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    Netw ork Management Card AP9617 AP9618 AP9619 Ins tal lati on an d Quick Star t[...]

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    This manual is available in English on th e enclosed CD. ❖❖❖ Dieses Handbuch ist in Deutsch auf der beiliegenden CD-ROM verfüg bar . ❖❖❖ Este manual está disponib le en español en el CD-ROM adjunto. ❖❖❖ Ce manuel est disp onible en français su r le CD-ROM ci-inclus. ❖❖❖ Questo m anuale è disp onibile in italian o nel CD[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start i Conte nts How to Avoid Equipment Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disconnect UPS powe r 1 Disconnect chassis p ower 1 How to Recover from a Lost Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preliminary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New st andard fe atur es 3 Existi ng features 3 AP9618 f eature s[...]

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    ii Installation a nd Quick Start Contents Quick Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Overview 10 TCP/IP conf iguration methods 10 APC Mana gement Card Wizar d 11 BOOTP & DHCP configurati on 11 Local access to the contr ol conso le 14 Remot e access t o the co ntrol consol e 15 Control console 16 How to Access a Confi[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 1 How to Avoid E quipment Damage Disconnec t U PS power Y ou do not need to turn off a Symmetra ® or a S ilcon ® model UPS to inst all th e Man age ment Card. Smart-UPS 1 . T urn off th e equipment that connects to the UPS. 2. Disconnect the UPS from its AC input source. 3. Press the OFF butto n on the UPS for approx[...]

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    2 Installation and Quick Start How to Recover from a Lost Passwor d Y ou can us e a local computer that connects to the Management Card or othe r device through the s erial port to access the control co nsole. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer , and disable any service that uses th at port. 2. Connect the serial cable ( 940-0103) to the[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 3 Pr eliminar y Information Featur es All Netwo rk Management Card s have standard featur es that do the following: • Detect 10/100 Mbps connection s peeds • Provide a data log acces sible by FTP or a W eb browser • Provide UPS scheduling features • Provide sup port for the APC PowerChute Network Shutdown u til[...]

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    4 Installation and Quick Start Preliminary Informati on AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits Y ou can us e an AP9618 U kit to co nvert an AP 9617 Network Mana gem ent Ca rd EX or an AP96 19 Network Managemen t Card EM into an AP9618 Netwo rk Management Card EM/ MDM . Y ou can us e an AP9619 U kit to co nvert an AP 9617 Network Mana gem ent Ca rd EX int[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 5 Preliminary Informa tion Inventory The Management Card package includ es the following items: •T h i s Installation and Quick Start Guide • Network Manag ement Card • APC Networ k Management Card utility CD • Smart-signaling cable • Ins tall ati on of M ul tipl e M ana gem ent Cards sheet • Declarati on o[...]

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    6 Installation and Quick Start Installation in a UPS Overview Y ou can install the Manage ment Card in a card slot in a Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, or Symmetra. For a Silcon UPS, the Management Card installs in a Silco n T rip le Expansion Chassis (AP9604S ). Step 1: T urn off all powe r (Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS) Y ou do not n eed t o tu rn po wer off f[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 7 Installatio n in a UPS Step 2: Inst all the Network Management Card If you are installing the Man agement Card in a Sy mmetra UPS that uses more than one APC managemen t product, see Installation of M ultiple Mana gement Cards , a copy of which came with the Management C ard. Y ou must inst all the APC management pro[...]

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    8 Installation and Quick Start Expansion/T riple Chassis Installati on Overview Use an Expansi on Chassis or a T riple Expansi on Chassis i f the UPS has no card slot availab le. The Management Ca rd installs in the chassis and communicates with the UPS through the cable conn ection between the chassis and th e UPS . When to use the AC adapt er (AP[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 9 Expansi on/Tr ipl e Chas sis Instal lation Step 2: Inst all the Network Management Card If the UPS uses mo re than one APC mana gement product, see Installation of M ultiple Mana gement Cards , a copy of which came with the Management C ard. Y ou must inst all the APC management pro ducts in the correct ord er for th[...]

