Managed Powerstrips

There are three ways to configure power control using powerstrips in CC-SG.

1. All supported Raritan-brand powerstrips can be connected to another Raritan device and added to CC-SG as a Powerstrip device. Raritan-brand powerstrips include Dominion PX and RPC powerstrips. Check the Compatibility Matrix for supported versions. To configure this type of managed powerstrip in CC-SG, you must know to which Raritan device the powerstrip is physically connected. See Configuring Powerstrips That Are Managed by Another Device in CC-SG.
2. Dominion PX powerstrips can be connected directly to the IP network and added to CC-SG as a PX device. If you have PX powerstrips connected directly to the IP network, they do not need to be connected to another Raritan device.
3. Multi-vendor support of PDUs is available by configuration of a Raritan’s Power IQ service interface. See Power Control of Power IQ IT Devices.

With all methods, you must add Managed Powerstrip interfaces to nodes to create power associations between the outlets and the nodes they power. See Interfaces for Managed Powerstrip Connections.

• Special Note about Dominion PX

Regardless of which method you choose to configure a PX, you should configure all power associations using a single method, that is, as a powerstrip of the managed device or as a PX device, but not both. If the Dominion PX is managed by Power IQ, you can create a Power Control - Managed Power Strip interface or a Power Control – Power IQ Proxy interface for a node but not both.

In addition, you can connect the PX to a managing device and configure power associations, and also connect the same PX device to the IP network so that you can use the PX web client to view and collect power data. See the Raritan Dominion PX User Guide, located in the Support section of the Raritan website under Firmware and Documentation.