User's Manual

Product Overview
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Rack Power Manager software is a stand-alone web browser-based, centralized Rack PDU
Management solution. It provides all centralized management capabilities related to Rack PDU
devices, ability to perform power control actions as well as run power consumption reports for
outlets, PDU's, racks, rows etc. as well as for all custom groups of equipment.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, all references to DSView™ software refer to DSView software version 4 or
higher.
System Components
The Rack Power Manager software system contains the following components.
Rack Power Manager management software
The Rack Power Manager software resides on the Rack Power Manager server (host or hub
computer) and provides a web gateway and services for managing rack PDUs using a web
browser.
Users may connect to the Rack Power Manager server from Rack Power Manager software clients
and use the Rack Power Manager Explorer windows to communicate with the system.
Rack Power Manager server
The Rack Power Manager server contains the Rack Power Manager management software. The
server provides a centralized database for storing configuration, user, unit and system information.
It also provides services for authentication, access control, logging events, monitoring and license
management.
You may configure one or more spoke (backup) servers in addition to the hub server. The hub
server is responsible for maintaining the master copy of the database in a Rack Power Manager
software system. Only one server in a Rack Power Manager software system may be configured as
the hub server.