enabled, either centralized data logging in the DSView 3 software or data logging in Cyclades OnSite
console server. DSView 3 software supports data logging of serial sessions or direct SSH/Telnet sessions to
the appliance. A data log license is required for each enabled data log of serial sessions. DSView 3 software
ships with 32 available data log licenses.
IV. Firmware Management
Support for scheduling of firmware uploads to Cyclades OnSite appliances and Cyclades PM power
management devices from DSView 3 software have been added.
V. Topology
Synchronization
Support for pull and push of topology from DSView 3 software and/or Cyclades OnSite appliances has been
added.
VI. Save and Restore of Cyclades OnSite configuration
Support for saving and restoring Cyclades OnSite console server configuration from DSView 3 software has
been added.
VII. New Syslog Message Format and New Messages
Support for new format for the Syslog messages plus new Syslog messages have been added.
VIII. Power Management re-design
One of the major enhancements made in Cyclades OnSite appliance v3.1.0 is the Power Management re-
design and Third Party Power Management Support. As a result of these two major additions, a few other
enhancements were added which are listed below:
1. Third Party Power Support
a. In addition to the Cyclades PM, Cyclades OnSite appliance 3.1.0 supports SPC and ServerTech Switched
CDU power products.
b. Both SPC and Server Tech products are managed from DSView 3 software version 3.4.
c. A license is required to support Server Tech’s Switched CDU products. License activation is done through
the DSView 3 management software interface.
2. IPDU auto-detection
a. Once an IPDU is plugged in one of the serial ports configured as “power management”, its speed, type,
model and name can be automatically detected.
b. If auto-detection is not enabled, the user will have to specify the IPDU type and speed.
c. With the IPDU auto detection feature, adding and dropping IPDUs in a daisy chain can be dynamic,
eliminating the re-configuration and re-association of power outlets.
3. IPDU Status Polling Performance Enhancement
a. Enhancements have been made so that the new power management design implementation maintains an
internal cache and allows for IPDU status polling configuration.
b. Instead of sending requests for information on-demand, the internal information cache is constantly
updated. This decreases the response time when the user wants to get information about the IPDUs.
c. In large deployments, this performance enhancement eliminates long waits to receive outlet information
from OnSite units.
4. Dynamic IPDU Identification
a. In Cyclades OnSite appliance v3.1.0, each IPDU is assigned with a unique IPDU ID, which will be the
primary reference for that IPDU.
b. Outlets will be referred as <IPDU ID>[<outlet number>].
c. As IPDU ID configuration is stored in the IPDU, the references to that IPDU in the appliance configuration
will not change when the IPDU moves to another port or to another position in a daisy-chain.
5. Command synchronization across serial ports
a. The command line interface (pmCommand) and the menu interface (pmMenu) are not bound to a single
serial port. Therefore, a single command can be issued to IPDUs connected to different serial ports.
b. Power cycle commands to outlets from different serial ports are now synchronized (no outlet in the outlet
list will be turned on until all outlets from the list have been turned off).
