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    Switche d Rac k Power D istribution Un it AP7922 Installation and Quick Start[...]

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    This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD. Dieses Handbuch ist in Deutsch auf der beiliegenden CD-ROM verfügbar . Este manual está dispon ible en español en el CD-ROM adjunto. Ce manuel est disponib le en français sur le C D-ROM ci-inclus. Questo manuale è disponibil e in italiano nel CD-ROM allegato. Instr ukcja Obsl ugi w jêzyk[...]

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    Contents Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t i Produ ct Descript ion and Inventor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AP7922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Additional documen tation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Inventor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    ii Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 AP7922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Warrant y and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Limited warranty . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 1 Pr oduct Description and Inventory AP7922 is a Switched Rac k Power Dist ribution Unit (Rack PDU) t hat dist ributes power to device s in the rack. The use r can turn on, t urn of f, or recycl e power back to t he individu ally contr olled out lets. The Rack PDU also ha s a senso r that measur es [...]

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    Product Descripti on and In ventory 2 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Additiona l documentatio n The Rack PDU Us er’ s Gui de and the Rac k PDU Addendum a re avail able on the su pplied CD and on the APC W eb site: www .apc.co m . The User’ s Guide (.doceng usrg uide.pdf) cont ains additi onal informat ion about the fo llowin[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 3 How to Install the Rack PDU Installation guidelines • For a Ra ck PDU inst alled i n an enc losed co mmunicati ons rac k, the recommen ded maximum ambie nt tempera ture is 45° C ( 11 3º F). • Instal l the Rack PDU so that i t does not reduce th e air fl ow requir ed for saf e operati on of t[...]

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    How to Install the Rack PDU 4 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Attach cor ds to the tray Attach a cord to t he tray by loop ing th e cord and s ecuring i t to the tray , using a wi re tie ( provided) . Cords fro m both banks o f outlet s may be secured to the bot tom tray , or you may a ttach an addi tional t ray (shown on the pr ece[...]

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    How to Install the Rack PDU Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 5 For a r ecessed placement : use four flat-he ad scr ews (provid ed) through t he last four ho les of ea ch bracket . 2. Insert caged nut s (provi ded with t he ra ck) on the vertic al mountin g rails above a number at the st art of two U-spa ces in your encl osure and b[...]

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    6 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Operation Disp lay inte rfac e Link - Rx/Tx 10 / 100 Status Serial Port Rese t - W ar ning - OK - Overl oad      B2 B1 TOT AL Amps Amps Amps Switch ed Rack PDU     Line Indicator LED: In dicates normal (green), warning (yellow), and alarm (red) conditions for bank 1 (B 1 )[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 7 Quick Configuration Over v iew Y ou must configure t he followi ng TCP/IP sett ings befor e the Rack PDU can oper ate on a net work: • IP addre ss of the Rack P DU • Subnet mask • De fault g atewa y TCP/IP configuration methods Use one of the foll owing methods to define the TCP/IP settings:[...]

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    Quick Configuration 8 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Quick Start APC Manageme nt Car d Wizar d Y ou can use the APC Management Card Wizard at a W indows ® 98, W indows NT ® 4.0, W indows 2000, or W indows XP computer to configure a Rack PD U. 1. Insert the APC Switche d Rack PDU Utility CD into a computer on your network. 2. Launch the W izar[...]

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    Quick Configur ation Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 9 BOOTP . Y ou can use an RFC95 1 -com plia nt B OOTP ser ver t o co nfig ure the TCP/I P settings f or the Rack PDU. If the BOOTP serv er is pro perly configur ed, the Rac k PDU’ s default setting ( DHCP & BOOTP ) fo r BOOT Mode causes it t o discove r the BOOTP server . [...]

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    Quick Configuratio n 10 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt DHCP . Y ou can use a RFC2 1 3 1 /RFC2 1 32-compl iant DHCP ser ver to configur e the TCP/I P settin gs for the Rack PDU. 1 . The Rack PDU se nds a DHCP reque st that u ses the f ollowing to ident ify its elf: – V endor Class Identifi er (APC by de fault ) – Client Ide nt[...]

