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Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Liebert Network Card debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Liebert Network Card
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Liebert Network Card
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Liebert Network Card
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Liebert Network Card no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Liebert Network Card y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Liebert en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Liebert Network Card, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

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    User Manual English OpenComms Web Card[...]

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    CONTENTS ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL QUICK START GUIDE INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION Installing the Card Connecting the Card to the Network Configuring the Card SERVICE TERMINAL Opening a Service Terminal Connection Main Menu System Information Menu Network Interface Menu SNMP Communication Menu Web Server Menu Firmware Updates Menu Factory Settings Menu WE[...]

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    ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL Welcome to the User Manual for the OpenComms Web Card. This man- ual is available from Liebert's web site at www.liebert.com. The most recent version is always located online and you should consult the Web if you feel you have an older copy. ABOUT THE QUICK START GUIDE On the next two pages you will find a copy of the Qu[...]

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    CONFIGURE ! Using a terminal emulation software package, like HyperT erminal™, open a direct connection to the card. BAUD RATE: 9600 DAT A BITS: 8 PARITY : None STOP BITS: 1 FLOW CONTROL: None ! Press “ENTER” for the Main Menu. ! Select option “2” and follow the instructions to enter an IP ADDRESS, NETMASK, and GATEWA Y . ! Return to the [...]

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    Worldwide Support Worldwide FAX Support U.S.A. U.K. France Germany Italy Netherlands E-mail Web site +1 614-841-6755 +1 614-841-6755 1-800 222-5877 +44 (0) 1628 403200 +33 (0) 1 43 60 01 77 +49 89 99 19 220 +39 02 98250 324 +31 (0) 475 503333 monitoring@liebert.com www.liebert.com User Manual This Quick Start Guide is designed to give you all of th[...]

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    Installing the Card The OpenComms Web Card is hot swappable and user-serviceable. Although you do not need to turn off the UPS, disconnect any loads, or restart the UPS to install or remove the card, discretion should be used. CAUTION: The Intellislot Bay is located in close proximity to the UPS' output and the UPS' electrical receptacles[...]

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    Opening a Service Terminal Connection This section covers the Service Terminal in detail. From the Service Ter- minal, you can configure all settings of the card. NOTE: You can also configure many of the setting discussed in this sec- tion from the Web. To specify that the card communicate at either 10Mbit or 100Mbit instead of it trying to auto-ne[...]

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    5. Press "Enter" to see the Main Menu. If you do not see the Main Menu, press "Enter" again several times. If the Main Menu fails to appear, confirm that the blue configuration cable is installed properly, that your PC or terminal COM port is active, and that you are using the correct communication settings. If, after verifying [...]

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    Selecting Option "1" from the Main Menu opens the System Information Menu. Liebert Network Interface Card System Information Menu ------------------------ 1: Name Data Room UPS 2: Contact Network Services x100 3: Location Building 2, Floor 4 4: Description Supporting Main Server <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> The[...]

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    Network Interface Menu Selecting Option "2" from the Main Menu opens the Network Interface Menu. Network Interface Menu ----------------------- 1: Speed/Duplex Auto 2: Boot mode DHCP IP Address 0.0.0.0 Netmask 0.0.0.0 <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> From the Network Interface Menu you can configure the Network set[...]

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    Select option "2" to change Boot mode settings of the card. Valid Selections: ------------------ 1. Static 2. BootP 3. DHCP Select Boot Mode: Your Boot mode setting options are Static, BootP, and DHCP. The card ships from the factory with DHCP service enabled. DHCP allows the card to obtain an address dynamically from a DHCP server on you[...]

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    SNMP Communication Menu Liebert Network Interface Card SNMP Communications Menu ------------------------- 1: Authentication Traps 'no' 2: Display/Modify Communities 3: Display/Modify Trap Communities <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "3" from the Main Menu opens the SNMP Communica- tions M[...]

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    The options "a" "d" and "e" allow you to manage your list of network devices with access to the card. These options can be used as a com- plex instruction to add a single device, specify read/write access rights, and designate the Community String. For, example, entering: "a 126.4.1.200 read NewCommunity" add[...]

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    The options "a" "d" and "e" allow you to manage you list of network devices that will receive SNMP Traps from the card. These options can be used as a complex instruction to add a single device and designate the Community String. For, example, entering: "a 126.4.1.200 NewCommunity" adds device 126.4.1.200 to [...]

