USING THE WEB INTERFACEEATON Managed ePDU User’s Guide 164201xxx Rev 1 DRAFT 10−OCT−2008 536. Type the timeout period in seconds in the Timeout field. This sets the maximumamount of time to establish contact with the RADIUS server before timing out.The default is 1 second.7. Type the number of retries permitted in the Retries field. The default is 3.8. If you have additional RADIUS servers, click the More Entries button. Fields forfour additional servers appear. Enter the same information in Step 2 throughStep 7 for each additional server.9. Select an authentication protocol from the drop−down list in the GlobalAuthentication Type field. Your choices are: PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol)CHAP is generally considered more secure because the user name and password areencrypted, while in PAP they are transmitted in the clear.10. Click Apply. RADIUS authentication is now in place.Setting Up Outlets and Power ThresholdsThe ePDU is shipped with certain ePDU and outlet power thresholds already defined.You can change the default ePDU thresholds, and you can give each outlet a nameand change its default thresholds.When setting the thresholds, keep in mind that you can set up alerts that aretriggered whenever any of these thresholds are crossed. See Setting Up Alerts" onpage 62 for details.
