Power And Environmental Monitoring; Remote Power Control (Rpc); Rpc Connection - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 8: Power and Environment
The B094-008-2E-M-F, B095-004/003 and B092-016 Console Servers and B096-048/016 Console Server Management
Switch products embed software that can be used to manage connected Power Distribution Systems (PDU's), IPMI devices
and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS's) supplied by a number of vendors, and some the environmental monitoring devices.
B092-016 Console Server with PowerAlert also embeds Tripp Lite's PowerAlert software.
8.1

Remote Power Control (RPC)

The Console Server Management Console monitors and controls Remote Power Control (RPC) devices using the embedded
PowerMan and NUT open source management tool. RPC's include power distribution units (PDU's) and IPMI power devices.
8.1.1

RPC connection

Serial and network connected RPC's must first be connected to, and configured to communicate with, the Console Server:
• For serial RPC's, connect the PDU to the selected serial port on the Console Server. From the Serial and Network: Serial
Port menu, configure the Common Settings of that port with the RS232 properties required by the PDU (refer to Chapter
4.1.1 Common Settings). Then select RPC as the Device Type
• Similarly for each network connected RPC, go to Serial & Network: Network Hosts menu and configure the RPC as a
connected Host
• Select the Serial & Network: RPC Connections menu. This will display all the RPC connections that have already been
configured
• Click Add RPC In Connected Via, select the pre-configured serial port or the network host address that connects to the
RPC
• Enter a RPC Name and Description for the RPC
• Enter the Username and Password used to login into the RPC. Note that these login credentials are not related the
Users and access privileges you will have configured in Serial & Networks: Users & Groups
• Check Log Status and specify the Log Rate (minutes between samples) if you wish the status from this RPC to be
logged. These logs can be views from the Status: RPC Status screen
• Click Apply
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