User Guide

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Type Protocol Ports
Avocent® PMPDU (PM10/20/1000/2000/3000) Serial Any autosense port
Liebert® MPH/MPX/MPH2/MPX2 IP-SNMP
Any appliance port or
Remote via LANinfrastructure
Serial PDUs connected to an autosense port will be automatically discovered. Serial PDUs
connected to a port with autosense disabled must be manually given a port class of Serial PDU.
Network (IP)PDUs connected to appliance ports will be automatically discovered if the DHCP and
SNMPsettings are in a default state. Network PDUs can also be discovered from a remote LAN
infrastructure using the SP management discovery range feature.
Network PDU
Network PDUs can be added or discovered when physically connected to appliance ports or
logically accessible via IP from the rest of the LANnetwork.
To add a network PDU:
1. From the sidebar, click Targets-PDU Management then click the Network PDU tab.
2. Enter the IPaddress, community name string and use the drop-down menu to select either
RO(Read Only)or RW(Read/Write)as the ComType.
3. Click Apply.
NOTE: Acom type of RWis required to turn outlets on or off and to modify rack PDU settings. You may
need to change the SNMPcom type within the rack PDU's native interface and within the appliance before
control actions will be supported.
To delete a network PDU:
1. From the sidebar, click Targets-PDUManagement then click the SNMPSettings tab.
2. From the Network PDUtable, check the box next to the network PDUyou want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
SNMPSettings
Network PDUs can be discovered using the community information defined in PDUManagement-
SNMPSettings. By default, the appliance is pre-populated with Liebert
®
Rack PDU
SNMPcommunity defaults.
To add an SNMPcommunity:
1. From the sidebar, click Targets-PDUManagement then click the SNMPSettings tab.