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USER’S GUIDE
Switched Rack PDU
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Rules for configuring outlet groups
For a system that uses outlet groups, the following rules apply:
A Switched Rack PDU can have more than one outlet group, but an outlet can belong
to only one outlet group.
A local outlet group, which has no global outlet, must consist of two or more outlets.
You can synchronize a global outlet group on one Switched Rack PDU with a global
outlet group on each of three other Switched Rack PDUs.
In a global outlet group, you can designate only one outlet to be a global outlet,
linking to outlet groups on other Switched Rack PDUs for the purpose of
synchronization. That global outlet can be the only outlet in its group, or the group
can consist of multiple outlets.
To link outlet groups on Switched Rack PDUs for synchronization, those Switched
Rack PDUs must have the same Device Multicast Name and Device Multicast
Address and be running the same version of Switched Rack PDU firmware.
A global outlet of one outlet group must have the same physical outlet number as
the global outlet of any other outlet group to which it links.
To create and configure outlet groups, you must use the Web interface or export
configuration file (.ini file) settings from a configured Switched Rack PDU. The control
console lets you display whether an outlet is a member of an outlet group and lets
you apply control actions to an outlet group, but the control console does not let you
set up or configure an outlet group.