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Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
Features and Benefits ........................................................................................................................1
Alarms and monitoring...............................................................................................................1
LED display ................................................................................................................................1
Power reset button......................................................................................................................2
In-rush current control ...............................................................................................................2
Support for daisy chaining .........................................................................................................2
Integration with Avocent management products........................................................................2
DSView 3 software plug-in.........................................................................................................2
External sensors..........................................................................................................................2
Hardware Configuration Options......................................................................................................2
Standalone configuration ...........................................................................................................3
Daisy chained configuration.......................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Installation ..................................................................................................... 5
Getting Started...................................................................................................................................5
Supplied with the PM PDU.........................................................................................................5
Additional items needed..............................................................................................................5
Rack Mounting the PM PDU.............................................................................................................5
Mounting a horizontal PM PDU ................................................................................................6
Mounting a vertical PM PDU.....................................................................................................7
Rack mount safety considerations ..............................................................................................9
Safety Precautions .............................................................................................................................9
Accessing the PM PDU....................................................................................................................10
Console access through a management device ........................................................................11
Configuring the PM PDU................................................................................................................11
Default configuration parameters ............................................................................................11
Recovering the PM PDU password..........................................................................................11
Chapter 3: Accessing the PM PDU via the Web Manager .......................................... 13
Web Manager Overview for Administrators....................................................................................13
Wizard Mode....................................................................................................................................14
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