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Chapter 4: Operation - Administrator Functions

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Controlling Power to an Outlet

TheadditionofaPowerStriptotheParagonIIsystemallows

administratorstocontrolthepowertodevicesintwoways:

Control Power from the Channel/Server Selection Menu

NormalParagonIIoperationinvolvesbrowsingthelistofserversinthe

OSUIandpressingEntertoswitchtothatserver.BypressingF3instead

ofEnterwhenaserverishighlighted,ParagonIIwillcheckthatserverfor

PowerStripoutletassociations:

• IfParagonIIdoesnotdetectanyas

sociationswiththatserver,a

messageindicating”NoOutlets/AccessDenied”appears,andthe

actioniscancelled.

• Iftheserverhasassociatedpoweroutlets,buttheuserisnot

authorizedtocontrolthoseoutlets,a”NoOutlets/AccessDenied”

messageappearsandtheactioniscancelled.

• IfPa

ragonIIdetectsthatthisserverisassociatedwithatleastone

poweroutlet,itwillswitchtothatserver.TheOSUIwillremain

onscreen,displayingalistofpoweroutletsassociatedwiththe

specificserver.Thisallowsuserstoseetheserverbeforepoweris

cycledtoit.

Fourcho

icesareofferedinthismenu:PowerOff(X),PowerOn(O),

RecyclePower(R),andSelectAll(A).

 IftheserverispoweredOFF,pressingOwillpowerONtheoutlet

instantly.

 IftheserverispoweredON,pressingXorRwillactivatea

confirmationdialog“Areyousu

re(yes/no)?”Asasafeguard,

typethewholewordyes,toconfirmcuttingpowertotheserver.

Typinginyonly,oranywordotherthanyeswillbetakenasa

“no”response.

 Inthecaseofaserverassociatedwithmultipleoutlets,suchasa

serverwi

thdualpowersupplies,pressingAwillhighlightallof

theassociatedoutlets,allowingthemtobeturnedon,off,or

recycledsimultaneously.

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