Emerson Avocent Rack Power Manager Users Manual My

2015-03-30

• Product Overview
  • System Components
    • Third party products
  • Supported Units
    • Power devices
• Installation
  • About Installation
    • Minimum requirements for the Rack Power Manager software
    • Before installing and configuring the Rack Power Manager software
  • Installing the Rack Power Manager Software
  • Configuring the Rack Power Manager Software
  • Running the Rack Power Manager Software
    • Minimum client requirements
    • Opening a client session
  • Uninstalling the Rack Power Manager Software
  • Java Installation
• Transition
  • DSView™ 3 Software and Power Manager Plug-in to RPM software
    • Data Replication
    • Back up the DSView 3 Software
    • Backup the Power Management database
  • Install Rack Power Manager Hub Server
  • Migration Utility
    • Exporting the Data
    • Importing the Data
  • Configure RPM Hub and Spoke servers
  • DSView software to RPM software
    • Data Replication
    • Back up the DSView Software
    • Extract the PostgreSQL data file
    • Install Rack Power Manager Hub Server
    • Importing the Data
  • Configure RPM Hub and Spoke server
• Rack Power Manager Explorer Windows
  • Using the Side Navigation Bar
  • Using Windows
    • Sorting information in a window
    • Filtering information in a window
    • Using the Customize link in windows
    • Displaying pages
    • Printing a window
    • Refreshing a window
  • Using keyboard commands
• Basic Operations
  • Rack Power Manager Help
    • Configuring the Rack Power Manager help location
    • Installing Rack Power Manager help on a local server
  • Global System Properties
  • Legal Notice
  • PCI Compliance Configuration
  • Power Settings
  • Profiles
    • Changing user options
    • Changing the color scheme
    • Changing your password
    • Choosing the serial session application
    • Specifying a user certificate
    • Specifying an SSH key
    • Enabling user credential caching
  • Built-in User Groups
  • Internet Explorer Considerations
    • Managing ActiveX® controls
    • Security zones
    • Advanced Internet options
  • Certificates
    • System certificate policy and trust store
  • Integrated Windows Authentication
  • Firewalls
  • VPNs
  • NAT Devices
  • Licenses
    • Adding a new license key
  • System Information
• Rack Power Manager Servers
  • Server Properties
    • Server certificates
    • Server trap destinations
    • Client session information
    • Email
    • Unit status polling
  • Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers Manually
  • Spoke Servers
  • Replication
• Authentication Services
  • Supported Authentication Services
    • Rack Power Manager software internal authentication service
    • Active Directory external authentication service
    • Windows NT external authentication service
    • LDAP external authentication service
    • RADIUS external authentication service
    • TACACS+ external authentication service
  • RSA SecurID external authentication service
  • User Authentication Services Window
• Units View Windows
  • Types of Units View windows
  • Topology view
  • Accessing Units View windows
  • Showing and hiding units
  • Units View windows fields
  • Multiple unit operations from a Units View window
  • Unit Overview Windows
  • Unit Status Window
• Adding and Deleting Units
  • Adding Units
    • Wizards that add units
    • Adding a single managed appliance
    • Adding managed appliances from a range or list of IP addresses
    • Adding a generic appliance
  • Deleting Units
    • Automatically deleting attached units
• Synchronizing the Rack Power Manager Software Database
  • Name Synchronization
    • Automatic name push
    • Automatic name pull
    • Manual name push
    • Manual name pull
  • Topology Synchronization
    • Automatic topology synchronization
    • Topology synchronization options in the Add Unit Wizard
    • Topology synchronization options in the Resync Wizard
  • Automatic Inheritance for Group Memberships and Properties
• Managing Units
  • Appliance Configuration Templates
    • Saving appliance configuration templates
    • Modifying appliance configuration template properties
    • Applying appliance configuration templates
  • Unit Properties
  • Unit Overview Settings
  • About Access Rights
    • How access rights can be assigned
  • Unit Access Rights
  • Managed Appliance Settings
  • Managed Appliance SNMP Settings
