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United States Patent US007099934B1 (12) (10) Patent N0.: US 7,099,934 B1 Ewing et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 29, 2006 (54) NETWORK-CONNECTING POWE

US 7,099,934 B1 7 network 204 to an equipment rack 206. For example, such rack is an industry standard 84" tall 19" wide RETMA rack located

US 7,099,934 B1 320 crash or have to be replaced. Keeping such con?gura tion information on disk 321 generally saves on installation time and reduces

US 7,099,934 B1 11 usemame, a user has up to 60 seconds to enter a password string. If data is not entered with in the time limit, the session is ende

US 7,099,934 B1 13 is not allowed. For all other usemames this command can report status for IPMs for Which a usemame has power control access. For ex

US 7,099,934 B1 15 default is 9600 BPS. The initialization takes place at a user selectable data rate, With no parity, 8 data bits, and one stop bit.

US 7,099,934 B1 17 word, the veri?cation of the new password and the veri? cation of the existing password in the case of changing the ADMN password.

US 7,099,934 B1 19 Command Completed Successfullyl”. The “X” in the mes sage indicates the number of power manager ports modi?ed by the command. The “

US 7,099,934 B1 21 parameter (which is the new username) or with no param eters. If a parameter is not speci?ed, a user is prompted for a usemame with

US 7,099,934 B1 23 no prompting. The appropriate error messages are issued and the command aborted if either a username or port name is invalid, regar

US 7,099,934 B1 25 name. The command takes no parameters. The output of the LIST SNAM command is a display of the current serial port names. Each seri

US 7,099,934 B1 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,319,571 A 6/1994 Langer et al. 5,359,540 A * 10/1994 Ortiz ... .. 700/295 5,374,922

US 7,099,934 B1 27 ““N”/A” is displayed. This ?eld will display the current in Amps when current is ?owing. If the associated IPM is set to off and no

US 7,099,934 B1 Page 3 American Power Conversion, “Smart-UPS”, 1996, #996-0386-E APC, West Kingston, RI 02892USA. American Power Conversion, “PowerChu

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US 7,099,934 B1 1 NETWORK-CONNEC TING POWER MANAGER FOR REMOTE APPLIANCES CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of US. pa

US 7,099,934 B1 3 etc., each of Which are connected to one or more power sources. The value of POP equipment can range from $200,000 to $500,000, and

US 7,099,934 B1 5 SUMMARY Brie?y, a power manager embodiment comprises a net work comprising a power manager with a network agent in communication ove