PANDUIT® DPoE™ Power Patch Panel User’s Guide Issue 2.2
Part Number: PN378A
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Administering Port and Panel-level Information
The
PANDUIT
®
Element Manager makes it easy to administer the deployed network of DPoE™ Power
Patch Panels. When a specific panel is selected in the Tree Level View of the Network on the system-
level opening screen, the EM automatically retrieves the latest power and LED information from the
selected panel and displays on the View Panel Screen. (See pages 17 & 18,
Table 8: Panel Status LED
Indications, Table 9: Port Status LED Indications and Table 10: Network Status LED Indications for
information on the LED Indicators.
Visual
display of
front panel
Tool Bar
Messages
specific to
this panel
Figure 4: View Panel Screen
The top portion of the panel-level opening window provides a view of the
DPoE™ Power Patch Panel,
complete with the current LED status, IP address, rack name and rack location.
There is also a second tab on this screen to view the current SNMP information currently set on this
panel. This screen cannot be used to modify the configuration SNMP information.
The left center area of the above screen shows the current information provisioned in the panel. It
includes network information, configuration information, power consumption information.
The bottom portion shows the log messages for this specific panel.
The right center of the above screen provides a tool bar to more quickly perform the tasks associated with
this specific panel.
Edit Panel Information
In addition to the
Edit Panel Info button on the tool bar, the Edit Panel option under the Devices
pull-down menu provides an easy mechanism to perform this task.