PANDUIT
®
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panel User Manual
Part Number: PN378E
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Once the
DPoE
™ Element Manager is connected into the network, the “Discover” capability can be used
to "find" the deployed
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panels (refer to
Panel Discovery
Connecting the DPoE™ Element Manager
Host Computer to the Host DPoE™ Power Patch Panel
for more information). The
DPoE
™ Element
Manager initiates messages into the control network and requests responses from any panels that see
this message.
NOTE:
Unless the
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panel has been configured during installation using
the
DPoE
™ Element Manager, this “Discover” capability will only receive the
configuration and existence of the
DPoE
™ Power Patch panels themselves. The
network operator will still need to enter port and rack information, such as which racks
the panels are wired into and where in each rack the panel is physically mounted.
(The
DPoE™ Power Patch Panel Installation Worksheet
included with the product
can be used to collect this information during installation.)
When installing multiple
DPoE
™ devices simultaneously, it is very important to record
the MAC address for each panel. Since multiple panels will return the same factory
default settings to the “Discover” capability, the MAC address, which is written on a
sticker on the back of each
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panel, is unique and will allow the
network operator to distinguish one panel from another (refer to
Installation
for more
information on installing the
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panels).
The
Discover
option under the
Devices
pull-down menu will perform this task or click the button (
) on
the top tool bar on the system-level opening screen.
The network operator can set the Discover capability to search a specific subnetwork for panels or search
across a range of IP addresses. If appropriate you should take into account the VLAN IP address of the
switch port when discovering the panel/power midspan. The two leftmost buttons on this Discover
Devices window are used to select which type of Discover to initiate. By selecting the top button, the top
half of the screen is then used to request a subnet search.