User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE
Switched Rack PDU
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Enable outlet groups
Click the Device Manager tab and select Group Configuration from the Outlet
Groups left navigation menu. Configure the following parameters, and click Apply.
Enable creation of outlet groups.
Enable support for global outlet groups (linked groups).
Enabling encryption and authentication of outlet groups.
Parameter Description
Device Level
Outlet Group
To create an outlet group, you must enable this parameter. It is
disabled by default.
Parameter Description
Multicast Name To link outlet groups on multiple Switched Rack PDUs, you must
define the same Multicast name and Multicast IP address on each
of those Rack PDUs.
N
OTE: A maximum of four devices can be configured with the
same Multicast name and Multicast IP address.
Multicast IP
Parameter Description
Authentication
Phrase
A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that verifies that the device
is communicating with other devices, that the message has not
been changed during transmission, and that the message was
communicated in a timely manner, indicating that it was not
delayed and that it was not copied and sent again later at an
inappropriate time.
Encryption Phrase A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that ensures the privacy of
the data (by means of encryption).