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DMU Device Management Utility for WTI Products

New DMU Device Managment Utility

The Device Management Utility, or DMU, is a convenient, multi-unit management application, which is included with our TSM, RSM, MPC and AFS-16-1 series products. The DMU provides IT administrators with a single interface that can be used to access multiple WTI units in order to manage passwords, initiate power switching or A/B fallback switching, access command mode and display power consumption data. This allows IT administrators to manage multiple WTI products from a single access point, without external software.

The DMU program allows you to perform the following tasks from a central WTI unit:

  • Discover New WTI Devices
  • Create Device Groups
  • Display Unit Status
  • Initiate Power Switching and A/B Switching Commands
  • Communicate with WTI Units to Change Configuration or Issue Commands
  • Manage Passwords and Usernames on Multiple WTI Units
  • Display Power Consumption Data for One WTI Unit or a Range of WTI Units
  • Back Up DMU Configuration to a Secondary WTI Unit
New DMU Device Managment Utility

The Device Management Utility includes the following features:

Discover New WTI Devices

This function is used to find WTI devices on the client network. After WTI devices have been found, devices can then be managed by the DMU. The DMU will scan one subnet at a time; in order discover units on other subnets, the Discovery procedure is repeated on each available subnet.

Create Device Groups

After WTI devices have been discovered, you can then arrange the units into groups. Although this step is optional, it can help simplify management of multiple units by ensuring that similar units all receive the same instructions. The Device Grouping menu allows you to add, view, edit or delete Device Groups.

Display Unit Status

The “Manage Devices” function allows you to view the status of selected WTI units. The Unit Status screen will list the Unit Name, IP Address, MAC Address, DMU firmware version, the unit model number, the unit’s current rating (power control products only), the temperature, number of switched outlets present (power control products only), the number of serial ports present (serial console server products only), number of A/B Circuits (fallback switches only) the unit’s software version and will also indicate whether or not a modem is installed on the unit.

Initiate Power Switching and A/B Switching Commands

DMU WTI Device Management Utility - Power Control

The DMU’s centralized power switching and A/B switching capabilities allow you to control power, reboot and fallback functions at multiple MPC, RSM-8R4 or AFS units via a single, easy-to-use interface. This saves time by eliminating the need to access each unit individually and issue separate commands for each rack. Power to switched outlets on connected MPC or RSM-8R4 units can be rebooted, switched On or Off or set to a user-defined default On/Off setting using a single, convenient, web-based menuing system. The same centralized interface can also control A/B switching on AFS-16 units, to set circuits to A or B status or to user-defined default status.

Communicate with WTI Units, Change Configuration or Issue Commands

Allows you to access the command mode for any listed (discovered) unit, providing one-click access to the Web Browser command interface on WTI units. This essentially establishes a “pass through” connection to another WTI unit in order to change configuration parameters, invoke commands or create port connections.

Manage Passwords and Usernames on Multiple Units

The “User Accounts” menu allows you to select desired units from the list of all discovered units, and then edit, add or delete passwords and/or usernames on selected units. When passwords or usernames are changed, the DMU can generate a report in CSV, Text, or XML format.

Display Power Consumption Data

DMU WTI Device Management Utility - Power Metering

The DMU’s power consumption graphs make it easy to determine how much power is being used throughout your IT facility. The DMU can measure Kilowatt Hours, Average/Maximum Current (in Amps), Average/Maximum Power (in Watts) and then display that information in either line graph or bar graph format. Simple controls allow you to display live power consumption data, or power consumption for a user-specified time period.

The power consumption graph can be used to display data for a single MPC or RSM-8R4 unit, or total power consumption for multiple selected units; in addition, you can also display power consumption per branch or total power consumed per unit or range of units. Both the line graph format and bar graph format allow you to place the cursor over a selected measurement point and display the power data at that point.

Back up DMU Configuration to a Secondary Unit

This feature can be used to back-up all user-defined DMU parameters to another listed WTI unit. This ensures that even if the master unit is unavailable or out of service, you will still be able to access the Management Utility program via a secondary unit, without losing defined Device Groups or repeating the device discovery process.


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