Procedure

1. Select User Administration > Users.

2. Edit the Session Management values, and then click Save.

Password policy
Use the Password Policy setting to change the following:

• Password aging interval

• Minimum and maximum password length
• Characters required in the password (lowercase, uppercase, numeric, or special characters)

To edit the Password Policy, select Administration > User accounts.

Web menu overview

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 Number Icon Description

1 The search icon allows you to enter keywords and search for related results.

2 The home icon provides an overview of the PDU with access to Dashboard,
Alarms, Identification, and Control & Manage.

3 The Alarm icon provides details of the active critical alarms and active warning
alarms.

4 This icon provides information about the PDU can be found using this icon. You
can also click user guide and license to for assistance.

5 This icon allows you to select one of the following languages: English, Chinese,
French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese.

6 This icon provides the logs of the PDU, which you can be view and download.

7 This icon allows you to set up Network Settings, System Management, SNMP
Manager, Email Setup, Event Notifications, Trap Receiver, and Thresholds.

8 This icon shows who is logged in (user or admin). You can change passwords and
manage user accounts from this page.

Web menu options

Menu Illustration

Overview

Alarms

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Menu Illustration

Help

Language

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Menu Illustration

Logs

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 Menu Illustration

Settings

Admin

Web interface overview

Summary page
The dashboard summary page appears when you log in to the PDU web UI. This page displays the PDU total load percent (in a
doughnut chart), PDU power energy, external sensor information, current, and voltage and load percent of each load segment.

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PDU page
The dashboard PDU page displays the status of load segments and outlets, current, voltage, and power values, depending on
the type of PDU (Metered, Switched, or Metered & Switched).

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Control & Manage page
Outlet grouping
The Outlet Groups tab is under the PDU# tab on the Control and Manage page. Outlet Groups lists the outlet groups created,
the power control options, and the "Add new outlet group" option. There are two types of outlet groups:
• Master PDU
• Slave PDU

Slave and Master PDU outlets can be grouped perform Power Control options on the Outlet Groups.
If you try to group outlets of different types, a "Different Outlet types are selected" caution message displays.

Outlet grouping observes the following restrictions.

• Each group can have a minimum of 1 outlet and maximum of 12 outlets grouped.
• A maximum of six outlet groups can be added to each PDU.
• Traps/events are received for the individual outlets that are grouped when Power control actions are performed on that
outlet group.

Creating an outlet group

Procedure

1. Open a supported web browser, enter the IP address of the PDU, and then enter the credentials of the PDU.
2. Navigate to Home > Control and Manage.
3. Click Outlet Control Enabled to enable outlet control.
4. Click Add New Outlet Group.

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5. Add a group name and select the outlets you want to group.
You can group a minimum of one outlet and a maximum of twelve outlets.

6. Click Save.
The new outlet group appears in the Outlet Groups tab.

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Controlling an outlet group

About this task

You can apply power controls to an outlet group.

Procedure

1. Select the group name and the power control option from the Group Name and Power Control drop-down menu.
2. Click Apply.

The group outlets are switched on or off accordingly.

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Editing an outlet group

About this task

You can edit an outlet group name or add or remove outlets from an existing outlet group.

Procedure

1. Select the outlet group you want to edit.

2. Click Edit.
3. Edit the outlet group name, delete an existing outlet, or select a new outlet.
4. Click Save.

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Deleting an outlet group

Procedure

1. Select the outlet group you want to delete.

2. Click Delete.
3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the outlet group.

Outlet grouping in a daisy chain setup

Outlet groups are created by grouping outlets from different PDUs in a daisy chain setup. A maximum of 16 groups can be
created. Each group can have a minimum of one outlet and a maximum of 12 outlets.

NOTE: The web interface page loading speed will be slow when creating the Outlet Groups and performing Outlet Control
actions. Wait for some time or refresh the page during this time to completely load it.

Identification page
The Identification page displays system information such as the system name, contact name, email, phone, and location. It also
displays the IP address details and PDU information such as the PDU name, model, part number, serial number, boot version,
web, and firmware and hardware versions. This page also displays the external sensor information for the PDU.

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Alarms page
The Alarms page displays the generated alarms. Alarms are categorized by severity level:
• Active critical alarms
• Active warning alarms

The alarms icon displays the count of critical alarms and warning alarms. The count is reduced as the alarms are cleared. The
Alarms page displays the active alarms, the severity, date, and time generated when any threshold value exceeds or is less than
the expected value.

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View Logs page
The event log lists the events, applications, and audit logs with the time stamp of when the event log was generated. All user
activities are logged and displayed on the View Logs page. You can download an event log as an Excel sheet or clear an event
log by using the Download or Clear button in the top right corner of the page.
The data log contains entries with the time of each record. The data log configuration lets you set the time interval and enable
or disable the logs. To clear the data logs, click Clear.

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Network Settings page
The Network Settings page allows you to edit the IP Configuration, Web/REST API access configuration, SSH/FTP
Configuration, Network Time Protocol, Date/Time Settings, and daylight-savings time.
To access the Network Settings page, select Settings > Network Settings.
You can also perform the following tasks on this page:

• Set Certificate Key—Set the SSL certificate key length (1024/2048 bits).
• Change Link Speed— Set the Ethernet link speed (Auto Negotiation, 10/100 Mbps, or 1GMbps).
• Syslog Configuration—Configure the system log. Add the Syslog server address, server port, and then enable the access to
the Syslog.

IP configuration

About this task

On the Network Settings page, select the desired options in the IP Configuration section.

Procedure

1. If using IPv4, select one of the following Boot Mode options:

• To manually enter an IP address, select Static, and then enter the following information:

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