Vertiv rPDU

Vertiv / Geist rack PDUs, read over their HTTP API. One or more PDUs per install.

In the GUI

Sources › Vertiv rPDU. Changes apply on Save.

Vertiv rPDU page

Field Setting Default
Instance name Pdus.<name> default
Poll Interval (seconds) PollInterval 5
Enable Write Actions ActionsEnabled off
Remap Model column RemapModel off
Remap Manufacturer column RemapMake off
EmonCMS tag EmonCmsTag blank
EmonCMS virtual-feed tag EmonCmsVirtualTag blank
Connection › Host Connection.Host
Connection › Port Connection.Port
Connection › Connection Scheme Connection.Scheme http
Connection › Connection Timeout Connection.Timeout 15
Connection › Validate Certificate Connection.ValidateCertificate on
Credentials › Username / Password Credentials.Username / Credentials.Password
  • + Add adds another PDU. Remove deletes one.
  • Enable Write Actions needs credentials. It adds outlet switches, reboot buttons, delays and power-on action in Home Assistant and on PDU Control.
  • The Tags table sets default tags for all PDUs, all outlets, and each PDU or outlet. See Tags.

In YAML

Pdus:
  default:
    Connection:
      Scheme: http
      Host: 10.0.0.10
      Port: 80
      Timeout: 15
      ValidateCertificate: true
    Credentials:
      Username: admin
      Password: secret
    PollInterval: 5
    ActionsEnabled: true
  rack-b:
    Connection: { Host: 10.0.0.11, Port: 80 }

Credentials can come from RPDU2MQTT_PDU_USERNAME / RPDU2MQTT_PDU_PASSWORD (or _FILE). See Environment variables.

A 1.x PDU: section is migrated to Pdus: { default: … } on load.

Outlet operations

With Enable Write Actions on, each outlet gets:

Home Assistant entity Type Action
Switch switch On / off
Reboot button Power-cycle
On Delay / Off Delay / Reboot Delay number Seconds
Power-On Action select on, off, last
Reset Statistics button Reset accumulated energy

Pages

Page
Overrides Names, ids, make/model, enable/disable per device, outlet and measurement
OneView Clusters of PDUs, group roll-ups and group actions
Live Data, PDU Control, Paths Readings, outlet control, generated topics and metric names

All settings: Pdus reference.