- Assign PDU outlets to servers

# Assign PDU outlets to servers

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Note: Be sure that electrical connection between a given power distribution unit (PDU) outlet and a specific server is performed by a qualified technician before PDUs are configured and assigned by this software.

Note: This section is for configuring managed storage servers, as previously set up in Add storage servers. This section does not apply to servers that are monitor-only.

Note: A server cannot be associated with both baseboard management controller (BMC) outlets and power distribution unit (PDU) outlets. Use PDUs or IPMI/BMCs to support failover.

Before assigning PDU outlets to servers, make note of the primary and failover server configurations for each volume on the Volumes window. Be sure to assign failover outlets from different PDUs than the primary outlets. When you associate PDU failover outlets with servers using this tool, STONITH is automatically configured.

To assign PDU outlets to servers:

1. | At the menu bar, click the Configuration drop-down menu and click Power Control. The PDUs you already added should be displayed. If no PDUs are present, see Add power distribution units.

2. | The left column shows all servers used in all file systems that you're currently managing. Each column to the right of the Server column shows outlet assignments for one PDU. If you have four PDUs configured, then there are four PDU columns. Each row represents an outlet-to-server assignment. To assign PDU outlets to servers:

a. | Pick a server row for which you want to assign outlets.

b. | Mouse over to the PDU column and click within the drop-down box to expose the outlets available from this PDU. Now select the desired outlet. (You can also use the tab key to move to the desired server/PDU. Then begin to enter the outlet name. This field auto-fills. Tab or press Enter to confirm this selection.)

c. | Move to the next server and assign outlets in the same way. Note that as an outlet is assigned to a server, it becomes unavailable for reassignment.

d. | To remove an outlet from a server, click the X next to the outlet name. It now becomes available to reassign.