Dell Metered PDU LED- User Manual

Dell Metered PDU LED

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – USER’S GUIDE; Mete
  • Page 4 – Introduction; Product Features; The Dell
  • Page 5 – Access priorities for logging on; SNMP
  • Page 6 – Types of user accounts; Setting user access
  • Page 7 – Getting Started; To start using the Rack PDU:
  • Page 8 – Establishing Network Settings; • IP address of the Rack PDU; TCP/IP configuration methods; Appendix B: Security Handbook
  • Page 9 – BOOTP and DHCP configuration; Web Interface
  • Page 10 – • A Vendor Class Identifier
  • Page 11 – Command Line Interface; Logging on to the Command Line; exit
  • Page 12 – Recovering from a Lost Password; yourAdministratorName
  • Page 13 – restart any service you disabled.
  • Page 14 – Rack PDU Front Panel
  • Page 17 – About the Command Line Interface; Remote access to the command line interface; Administration; Telnet for basic access.
  • Page 18 – telnet; admin; If you cannot remember your
  • Page 19 – Local access to the command line interface; the serial port on the Rack PDU.
  • Page 20 – About the Main Screen
  • Page 21 – System
  • Page 22 – Stat; field reports the Rack PDU status.
  • Page 23 – Using the Command Line Interface; help
  • Page 24 – Command Syntax; Example of a command that supports multiple options:; In this example, the user command accepts the option; the argument; XYZ
  • Page 25 – alarmcount -p critical; The command will fail if you type an argument that is not specified.; Command Response Codes; The CLI reports all command operations with the following format:
  • Page 26 – alarmcount; about; Administrator, Device User
  • Page 28 – boot; Administrator only
  • Page 29 – cd; ssh; dir
  • Page 30 – date
  • Page 31 – delete; logs
  • Page 32 – eventlog; resetToDef
  • Page 33 – FTP; To view a list of commands available to a Device User, type:; To view a list of options that are accepted by the
  • Page 34 – ping; portSpeed; Administrator
  • Page 35 – prompt; quit
  • Page 36 – radius; local; radiusLocal
  • Page 37 – To view the existing RADIUS settings for the Rack PDU, type; and press; To enable RADIUS and local authentication, type:; radius -a radiusLocal; reboot
  • Page 38 – system; Test Lab; To configure the system name as; Don Adams
  • Page 39 – tcpip
  • Page 40 – user
  • Page 41 – web
  • Page 42 – xferINI; Verifying Upgrades and Updates
  • Page 43 – Device Command Descriptions; devLowLoad; devNearOver
  • Page 44 – devOverLoad
  • Page 45 – devReading; cli> devReading power
  • Page 46 – humLow
  • Page 47 – humMin; humReading
  • Page 48 – inNormal
  • Page 49 – phLowLoad; separated list of phases.
  • Page 50 – phNearOver; To set the near-overload threshold for all phases to 10 kW, type:; cli> phNearOver all 10; To view the near-overload threshold for phases 1 through 3, type:
  • Page 51 – phOverLoad; cli> phOverLoad all 13; To view the overload threshold for phases 1 through 3, type:
  • Page 52 – phReading; To view the measurement for current for phase 3, type:; cli> phReading 3 current; To view the voltage for each phase, type:; cli> phReading all voltage
  • Page 53 – prodInfo
  • Page 54 – tempHigh
  • Page 55 – tempMax
  • Page 56 – tempReading; whoami
  • Page 57 – Supported Web Browsers; You can use Microsoft
  • Page 58 – Logging On to the Web Interface; Overview; for an Administrator
  • Page 59 – URL address formats; Common browser error messages at log-on.
  • Page 60 – Web Interface Features; Tabs; The following tabs are available:
  • Page 61 – Device status icons; To return to the; Home; tab, click a device status icon from any tab.; Critical; : An alarm condition requires attention and could jeopardize; No Alarms; : No alarms are present and the Rack PDU is operating
  • Page 62 – Quick Links; • The IP address appears in the upper left corner.; Help; link and; Log off; link are located in the upper right corner.
  • Page 63 – About the Home Tab; The Overview view; Reset the Rack PDU
  • Page 64 – The Alarm Status view; The; Alarm Status; view provides a description of all alarms present.
  • Page 65 – Device Management; About the Device Manager Tab; Device Manager; Viewing the load status and peak load; Load Management options; Load Management
  • Page 66 – Configuring Load Thresholds; To configure load thresholds:; ly
  • Page 67 – The name and location you enter appear on the; Resetting Peak Load and kWh; from the
  • Page 68 – Environment; Configuring Temperature and Humidity Sensors; Through the; Temperature & Humidity; page, when you have a temperature or a; Hysteresis; Apply
  • Page 69 – must return to clear a threshold violation.
  • Page 70 – Configuring Dry Contact Inputs; Dry Contact Inputs; page, view the current status and state for the dry
  • Page 71 – Logs; Using the Event and Data Logs; Event log; options; Configuring by event
  • Page 73 – Reverse; Event Log Size; When the log is full, the older entries are deleted.
  • Page 74 – Data log; How to use
  • Page 75 – From; To delete the data log:; Clear Data Log
  • Page 76 – Data Log Size; Name; How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files
  • Page 77 – To use SCP to retrieve the files.; scp; scp; See
  • Page 78 – To use FTP to retrieve the files.; ftp; FTP Server
  • Page 79 – Administration: Security; Local Users; The Administrator user account always has access to the Rack PDU.; Enable; Types of user
  • Page 80 – Remote Users; Authentication
  • Page 81 – RADIUS; Use this option to do the following:; Add Server; , and configure the parameters for authentication by a new RADIUS
  • Page 82 – Configuring the RADIUS Server; Summary of the configuration procedure; You must configure your RADIUS server to work with the Rack PDU.
  • Page 83 – Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX; and; Supported RADIUS servers; Inactivity Timeout; Log Off; at the upper right. Because that user is still; expires. For example, with the default value for; Minutes of Inactivity; , if a user closes the browser window without logging off,
  • Page 84 – Administration: Network Features; TCP/IP and Communication Settings; Network; gateway, and MAC address of the Rack PDU.; TCP/IP Configuration; provides the following options for how the; For information on DHCP and DHCP options, see
