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Default system Power Device actions are specified in /etc/powerstrips.
xml. Custom Power Devices can be added in /etc/config/powerstrips.xml.
If an action is attempted which has not been configured for a specific
Power Device pmpower will exit with an error.
Adding new RPC devices
There are two simple paths to adding support for new RPC devices.
The first is to have scripts to support the particular RPC included in
the open source PowerMan project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/
powerman). The PowerMan device specifications are rather weird and
it is suggested that you leave the actual writing of these scripts to the
PowerMan authors. However documentation on how they work can be
found at http://linux.die.net/man/5/powerman.dev Once the new RPC
support has been built into the PowerMan, StarTech.com will then include
the updated PowerMan build in a subsequent firmware release.
The second path is to directly add support for the new RPC devices (or
to customize the existing RPC device support) on your particular console
server. The Manage: Power page uses information contained in /etc/
powerstrips.xml to configure and control devices attached to a serial port.
The configuration also looks for (and loads) /etc/config/powerstrips.xml if
it exists.
The user can add their own support for more devices by putting
definitions for them into /etc/config/powerstrips.xml. This file can be
created on a host system and copied to the Management Console device
using scp. Alternatively, login to the Management Console and use ftp or
wget to transfer files.
Here is a brief description of the elements of the XML entries in /etc/
config/powerstrips.xml.
<powerstrip>
<id>Name or ID of the device support</id>
<outlet port=”port-id-1”>Display Port 1 in menu</outlet>
<outlet port=”port-id-2”>Display Port 2 in menu</outlet>
...
<on>script to turn power on</on>