Power management relay setting
You can use the power management relay setting to turn each power outlet on or off by using the software.
On the Setting of Relay page, you can change the relay setting. For the load segment and relay of the power outlet for which you want to turn on or off, click Set to turn off the outlet or click Set again to turn on the outlet.
Environment status and configuration
If a PDU environment sensor is connected to the PDU, you can view the temperature and humidity information.
- Viewing the status
- On the Status of Environment Sensor page, you can view the temperature and humidity status from the PDU environment sensor.
- Changing the environment configuration settings
- On the Configuration of Environment Sensor page, you can configure the temperature and humidity threshold values for the PDU environment sensor that is connected to the PDU.
Modifying the basic settings
Use the System menu to configure the PDU system parameters such as the system name, password, IP address, date, and time. Some of these settings are described in the following sections.
- Changing the system information
- On the Configuration of IBM PDU page, you can change the system name and location, SNMP community, and history log interval, and you can restart the PDU.
- Displaying SNMPv3 information
- On the IBM SNMPv3 USM Setup page, you can set up the configuration for user profiles of SNMPv3 USM related parameters. You can set up the user, authentication method, and privacy method.
- Identifying the PDU
- On the Identification of Power Management page, you can view the PDU information such as the
part number, serial number, and MAC address.Note: You cannot modify the information on the Identification of Power Management page.
- Changing the date and time
- On the Date and Time page, you can change the date and time of the PDU. You can set the date and
time manually or synchronize it with the computer time. Note: Changing the PDU date and time affects other PDU settings such as e-mail, traps, and logs.
- Changing event alerts
- If an event occurs within the PDU that triggers a trap, the trap information can be sent to a monitoring application through SNMP. On the SNMP Trap Receivers page, you can specify the IP address of a server on which a monitoring application is running.
- Upgrading firmware
- You can upgrade the PDU firmware on the Upgrade Firmware page. To update the firmware, type the TFTP server IP address and the firmware image file name and click Upgrade.
- Import configuration
- You can import the configuration settings for the PDU on the Import Configuration page. The import function updates the EEPROM of the PDU.
- Export configuration
- On the Export Configuration page, you can export the configuration settings of the PDU to a file. Then, you can import the exported file to other like PDUs in the network to provide consistent and similar configuration settings.
Changing the network configuration
You can view or change the network configuration of the PDU on the Network Configuration page. You can set the PDU IP address, gateway address, subnet mask, TFTP server address, mail server address, and SMTP port number. You can also set up the e-mail receivers table to list two users who are alerted with an e-mail.
Event and history log summaries
The Logs menu provides a detailed description of all events and a record of the PDU status. System administrators can use this page to analyze problems with network equipment.
- Viewing the event log
- On the Event Log page, you can view the complete record of the PDU events. Each event log file shows the date, time, and description of each event that has occurred on the PDU. The index shows the order in which the events are logged.
- Viewing the history log
- On the History Log page, you can access the complete history of the PDU inputs, outputs, and PDU environment sensor. On the page, you can clear the history log or export the history log to a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
