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Preliminary Information
Features of
MasterSwitch
VM
American Power Conversion’s MasterSwitch
VM
is a
vertically-mounted, stand-alone, network-manageable power
distribution unit (
PDU
) designed to accommodate a total of 16
outlets: eight individually-managed outlets and eight always-
on outlets. You can control MasterSwitch
VM
through
available Web, Control Console, or
SNMP
interfaces.
Additional features of MasterSwitch
VM
include:
• Independent control of each outlet for:
– Power On Delay
– Power Off Delay
– Reboot Duration
• Three levels of user access accounts:
– Administrator
– Device Manager
– Outlet User (
16
independent accounts)
• An audible overload alarm to measure current for:
– overload
– user-set overload
– user-set low load
• Basic and
MD5
authentication password security.
• A sleek, vertical design that occupies no
U
-space in a
rack environment. Includes rack-mount brackets for
mounting in an
APC
NetShelter
®
or other standard
(
EIA310-D
)
19
-inch rack.
• Synchronized switching across units to permit control of
redundant-feed devices.
• The capability of being daisy-chained in a series of up to
four units, thereby providing outlet management control
for up to
32
outlets (with an additional
32
always-on
outlets).
• A versatile design that allows units to be easily hard-
wired.
• Event Logging of the MasterSwitch
VM
unit’slast300
events.
• Auto-configuration feature, allowing customized
configuration of all units from one
ASCII
text file.
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