PANDUIT
®
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panel User Manual
Part Number: PN378E
50
Miscellaneous Settings
Several miscellaneous settings must be configured for the
DPoE
™ Element Manager to communicate
properly with a deployed network of Power Patch Panels.
The
Settings
option under the
Tools
pull-down
menu provides an easy mechanism to administer
these settings.
If the Online indicator is not checked ( ), the
DPoE
™ Element Manager assumes it is in the
offline mode and will not attempt to connect to
the deployed Patch Panel Network. Changes
made within the
DPoE
™ Element Manager will
not be updated in the panels.
When the power consumed on any given panel
reaches the Power Warning Threshold below the
maximum power level
for that particular panel
,
the panel will issue a warning alarm and display
that the panel is in the warning range.
NOTE:
This above setting is a system-wide power warning threshold, but it used as a
percentage below maximum for each individual panel. Some panels in the network
might have their maximum panel power set at different levels and therefore would
alarm at different points (refer to the
Edit Panel Information
section for more
information on the Power Threshold field).
Rack Space Numbering is a system-wide field (Ascending, Descending) that enables the
DPoE
™
Element Manager to display the panels in the racks in the same fashion as they are wired in the network
racks. Either the rack slots are numbered from with the highest rack positions at the top (Descending) or
the highest rack positions at the bottom (Ascending). By setting this parameter appropriately, the rack-
level displays presented by the
DPoE
™ Element Manager will show the
DPoE
™ Power Patch Panels in
their installed top-to-bottom order.
The SNMP Timeout Value is a configurable threshold. If more than this number of seconds has expired
and the system hasn’t yet received an answer to a previously transmitted SNMP message, the system will
assume there is a communications problem.
DPoE™
Power Patch Panel Firmware Update
The
DPoE™
Power Patch Panel has the ability to have its firmware programmed remotely. A Trivial File
Transfer Protocol (TFTP) operation can be initiated using the
DPoE
™ Element Manager. The
Firmware
Update
option under the
Tools
pull-down menu provides a method to perform the update.
NOTE:
The latest version of firmware and updates may be downloaded after product
registration at
http://www.panduit.com/Support/Software/index.htm
An important feature of the
DPoE™
Power Patch Panel is its ability to continue
supplying Power over Ethernet during firmware updates. All IEEE 802.3af and Cisco
In-Line protocol legacy powered devices connected to the Panel will remain powered
during a firmware update. Cisco In-Line protocol legacy new powered device
detection may experience an interruption during a firmware update.