Operations 7
Switched Power Distribution Unit
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HTTP Administration
Note!
A restart is required after setting or
changing ANY Telnet/Web configura-
tions.
Enabling and disabling HTTP support:
The Set HTTP command is used to enable or
disable HTTP support.
To enable or disable HTTP support:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set http, fol-
lowed by enabled or disabled and press Enter.
Changing the HTTP server port:
With HTTP support enabled, the HTTP server
watches and responds to requests on the default
HTTP port number 80. This port number may be
changed using the Set HTTP Port command.
To change the HTTP port:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set http port,
followed by the port number and press Enter.
Example
The following changes the HTTP port number to
2048:
Switched PDU: set HTTP port 2048<Enter>
Setting the HTTP authentication method:
The Set HTTP Security command is used to set
the method of authentication. The PDU HTTP
server supports two authentication methods for
security and validation of the username-password
– Basic and MD5 digest.
To set the HTTP authentication method:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set http se-
curity, followed by basic or md5 and press En-
ter.
Telnet Administration
Note!
A restart of the PDU is required after
setting or changing ANY Telnet/Web
configurations.
Enabling and disabling Telnet support:
The Set Telnet command is used to enable or
disable Telnet support.
To enable or disable Telnet support:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set telnet,
followed by enabled or disabled and press En-
ter.
Changing the Telnet port:
With Telnet support enabled, the Telnet server
watches and responds to requests on the default
Telnet port number 23. This port number may be
changed using the Set Telnet Port command.
To change the Telnet socket:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set telnet
port, followed by the port number and press En-
ter.
Example
The following changes the Telnet port number to
7001:
Switched PDU: set telnet port 7001<Enter>
FTP Administration
You may upload new versions of firmware into the
PDU using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This
allows access to new firmware releases for firm-
ware improvements and new features additions.
The following commands are used to configure
the PDU for an FTP firmware upload.
Setting the FTP host address:
The Set FTP Host command sets the FTP host IP
address or hostname allowing for firmware file up-
loads.
To set the FTP Host address:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ftp host,
followed by the IP address or hostname and press
Enter.