  • Page 86 – DHCP response options
  • Page 87 – DHCP
  • Page 89 – Port Speed; DNS
  • Page 91 – Web
  • Page 93 – Console
  • Page 94 – platforms include an SSH client, but Microsoft Windows operating
  • Page 96 – SNMPv1
  • Page 97 – SNMPv3; To use SNMPv3, you must have a MIB program that supports SNMPv3.
  • Page 100 – settings enable (by default) or disable access to the FTP server and; Port; setting to the number of any unused port from 5001 to 32768
  • Page 101 – Administration: Notification; Event Actions; Types of notification
  • Page 102 – Configuring event actions; Notification parameters.; For events that have an associated clearing event, you can; Configuring by event.; To define event actions for an individual event:; on the top menu bar, and; by event; under; on the left navigation menu.
  • Page 103 – Configuring by group.; Identifying Syslog servers
  • Page 104 – SMTP Server; To Address; setting of the; recipients; option to send
  • Page 106 – Send a test message to a configured recipient.
  • Page 107 – SNMP traps; • To configure a new trap receiver, click; Add Trap Receiver
  • Page 108 – SNMP Trap Test; To
  • Page 109 – Syslog; for more information about Syslog.
  • Page 111 – Administration: General Options; Identification; Define the
  • Page 112 – Set the Date and Time; Method; Manual Mode; – Enter the date and time for the Rack PDU.; Apply Local Computer Time; to match the date and time; Synchronize with NTP Server; : Have an NTP Server define the date and time for the
  • Page 113 – Daylight saving; . If a fifth Sunday occurs in; Format
  • Page 114 – To retrieve and customize the file of a configured Rack PDU, see
  • Page 115 – Event Log and Temperature Units; Color-code event log text; This option is disabled by default. Mark the; Event Log Color Coding; checkbox to; Change the default temperature scale
  • Page 117 – Configure Links
  • Page 118 – How to Export Configuration Settings; Retrieving and Exporting the .ini File; Summary of the procedure; section headings
  • Page 119 – Detailed procedures
  • Page 120 – enabled
  • Page 121 – Transferring the file to a single Rack PDU.; Exporting the file to multiple Rack PDUs.
  • Page 122 – The Upload Event and Error Messages; The event and its error messages
  • Page 123 – Messages in config.ini; Errors generated by overridden values; when it blocks the exporting of values.; Override; keyword and the lines that contain the
  • Page 124 – File Transfers; How to Upgrade Firmware; Benefits of upgrading firmware; When you upgrade the firmware on the Rack PDU:
  • Page 125 – Firmware files; dell; identifies the version of the hardware on which you can; bin
  • Page 126 – Firmware File Transfer Methods; Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Rack PDU; xxx; you must
  • Page 127 – open; port
  • Page 128 – How to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs; FTP or SCP to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs.; Use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU; XMODEM; reset
  • Page 129 – Verify the success or failure of the transfer; xferStatus; Last Transfer Result codes
  • Page 130 – Troubleshooting; Rack PDU Access Problems
  • Page 132 – Appendix A: List of Supported Commands; Network Management Card Command Descriptions
  • Page 134 – Content and Purpose of This Appendix; for Dell
  • Page 135 – Security Features; Protection of passwords and passphrases; No password or passphrase is stored on the Rack PDU in plain text.; Summary of access methods; Serial access to the command line interface.
  • Page 136 – File transfer protocols.
  • Page 137 – Access priorities; connection to the Rack PDU
  • Page 138 – Change default user names and passwords immediately
  • Page 139 – Web interface and command line interface; • For the Web interface, use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
  • Page 140 – Encryption; The Secure SHell protocol.; SSH provides a secure mechanism to access computer
  • Page 141 – Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the Web interface
  • Page 143 – Creating and Installing Digital Certificates; Purpose
  • Page 144 – When; ), the browser cannot authenticate which Rack PDU is sending or
  • Page 146 – Use the Rack PDU Security Wizard to create a
  • Page 147 – – You choose the length of the; Firewalls
  • Page 148 – Using the Rack PDU Security Wizard; Authentication by certificates and host keys
  • Page 149 – How certificates are used.; Most Web browsers, including all browsers supported by; How SSH host keys are used.; An SSH
  • Page 150 – Files you create for SSL and SSH security; • A CA root certificate.
  • Page 151 – Create a Root Certificate and Server Certificates; Summary
  • Page 152 – The procedure; Create the CA root certificate.
  • Page 153 – Load the CA root certificate to your browser.; Create an SSL Server User Certificate.
  • Page 154 – Load the server certificate to the Rack PDU.; Create a Root Certificate and Server
  • Page 155 – Create a Server Certificate and Signing Request; Start
  • Page 157 – Import the signed certificate.; Create the
  • Page 158 – Create an SSH Host Key
  • Page 159 – Create the host key.; obtain and run the installation program (
  • Page 160 – Load the host key to the Rack PDU.; Create the host key
  • Page 161 – Command Line Interface Access and Security
  • Page 162 – fingerprint
  • Page 164 – Valid Certificate; . Click the link to display the parameters of the certificate.
  • Page 166 – Supported RADIUS Functions and Servers; Supported functions; For more information on permission levels, see
  • Page 167 – Configure the Rack PDU
  • Page 169 – Configure the RADIUS Server; Example using Service-Type Attributes; In the following example of a RADIUS users file:; RPDUAdmin; RPDUDevice; corresponds to; RPDUReadOnly; corresponds to
  • Page 170 – Examples using Vendor Specific Attributes; ATTRIBUTE DELL-Service-Type 1 integer DELL
  • Page 171 – RADIUS Users file with VSAs.; Following is an example of a RADIUS users file with
  • Page 172 – Example with UNIX shadow passwords.; If UNIX shadow password files are used; Device; against; bconners; thawk
  • Page 173 – Index; Numerics
  • Page 174 – METER
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Introduction