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    Quick Configur ation Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 11 Local access to the contr ol console Y ou can use a l ocal comput er to conn ect to th e Rack PDU to ac cess the control console. 1 . Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice which uses that por t. 2. Use the c onfigura tion cabl e (940-0 1 44) [...]

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    Quick Configuratio n 12 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt 3. U se T el net to acc ess t he Ra ck PD U at its ne wl y assi gne d I P addr ess. F or e xampl e: telnet 156.205.14.141 4. Use apc for bot h user name and pas sword. 5. See “Contr ol consol e” on this page to f inish the configur ation. Contr ol console After yo u log o[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 13 How to Access a Config ur ed Rack PDU Over v iew After t he Rack PDU is runn ing on yo ur network, you can use the interf aces summari zed he re to acce ss the uni t. W eb i nterf ace As your br owser , you can use Microsoft ® I nternet Ex plorer 5. 0 (and higher) or Netsca pe ® 4.0.8 (an d hig[...]

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    How to Access a Configured Rack PDU 14 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt T elnet/ SSH Y ou can acces s the cont rol consol e through T elne t or Secur e SHell (SSH), depe nding on whic h is enabl ed. An Administ rator c an enable these ac cess metho ds through the T e lnet/S SH option of the Network menu. By defa ult, T elnet is ena[...]

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    How to Access a Configu red Rack PDU Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 15 FT P / S C P Y ou can use FTP (ena bled by def ault) or Secure CoPy ( SCP) to tr ansfer new firmwar e to the Rack PDU, o r to acce ss a copy of th e Rack PDU’ s event l ogs. SCP provi des the hi gher secur ity of encr ypted data transmi ssion and i s automat[...]

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    16 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt How to Recover Fr om a Lost Passwor d Y ou can use a local computer , a computer that connects to t he Rack PDU or other device t hrough the serial p ort to ac cess the c ontrol c onsole. 1 . Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice that us es that po rt. 2. Connect[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 17 How to Download Firmwar e Updates Y ou can use a l ocal comput er that co nnects to the Rack PDU through th e serial port on t he front o f the unit. 1 . Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice that us es that po rt. 2. Use the c onfigura tion cabl e (940-0 1 44) t[...]

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    18 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt Specifications AP79 22 Electrical Nominal input vo ltage 230 V Acceptable input voltage ± 1 0% Nominal input voltage Maximum total current draw 32 A Input frequency 47 – 63 Hz Cord le ngth 1 2 ft ( 1 44 in) Input conn ectors IEC 309, 32 A, 230 V , 1 ~ plug Output connectors Sixteen IEC 32 0 C [...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 19 W arranty and Service Limi ted w arr anty APC warrants the Ra ck PDU to be fr ee from defec ts in mate rials an d workmanshi p for a per iod of two y ears fro m the date o f purchase . Its obligat ion under this warr anty is l imited to repairing or replaci ng, at it s own sole op tion, any s uch[...]

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    20 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt Life-Support Policy General po licy American Power Conversion (APC) doe s not recommend th e use of any of its p rodu cts in the follow ing situat ions: • In lif e-support applica tions wher e failur e or malfun ction of t he APC product can be rea sonably exp ected to cause fai lure of t he li[...]

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    Radio Fr equency Interfer ence USA — FCC This equi pment has be en teste d and found t o comply wit h the limits for a Class A d igital devic e, pursu ant to part 1 5 of the FCC Rules . These limit s are designed to pro vide reas onable pro tection against h armful interfe rence when the equi pment is ope rated in a commercial environme nt. This [...]

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    *990-1694-001* APC W orldwide Customer Suppo rt Custome r support fo r this or any other APC product is availa ble at no ch arg e in any of the f ollowing ways : • V isit the APC W eb site to find an swers to f requentl y asked ques tions (F AQs), to ac cess documents in the APC Knowl edge Base, an d to submit customer su pport req uests. – www[...]