User's Manual

found to log the user in. When disabled, if a user belongs to multiple authentication
services, the attempt to log in to the Rack Power Manager software fails.
When enabled, if a user has different access rights within each authentication service
he belongs to, the user is granted access rights based on the first authentication service
found by the Rack Power Manager server. In this case, a user may be granted different
access rights at different login times.
NOTE: The Allow login when user is a member of more than one authentication service setting does not replicate to
spoke servers. It is recommended that you uniformly enable or disable this setting on each Rack Power Manager
hub and spoke server.
7. Click Save to store client session information in the Rack Power Manager software
database on the host.
Email
To specify email properties:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Email in the side navigation bar. The RPM Server Email Server Properties window
will open.
3. Type a new address for the SMTP server that sends email notifications as a domain name or
an IP address in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
4. If your SMTP server requires login credentials, select Login required to access SMTP server
and type a username and password, then confirm the password.
5. Click Save to store Rack Power Manager software email property information in the Rack
Power Manager software database on the host.
Unit status polling
To use unit status polling:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Unit Status Polling in the side navigation bar. The RPM Server Unit Status Polling
Properties window will open.
3. Select Enable unit status polling.
4. Type the number of seconds to wait between polling cycles (from 30-999 seconds). The
default is 900 seconds (15 minutes). A smaller value results in greater accuracy.
5. Type the number of managed appliances that may simultaneously be polled to obtain status
information (from 1-25 units). The default is 5. A larger number results in faster speed.
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