powerman-pdu - Driver for Powerman PDU
Contents
Extra Arguments
This driver doesn’t support any optional settings.
Implementation
The hostname of the Powerman server is specified using the "port" value in ups.conf, i.e.:
[pdu]
driver = powerman-pdu
port = host.example.com:port
The port used to reach powermand is optional if the default port is used.
Installation
This driver may be not built by default. You can build it by installing prerequisites and using configure
--with-powerman=yes.
Known Issues
In the current NUT version as of this writing (2.4.1), ups.status is still exposed, with the value
"WAIT". Some other values from the ups collection are also exposed.
Name
powerman-pdu - Driver for Powerman PDU
See Also
Thecoredriver:nutupsdrv(8) Internetresources: • The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: https://www.networkupstools.org/historic/v2.8.3/ • The PowerMan home page: https://github.com/chaos/powerman Network UPS Tools 2.8.3 07/08/2025 POWERMAN-PDU(8)
Supported Hardware
This driver supports a wide range of PDUs through the Powerman project.
This includes various models from APC, Baytech, Cyclades, but also support IPMI and various blade
management modules from HP, IBM and Sun.
Synopsis
powerman-pdu -h
powerman-pdu -a PDU_NAME [OPTIONS]
Note
This man page only documents the hardware-specific features of the powerman-pdu driver. For
information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv(8).
Ups Commands
The following instant commands (see upscmd(8)) are available for each outlet of the PDU, with X standing
for the outlet number:
outlet.X.load.on
Power on the outlet.
outlet.X.load.off
Power off the outlet.
outlet.X.load.cycle
Cycle the outlet (power off then power on, possibly with a delay).
