User`s guide

USER’S GUIDE

Switched Rack PDU

If you are using the encryption-based security protocols for your system, use SCP to

retrieve the log file.

If you are using unencrypted authentication methods for the security of your system,

use FTP to retrieve the log file.

To use SCP to retrieve the files. To use SCP to retrieve the event.txt file, use the

following command:

scp

username@hostname_or_ip_address

:event.txt ./event.

txt

To use SCP to retrieve the data.txt file, use the following command:

scp username@hostname_or_ip_address:data.txt ./data.txt

To use FTP to retrieve the files. To use FTP to retrieve the event.txt or data.txt file:

1. At a command prompt, type ftp and the Rack PDU’s IP address, and press

ENTER.

If the Port setting for the FTP Server option (set through the Network menu of the

Administration tab) has been changed from its default (

21), you must use the

non-default value in the FTP command. For Windows FTP clients, use the following

command, including spaces. (For some FTP clients, you must use a colon instead

of a space between the IP address and the port number.)

ftp>open ip_address port_number

The Rack PDU uses a four-digit year for log entries. You may need to

select a four-digit date format in your spreadsheet application to display

all four digits.