  • Bulk Configuration of Individual settings
    • Infrastructure View
  • Asset and Usage Reports
  • Unit Reports
    • Asset
    • Usage
    • Scheduled Reports
    • Segregated Temperature Readings
  • Tiered Energy Cost Setting
• Power Devices and Power Device Sockets
  • Power Devices
  • Power Device Input Feed
  • Power Device Sockets
  • Power Control of Devices Attached to Power Devices
  • Power Operations
• Unit Sessions and Connections
  • Managed Appliance Session Settings
    • Customizing the Appliance Sessions window
  • Connections to Units
• SSH Passthrough Sessions
  • Configuring SSH Passthrough
    • Enabling SSH Passthrough
    • SSH port sharing
  • SSH Passthrough Sessions
    • Establishing an SSH Passthrough connection to a unit
    • Escape key sequence
    • Break sequences
    • Transferring read/write access
    • Disconnecting a session
    • Displaying session output
• Grouping Units
  • Site, Department and Location Groups
  • Custom Fields
  • Unit Groups
    • Unit group hierarchy
    • Adding or deleting a unit group
    • Changing the unit group properties
  • Custom Groups
    • Adding or deleting a custom group query
    • Changing the custom group properties
    • Changing the custom group rights
    • Custom Group Reports and Scheduled Tasks
• DS Zones
  • Managing and Accessing Zones
    • Enabling DS Zones
    • Creating zones
    • Accessing zones
    • Transferring units to a zone
    • Managing zone properties
  • Using Zones
    • Units actions in a zone
• Managing User Accounts
  • User Accounts Windows
  • Adding User Accounts
  • Deleting User Accounts
  • Unlocking User Accounts
  • Resetting a User Account Password
  • Changing User Account Properties
    • Username
    • User certificates
    • User SSH key
    • User password
    • User account restrictions and expiration settings
    • User group membership
    • Address
    • Phone contact
    • Email contact
    • User notes
    • Custom field properties
  • User Access Rights
• User Groups
  • Adding User-defined User Groups
  • Deleting User-defined User Groups
  • User Group Properties
  • Changing User Group Members
  • User Group Access Rights
• Using the Telnet Viewer
  • About the Telnet Viewer
  • Telnet Viewer Window Features
    • Telnet Viewer window toolbar
  • Security Property
  • Opening a Session
  • Customizing the Telnet Viewer
  • Customizing Session Properties
    • Login scripts
  • Reviewing Session Data
  • Macros
    • Macro groups
  • Logging
  • Copying, Pasting and Printing Session Data
  • Power Control of Devices Attached to Power Devices
  • Closing a Telnet Viewer Session
• Using Tools
  • Using Unit Tools
    • Exporting units
    • Exporting access rights
    • Importing data
  • Using the Managed Appliance Tools
    • Rebooting
    • Upgrading firmware
    • Resynchronizing units
    • Saving a managed appliance configuration
    • Restoring a managed appliance configuration
    • Saving a managed appliance user database
    • Restoring a managed appliance user database
• Using Tasks
  • Using the Tasks Window
    • Adding tasks
    • Specifying when to run tasks
  • Adding Tasks Using the Add Task Wizard
    • Task: Backup Rack Power Manager software database and system files
    • Task: Configure SNMP trap settings on a managed appliance
    • Task: Exporting an event log .csv file
    • Task: Exporting an Asset Report to a .csv file
    • Task: Exporting a Usage Report to a .csv file
    • Task: Updating the firmware of an appliance type
    • Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server
    • Task: Pull names from selected units
    • Task: Update topology for selected units
    • Running tasks manually
    • Displaying task results
    • Deleting tasks
    • Changing tasks
  • Firmware Management
• Events and Event Logs
  • Event Severity and Categories
    • Event severity
    • Event categories
  • Email Notifications
  • Enabling and Disabling Event Logging
  • Displaying the Event Log
    • Event states
    • Using the date filter
  • Changing the Event Log Retention Period
  • Creating an Event Log .csv File
• Plug-ins
  • Recommended Sequence for Adding/Upgrading Plug-ins
  • Adding Plug-ins
  • Displaying Plug-in Information
  • Managing Plug-ins
    • Upgrading a plug-in
    • Disabling and activating a plug-in
• Appendix A: Technical Support
• Appendix B: Terminal Emulation
• Appendix C: Regaining Access to the Rack Power Manager Software
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