User`s guide

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Managing the Expansion Unit
Main Menu
continued
Item definitions,
continued
To Change Outlet States
Instructs you to enter various commands to initiate on-demand outlet actions.
After entering a command, you will be asked to enter an outlet number (
1–8
)to
perform the action on the associated outlet or you will be asked to enter an
A
to
perform the action on all of the outlets.The various commands you may enter
are:
N:On—Immediately turns an outlet on. This command is available any time
after the unit’s Power On Time Delay has expired and the outlet is off.
S: Shutdown—Gracefully shuts down and optionally restarts an outlet. If the
server is running shutdown software, such as PowerChute Plus, and is
connected to MasterSwitch plus with the appropriate signaling cable, this
operation will ensure that your server’s operating system is shutdown before
theoutletisturnedoff.Otherwise,itwillturnofftheoutletafterthePowerOff
Time Delay expires. You can program the outlet to restart automatically by
specifyingaRestartDelay.TheRestartDelaycanbesettoaslongas
999.9
hours. The sequence diagram on page 17 illustrates the this command.
C: Cancel—Cancels a delayed startup or shutdown. The sequence diagrams
on pages 16–19 and pages 21–22 illustrate the use of this command.
D: Delayed On—Turnsanoutletonaftertheoutlet’s Turn On Delay expires.
The sequence diagram on page 21 illustrates this command. This command
is available any time after the unit’s Power On Time Delay has expired and
the outlet is off.
F:Off—Immediately turns an outlet off.
R: Reboot—Immediately turns an outlet off and turns it back on after the
outlet’s Reboot Duration expires. The sequence diagram on page 22
illustrates the this command.After selecting Reboot, you are prompted with
the following: “Shutdown Gracefully? (Y/N)
Y: Graceful Reboot—Gracefully shuts down and restarts an outlet. If the
server is running shutdown software, such as PowerChuteplus,andis
connected to MasterSwitch plus with the appropriate signaling cable, this
operation will ensure that your server’s operating system is shutdown before
theoutletisturnedoff.Otherwise,itwillturnofftheoutletafterthePowerOff
Time Delay expires. The outlet will be restarted after the Reboot Duration
expires. The sequence diagram on page 23 illustrates the this command.
Note:If this command is applied to all outlets, then the Reboot Duration delay
for an outlet will not begin until all the outlets have shut down.
O: Override—Allows an outlet to restart when the
UPS
battery charge has not
exceeded the Battery Capacity Threshold. The sequence diagrams on
pages 16 and 19 illustrate the use of this command.