Operations 7
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Switched Power Distribution Unit
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To display the names of commands that you
may execute:
At the command prompt, press Enter. A list of
valid commands for the current user appears.
Operations Commands
Operations commands manage outlet states,
provide information about the PDU environment
and control session operations.
Turning outlets on:
The On command turns on one or more outlets.
When the command completes, a display indicat-
ing all outlets affected and their current states will
be displayed.
To turn outlets on:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type on, followed
by an outlet name, and press Enter, or
Type on, followed by a group name, and press
Enter, or
Type on all and press Enter.
Examples
The following command turns the second outlet
on, using the outlet’s absolute name:
Switched PDU: on .a2<Enter>
The following command turns on all the outlets in
the group named ServerGroup_1:
Switched PDU: on ServerGroup_1<Enter>
Turning outlets off:
The Off command turns off one or more outlets.
When the command completes, a display indicat-
ing all outlets affected and their current states will
be displayed.
To turn outlets off:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type off, followed
by an outlet name, and press Enter, or
Type off, followed by a group name, and press
Enter, or
Type off all and press Enter
Examples
The following command turns off the outlet named
FileServer_1:
Switched PDU: off FileServer_1<Enter>
The following command turns off all outlets:
Switched PDU: off all<Enter>
Rebooting outlets:
The Reboot command reboots one or more out-
lets. This operation turns the outlet(s) off, delays
for a user configurable period and then turns the
outlet(s) on. When the command completes, a
display indicating all outlets affected and their
current states will be displayed.
Note!
It is necessary to reissue the Status
command to verify that the outlets have
rebooted.
To reboot one or more outlets:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type reboot, fol-
lowed by an outlet name, and press Enter, or
Type reboot, followed by a group name, and
press Enter, or
Type reboot all and press Enter.
Example
The following command reboots all the outlets in
the group named ServerGroup_1:
Switched PDU: reboot ServerGroup_1<Enter>
Displaying outlet status:
The Status command displays the on/off status of
one or more outlets. The command displays the
status of only those outlets for which the current
username has power control access.
This display includes the outlet absolute and de-
scriptive names, the Outlet State reported to the
PDU by the outlet and the current Control State
being applied by the PDU. If you do not specify
any parameter with this command, the status of
all accessible outlets is displayed.
Note!
If the user has access to more than 16
total outlets, the Status command will
display the first 16 outlets with a prompt
to view the remaining outlets.