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    10 Installation an d Quick St art Quick Configuration Overview Y ou must configure the following TCP/IP setting s before the APC Network Management Card can operate on a network: • IP address of the Management Card • Subnet mas k • Default gateway TCP/ IP configuration methods Use one of the following methods to define the TCP/IP settings nee[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 11 Quick Configura tion APC Management Ca rd W i z a rd Y ou can us e the APC Managem ent Card W izard (if it is supported fo r the firmware release y ou are using) at a W indows ® 98, Windows N T ® 4.0, W indows 2 000, or W indows XP computer to configu re a Management Card. Not all releases support the wizard . 1. [...]

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    12 Installation an d Quick St art Quick Configura tion BOOTP & DHCP configuration The Boot M ode setting, a TCP/ IP option in the Management Card’ s Network menu, identifies how the TCP/IP settings will be defined. The possible settings are Manual , DHCP only , BOOTP only , and DHCP & BOOTP (the defaul t setting). The DHCP & BOOTP set[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 13 Quick Configura tion 3. When the Manag ement Card reboots, the BOOTP serv er provides it with the TCP/IP settings. – If you s pecified a bo otup file name, the Management Card attempts to transfer that file from the BOOTP server us ing TFTP o r FTP . The Management Card assumes all settings specified in the bootup[...]

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    14 Installation an d Quick St art Quick Configura tion DHCP . Y ou can use a RFC21 31/RFC213 2-compliant D HCP server to configure the TCP/IP settings for the Management Card. 1. A Management Card sends out a DHCP reques t that uses the following to identify itsel f: – A V endor Class Iden tifier (APC by default) – A Client Iden tifier (by d ef[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 15 Quick Configura tion Local ac cess to the control conso le Y ou can use a local computer th at connects to the serial po rt on the front of the Management Card to access the contr ol console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer , and disable any service that uses th at port. 2. Use the configuration cable [...]

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    16 Installation an d Quick St art Quick Configura tion 2. Use Ping with a size of 1 13 bytes to assign the IP address defined by th e ARP command. For the IP addres s defined in step 1, us e one of th e following P ing commands: – W indows command format: ping 156. 205. 14.1 41 -l 113 – LINUX command fo rmat: ping 156. 205. 14.1 41 -s 113 3. Us[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 17 Quick Configura tion Control console After you log on at the con trol console, as described in “Local access to the control console” on page 15 or “Remote access to the control console” on page 15: 1. Choose Ne twor k from the Con trol Console menu. 2. Choose TCP/I P from the Network menu. 3. If you are not [...]

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    18 Installation an d Quick St art How to Access a Configur e d Network Manageme nt Car d Overview After th e Network Manage ment Card is runnin g on your network, you can use the interfaces summarized here to access the unit. We b i n t e r f a c e As your brows er , you can use Microsoft ® Int ernet Explor er 5.0 (and higher ) or Netscap e ® 4.0[...]

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    Installation a nd Quick Start 19 How to Access a Conf igured Network Mana gement Card T el net/SSH Y ou can access the contr ol console through T elnet or Secure SHell (S SH), dep ending on w hich is enab led. (An Administrator can enable these access methods through the T elnet/SSH option of the Netwo rk menu.) By default , T elnet is enabled. Ena[...]

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    20 Installation an d Quick St art How to Access a Con figured Net work Manage ment Card SNMP After you add the PowerNet MIB to a standard SNMP MIB browser , you can use that browser for SNMP acces s to the Network Manag ement Card. The default r ead community name is p ublic ; the default read/write community name is privat e . FT P Y ou can use FT[...]

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    Radio Fr equen cy Interference USA — FCC This equipmen t has been tested and found to comp ly with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm ful interference when the equipment is operated in a co mmercial environment. This equipment gener[...]

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    *990-7142B* APC W orldwide Customer Support Cust omer su pport for thi s or any other A PC pro duct is ava ilable at no charg e in any of th e following ways: • V isit the APC W eb site to access documents in th e APC Knowledge Bas e and to subm it cus tomer supp ort re quests . – www .apc.c om (Corporate Head quarters) Connect to localized APC[...]