User`s guide

About the Power Controller Feature
Chapter 14 Power Controller 192
About the Power Controller Feature
The Power Controller feature allows administrators of the Digi Passport
unit to use console management to control power functions. Power control
consists of three basic functions: on, off, and reboot (power cycle). There
are two typical scenarios when using a power controller. The simplest
scenario is a non-serial device connected to a power controller, for
example, an environmental sensor controller or a tape backup device. The
power controller is configured and accessed through the Digi Passport unit.
This illustration shows the a power controller configured through the Digi
Passport unit for non-serial devices.
The second scenario is a serial device (such as a router or server)
managed through a port on the Digi Passport unit with its power supply
mapped through the power control feature. After configuration is complete,
power is managed by connecting to the console management port on the
Digi Passport unit. The Power Controller feature handles the relationship of
a specific outlet to a serial device as if the power supply were also
connected to the same port as the serial device. In other words, it is not
necessary to view the physical connection or remember which outlet
controls a specific serial device after configuration, because the Digi
Passport unit performs those actions. The illustration shows a Sun server
configured through a serial port connection on the Digi Passport 32.
Chapter 14
Power Controller