HP Power Distribution Unit Management Module - Manual (Page 6)

Overview 6
Overview
Introduction
The HP PDR Management Module enables you to monitor and manage environments of PDRs through the
serial and network connectors located on the front of the management module. The management module
can be configured to send alert traps to HP Systems Insight Manager and other SNMP management
programs or used as a stand-alone management system.
For configuration and status monitoring, the management module includes:
• HP PDR Management Module web interface (on page 14)—A graphical interface that is accessed
with a web browser
• HP PDR Management Module Service Menu (on page 49)—A text-based menu that is accessed
through telnet or a terminal emulation session
Features
• Monitors the status of the PDR
• Sends customized email and broadcast notification messages and SNMP traps
• Displays logs for analysis
• Includes enhanced HP SIM integration
• Supports serial- and network-attached server communications
• Supports data monitoring of ModBus data through RTU or TCP protocols
Web interface requirements
The following table lists the minimum requirements necessary to operate the web interface.
Software Browser
Web browser on
a client
Microsoft® operating systems
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack
1 (32-bit only)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0 (32-bit only)
• Firefox 2.0.x
• Mozilla 1.6.x
Red Hat Linux operating system (32-bit only)
• Firefox 2.0.x
• Mozilla 1.6.x
SUSE Linux operating system (32-bit only)
• Firefox 2.0.x
• Mozilla 1.6.x