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Article #: KA-04137
Published: 9th Jan 2026
Last reviewed: 9th Jan 2026

 

How to identify the PDU's platform without the PDU credentials

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Purpose
  3. Requirements
  4. Procedure

 

 

Introduction

From time to time, it may be required to identify the PDU’s platform (SKU, firmware version, PDU type, number of daisy-chained PDUs, sensors etc) without having to log into the PDU. Sometimes after PDUs have been deployed and IP’d

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide the end-user with means to gather comprehensive information about the PDU withouth having to login. Also beneficial when PDU access credentials are unknown.

Requirements

  • Applies to any G5 & G6 Panduit PDU (Any firmware version)
  • Network access to PDU and PDU’s IP
  • Windows or Linux OS(most distributions will work)
  • cURL installed on the workstation (when using CLI)
 

Procedure

A simple way to access PDU information without logiging into the PDU is to navigate via web browser the following address, where x.x.x.x is the PDUs IP address
https://x.x.x.x/xhrgetuserlist.jsp
Which will yield the following, the below image shows the PDUs firmware version, the PDU type, SKU, number of sensors, brand and number of outlets)

When using the CLI method the following command would yield the same information, where x.x.x.x is the PDU’s IP address.
curl --silent --insecure --location https://x.x.x.x/xhrgetuserlist.jsp | jq -r


The process can also be scripted to collect information from multiple PDUs, Note; a list with the IP address is needed in the script (see below), where PDU-IPlist.txt is the list with the IP addresses.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
for x in `cat /sources/PDU-IPlist.txt`
do
   echo "Querying PDU: " $x
      URL=https://$x/xhrgetuserlist.jsp
curl --silent --insecure --location $URL | jq -r
done



 
Keywords: PDU platform, access PDU, no credentials, webUI, identify pdu platform, pdu credentials, linux os, pdu s platform