User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE
Metered Rack PDU
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Access Procedures
Overview
The Rack PDU has two internal interfaces (control console and Web interface) that
allow you to manage the Rack PDU.
The SNMP interface also allows you to use an SNMP browser with the PowerNet
Management Information Base (MIB) to manage the Rack PDU.
Access priority for logging on
Only one user at a time can log on to the Rack PDU. The priority for access, beginning
with the highest priority, is as follows:
• Local access to the control console from a computer with a direct serial connection to
the Rack PDU.
• Telnet or Secure SHell (SSH) access to the control console from a remote computer.
• Web access, either directly or through the InfraStruXure Manager.
For more information about the internal user interfaces, see Control
Console and Web Interface.
To use the PowerNet MIB with an SNMP browser, see the PowerNet
SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) Reference Guide, which
is provided on the Metered Rack PDU Utility CD.
See SNMP for information about how SNMP access to the Rack
PDU is controlled.