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    Web Server Menu Web Server Menu ---------------- 1: Web Server 'enabled' 2: Change Username/Password <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "4" from the Main Menu opens the Web Server Menu. From the Web Server Menu you can enable/disable the Web functionality of the card and edit the Username/P[...]

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    Firmware Updates Menu Firmware Updates Menu ---------------------- 1: Initiate XMODEM session... <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "5" from the Main Menu opens the Firmware Updates Menu. From the Firmware Updates Menu you can reload the firmware of the card. Please consult the instructions you downl[...]

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    Factory Settings Menu Factory Settings Menu ---------------------- 1: Reset to Factory Defaults Manufacture Date OCT 27,2000 MAC Address 00-00-68-16-00-03 Serial Number 415981G101D2000OCT270003 <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "6" from the Main Menu opens Factory Settings Menu. The Factory Settings[...]

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    Opening a Web Connection This section explains the Web interface in detail. From the Web, you can monitor and control the UPS in which the card is installed. You can also configure many settings of the card. NOTE: To specify that the card communicates at either 10Mbit or 100Mbit, instead of it trying to auto-negotiate, you must use the Service Term[...]

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    You will notice that information on the Web page is grouped in Tabs and Folders. The card organizes similar information together in folders, and similar functions in tabs. Tabs: Across the top of the screen are four tabs, monitor, control, config- ure, and support. As the tab names suggest, different information is pre- sented and different operati[...]

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    Connected Device Information Clicking between the monitor, contol, configure, and support tabs gives you access to folder lists on the bottom of the left pane. Although the folder list changes, depending on the tab selected, the top portion of the left pane remains constant. In the top or the left pane, connected device information and connected UP[...]

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    Security By opening a connection to the OpenComms Web Card, you are able to do three things. You can Monitor, Configure and Control the UPS. The card allows any user with access to the network segment on which it resides to monitor the UPS. This means anyone on the segment can view the entire contents of the monitor and support tabs. The card restr[...]

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    Monitor Tab When you select the monitor tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Device Information:. The first page you will see every time you open a new Web connection to the card is the Power Flow folder in the monitor tab. After yo[...]

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    Clicking on the Battery, Output, Input, Bypass (not supported in Power- Sure Interactive UPSs), or Internals folder replaces the summary data presented on the graphical power flow pane with a tabular view of the complete list of data points reported by the UPS. Clicking on the Input folder presents a screen similar to: In the tabular view data, lik[...]

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    Control Tab When you select the control tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Control Operations:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password pro- tect the folders in the control tab. From the control tab you ca[...]

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    Configure Tab When you select the configure tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Configuration Categories:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password pro- tect the folders in the configure tab. When you click [...]

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    SNMP Clicking on the SNMP folder allows you to enable authentication traps. Clicking on the Access or Traps folder allows you to configure the devices you want to have access to the card via SNMP and devices you want to receive traps from the card. The Access folder is shown below: As you are adding communities, you need to consider access rights. [...]

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    Configure Tab - Making and Saving Configurations Similar to configuring the card using the Service Terminal, every time you make a configuration change, the card will have “save and reboot” for that change to take effect. As you navigate between the card's control web pages, you will notice that configuration screens include Edit and Save [...]

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    Configure Tab - After Reinitialization Once card reinitialization is selected and confirmed, the card is unavail- able on the network. As the card reboots, it first begins communicating on the network and it will begin communicating with the UPS in which it is installed. The card will present to you some helpful information during the period of tim[...]

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    Support Tab When you select the support tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. A sin- gle device list is at the bottom of the pane under Support:. The support tab displays the Name, Location, and Description fields as well as relevant contact information for Liebert Technical Applicat[...]

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    The OpenComms Web Card utilizes a SNMPv1 agent and is MIB-II com- pliant. The card supports the open standard UPS MIB RFC1628, with additional functionality and support through the Liebert Global Products MIB. A copy of the Liebert Global Products MIB is included on the CD included with your purchase. Likewise, the latest version of Libert Global P[...]

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    MultiLink Support The most frequently asked question about configuring MultiLink to moni- tor a SNMP device, like the OpenComms Web Card, across the network is, what community string do I use? NOTE: Use the community string LiebertEM for MultiLink. Configuring for MultiLink support from the Service Terminal From the Main Menu, select option "3[...]

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    SL-52610 (9/02) Rev.2[...]