User's Manual

To change server network properties:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Network in the side navigation bar. The Rack Power Manager Server Network
Properties window will open.
3. Type a new Rack Power Manager server port number in the HTTPS Port field.
If the default value (443) is modified, the port number in the URL must be specified
when accessing the Rack Power Manager software. For example, if the IP address of
the hub server is 10.0.0.1 and the port number is changed to 444,
https://10.0.0.1:444/Rack Power Manager must be typed in the Address field of the
web browser to access the Rack Power Manager software.
The selected port must be available on the Rack Power Manager server. If Rack Power
Manager software clients are located on an external connection, the specified port must
be open on the firewall.
4. Click Save. A confirmation dialog box will appear.
A web browser error message will appear when Save is clicked. This error message is a
normal occurrence. To reestablish connection to the Rack Power Manager software,
you must reconnect to the hub server by typing the URL with the new port number.
For example, if you changed the port number to 334 for a hub server with an IP
address of 10.0.0.1, type https://10.0.0.1:334/Rack Power Manager to access the Rack
Power Manager management software.
5. Confirm or cancel the change.
Server certificates
Rack Power Manager software administrators manage server certificates. See Certificates on
page 49 for a description of certificate types and procedures to manage certificate policy and
the system trust store.
Security alerts
The Rack Power Manager software uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to securely communicate
between the Rack Power Manager software hub server and Rack Power Manager software
clients. SSL provides secure authentication using certificates, which is data that identifies the
PC with which communication will occur. A certificate is typically verified by another
certificate from a trusted certificate authority.
When the Rack Power Manager software is initially installed, it generates a self-signed
certificate for use with Rack Power Manager software clients. To replace this, a Rack Power
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