HP Intelligent Power Distribution Unit User Manual

HP Intelligent Power Distribution Unit

Part Number 572153-002

User Guide

July 2010 (Second Edition)

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Intended audience

This document is for the person who installs and maintains power products. HP assumes you are qualified
in the servicing of high-voltage equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous
energy levels.

Contents

Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Important safety information ........................................................................................................................ 7

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 8

Features ................................................................................................................................................... 8

Typical hardware configuration ................................................................................................................... 9

Web interface requirements ...................................................................................................................... 10

Component identification and operation ........................................................................................ 11

iPDU components .................................................................................................................................... 11

Core Unit components ............................................................................................................................. 12

Display Unit components .......................................................................................................................... 13

Viewing current on the Display Unit ................................................................................................. 13

Intelligent Extension Bar components .......................................................................................................... 14

Resetting the Intelligent Extension Bars .............................................................................................. 15

Extension Bar components ........................................................................................................................ 15

Resetting the iPDU ................................................................................................................................... 15

Installing the HP Intelligent Power Distribution Unit .......................................................................... 16

Installing the Core Unit ............................................................................................................................. 16

Installing the Core Unit cord retention bracket ................................................................................... 16

Installing the 0U brackets ................................................................................................................ 16

Installing the 1U brackets ................................................................................................................ 17

Installing the Core Unit in the rack ................................................................................................... 17

Installing the Display Unit ......................................................................................................................... 20

Installing the Intelligent Extension Bars ........................................................................................................ 22

Installing the Extension Bars using a single configuration .............................................................................. 24

Installing the Extension Bars using a double configuration ............................................................................. 26

Connecting the ground bonding cable ....................................................................................................... 27

Connecting the iPDU to the power source ................................................................................................... 28

Connecting devices ................................................................................................................................. 29

Checking the Display Unit LED indicator ..................................................................................................... 31

Connecting the network cable ................................................................................................................... 31

Connecting a host computer ..................................................................................................................... 32

Checking the circuit breakers .................................................................................................................... 32

Launching a terminal emulation program .................................................................................................... 32

Configuring the iPDU for remote access ..................................................................................................... 32

HP Intelligent PDU web interface ................................................................................................... 34

HP Intelligent PDU web interface overview .................................................................................................. 34

Accessing the web interface ..................................................................................................................... 34

Signing in to the web interface .................................................................................................................. 35

Browser security alert ............................................................................................................................... 36

Establishing a secure session for Internet Explorer .............................................................................. 36

Establishing a secure session for Mozilla .......................................................................................... 37

Establishing a secure session for Firefox ........................................................................................... 37

Navigating the web interface .................................................................................................................... 37

Home tab ............................................................................................................................................... 38