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Product Features

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Getting Started

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Establishing Network Settings

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Recovering from a Lost Password

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Rack PDU Front Panel

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Command Line Interface

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About the Command Line Interface

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Logging on to the Command Line Interface

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About the Main Screen

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Using the Command Line Interface

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Command Syntax

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Command Response Codes

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Network Management Card Command Descriptions

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Device Command Descriptions

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Web Interface

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Supported Web Browsers

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Logging On to the Web Interface

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Web Interface Features

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About the Home Tab

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Device Management

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About the Device Manager Tab

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Viewing the load status and peak load

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Configuring Load Thresholds

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Configuring the Name and Location of the Rack PDU

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Resetting Peak Load and kWh

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USER’S GUIDE Mete red Rac k PDU ii Environment -- 65 Configuring Temperature and Humidity Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Configuring Dry Contact Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Logs -- 68 Using the Event and Data Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Page 4 - Introduction; Product Features; The Dell

USER’S GUIDE Mete red Rac k PDU 1 Introduction Product Features The Dell ® Metered Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) is a stand-alone, network- manageable power distribution device that monitors the current, voltage, and power for the Rack PDU. You can manage a Rack PDU through its Web interface, i...

Page 5 - Access priorities for logging on; SNMP

USER’S GUIDE Mete red Rac k PDU 2 • E-mail notifications for Rack PDU and system events. • SNMP traps, Syslog messages, and e-mail notifications based on the severity level or category of the Rack PDU and system events. • Security protocols for authentication and encryption. Access priorities for lo...

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