HP Rack and Power Manager User Guide

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Power Protection for the Rack and Power Management Server
Power protection for the Management Server is essential. The Management Server is the
central point of control of the Rack and Power Management environment. If the Management
Server goes down, control of all managed devices is lost. Supported power protection
configurations for the Management Server are detailed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1: Management Server Power Protection Configurations
Number of UPSs UPS Connections Components Required on
Management Server
Single UPS serially attached to the
Management Server
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Manager
• System Agent
• Serial Relay Agent
Single Network connected
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Manager
• System Agent
Redundant Both UPSs network connected
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Manager
• System Agent
Redundant Both UPSs serially attached*
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Manager
• System Agent
• Serial Relay Agent
Redundant One UPS serially attached, one UPS
network connected
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Manager
• System Agent
• Serial Relay Agent
* If this configuration is used, the serial communications cable from the second UPS must be
connected to a separate server.