User's Manual

Managing Units
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This chapter describes how to manage unit properties and settings, access rights and local
account settings, and how to view unit asset and usage reports.
Appliance Configuration Templates
Appliance configuration templates allow Rack Power Manager administrators to quickly
configure new units or replace failed units. You can create an appliance configuration template
based on any supported unit in the Rack Power Manager software system. The appliance
configuration template saves the properties of the model unit so that they can be applied to other
units. Two classifications of settings are saved in appliance configuration templates:
• Personality data is specific to a single unit and is only applied during a replace appliance
operation. An example of personality data is an IP address.
• Fixed data is specific to the unit family (such as PM 3000) but is not specific to a single
unit. Fixed unit data, such as session time-outs, is applied during both an apply appliance
configuration template operation and a replace appliance operation.
You can also create appliance configuration templates that are specific to a single unit. For
example, once the unit is configured, you may wish to use the Save Last Known Good
Configuration Template operation to create an appliance configuration template of the unit in
that state. You can also use the Save Current Configuration Template to create an appliance
configuration template of the unit in its current state. These templates can later be applied to the
unit if needed.
NOTE: For appliances that do not support appliance configuration templates, the related buttons and links are not
displayed.
Saving appliance configuration templates
Saving an appliance configuration template generates a Rack Power Manager event.