Discover cascaded PDUs in EcoStruxure IT

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You can discover cascaded APC PDUs with a single PDU acting as the host for all the cascaded guest PDUs.

Note: PDUs configured with RNA (Redundant Network Access) are not supported in EcoStruxure IT.

Check this article to see if your APC PDUs support cascading and learn how to configure them:

https://www.apc.com/us/en/faqs/FA164436/

Once the host PDUs and all guest PDUs are configured for cascading, you can discover the host PDU in the EcoStruxure IT Gateway or in IT Expert.

Device discovery in EcoStruxure IT Gateway

Device discovery in IT Expert

When you discover the host PDU, all the connected guest PDUs are also discovered. 

Each guest PDU will have the IP address of the host PDU and will display as separate devices in the Gateway and in IT Expert.

Communication status between the Gateway and the cascaded PDUs is reported by the first PDU device in the cascade only.

Note: If the PDUs were previously discovered before they were configured for cascading, you must delete them, configure the hosts and all guest PDUs for cascading, and then rediscover the host PDUs.