power Management
IPDU power management allows authorized users to control power for devices that are plugged into an AlterPath PM intelligent power distribution unit (IPDU), when the IPDU is connected to one of the OnSite’s two AUX ports and properly configured.
Multiple AlterPath PM intelligent power distribution units (IPDUs) can be daisy-chained to allow power management of up to a total of 128 outlets per AUX port. Since both AUX ports can be used for IPDU power management, you can plug in and manage up to 256 devices.
When a device is physically connected to either a serial port or KVM port and plugged into an IPDU, authorized users can manage power for that device while connected to a serial or KVM port to which the device is physically connected.
When a device with multiple power supplies is connected to a serial port, the device can be plugged into multiple outlets on daisy-chained IPDUs, and authorized users can managed all outlets as a group.
Power Management While Connected to Devices
Authorized users can do the following types of power management while connected to a device through one of the OnSite’s ports:
Users can perform IPDU or IPMI power management of a connected device while logged into the device through a serial port.
Power Management from the OnSite Command Line
OnSite administrators can use the following commands to manage power:
The pm, pmCommand commands for performing IPDU power managment
ipmitool commands to manage power on IPMI devices.
The pm and pmCommand commands are introduced in Managing IPDU Outlets With PM Commands.

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