Dell Managed PDU LED - Manual (Page 106)

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Rules for configuring outlet groups
For a system that uses outlet groups, the following rules apply:
• A Rack PDU can have more than one outlet group, but an outlet can belong to only
one outlet group.
• A local outlet group, which has no global outlet, must consist of two or more outlets.
• You can synchronize a global outlet group on one Rack PDU with a global outlet
group on each of three other Rack PDUs.
– In a global outlet group, you can designate only one outlet to be a global outlet,
linking to outlet groups on other Rack PDUs for the purpose of synchronization.
That global outlet can be the only outlet in its group, or the group can consist of
multiple outlets.
– To link outlet groups on Rack PDUs for synchronization, those Rack PDUs must
have the same Device Multicast Name and Device Multicast Address and be
running the same version of Rack PDU firmware.
– A global outlet of one outlet group must have the same physical outlet number as
the global outlet of any other outlet group to which it links.
• To create and configure outlet groups, you must use the Web interface or export
configuration file (.ini file) settings from a configured Rack PDU. The command line
interface lets you display whether an outlet is a member of an outlet group and lets
you apply control actions to an outlet group, but the command line interface does not
let you set up or configure an outlet group.