APC AP9312TH manual

Envir onmental Monitori ng Unit A P9312TH A P9312TH i User’ s Guide[...]

Envir onmental Mon itoring Unit Env i r onmental M o n i t or i ng Uni t : Use r ’ s Gu i de i Managing the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Available i nterfaces — 1 Configuri ng network settings — 1 LEDs and the Reset Button . . [...]

Env i r onmental M o n i t or i ng Uni t : Use r ’ s Gu i de i i Contents Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Purpose — 12 TCP/IP — 12 TFTP/FTP — 12 Telnet/Web — 13 SNMP — 14 Email (Contro l Console only) — 15 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Env i r onmental M o n i t or i ng Uni t : Use r ’ s Gu i de iii Contents Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Planning a nd implementing s ecurity feature s — 25 Port assignments — 25 User names, passwords, communit[...]

Envir onmental M onitoring Unit Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 1 Managing the Unit Intr oduc tion Available interfaces The stand-alon e Environmental Monitoring Unit performs cont inuous temperatur e and humidit y sensing and contact monitoring . Y ou can manage the uni t through W eb, Control Console, or SN MP interfaces. • Remo[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 2 Managing the Unit LEDs and the Reset Bu tton Fr o nt Panel Features The reset button and two LEDs are on the fr ont panel of the Environmental Mon it o ri ng Unit. Descripti ons No . No . No . No . F eature F e ature F e ature F e ature Descr ip tion Descript ion Descript ion Descript ion ! Reset bu[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 3 Managing the Unit We b I n t e r f a c e System re q u i re m e n t s T o access the Web inter face, you need one of the following suppor ted Web browsers: • Internet Explor er 3. 0.2 and later • Netscape 3. 0 and later Note: Some Web i nter face feat ures (dat a verif icati on, AP C Interacti v[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 4 Managing the Unit Control Cons ole Options for u sing the Contr o l Console The Control Console provi des comprehensive management of the unit by one of the following modes of acces s: • T elnet, for remote management • A serial int e rf ace for local management Access to the Contr ol Console On[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 5 Managing the Unit Control Cons ole contin ued Navigating th e menus Within t he menu structur e: • T o select a menu i tem, type the i tem number , t hen press E NTER . • T o save changes to configurable val ues, use the Acce pt Changes menu option. • T o refresh the current menu , Press E NT [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 6 Managing the Unit Passwor d-Pr otected Use r Accounts T ypes of acc ounts The Environmental Monitoring Unit provides two pass word-protected accounts, Admini st rator and Device Manager , that allow you to control access to the devic e. T o configur e the accounts, see User Manager on page 16 Accoun[...]

Envir onmental M onitoring Unit Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 7 Menu Items Intr oduc tion Interface similarities and differences The informati on in this section is base d on the We b interface. The Control Cons ole interfac e varies slight ly , but offer s the same capabil ities for managi ng the Environmental Monitoring Unit. Y [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 8 Menu Items Envir o nmen tal Mo nitor ing Purpos e Use the Environmental Monitori ng menu to configur e settings for monitori ng contac t closures and for obtain ing i nfor mation about the temperatur e and humidit y sensed by up to two pr obes. Status: probes Continu ed on nex t page Item Item Item [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 9 Menu Items Envir o nmen tal Mo nitor ing continued Status: contacts Status: firmwar e vers ion The status secti on also reports the firmware versi on of the Environmental Mon it o ri ng Unit. Configuration Item Item Item Item Defini tion Definition Definition Definition Devi ce 1 (Contact Z one 1) A[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 10 Menu Items Events V iewing t he Event Log d ir e ctly The Event Log displays info rmation for the Environmental Monitor ing Unit’ s last 300 events. T o view the Event Log, select the Log option of the Events menu in the Web interface or press C TRL + L in the Control Co nsol e. Retrieving the Ev[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 11 Menu Items Events contin ued Deleting the Ev ent Log in the F TP interface T o delete the Ev ent Log, type del even t.txt . F TP confi r ms the deletion : Requested file action okay, completed. A new event.txt fi le i s immediately created to re cord the Deleted Log event. Recipients (W eb interfac[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 12 Menu Items Network Purpos e The Network menu provides access to the confi gura ble network settings . Only the Administrato r can access the Netw ork menu. TCP/IP The TCP/IP se ct ion lists the Environmental Monitoring Unit’ s start-up settings for network service and allows you to conf igu re TC[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 13 Menu Items Networ k continued T eln et/W eb Continu ed on nex t page Item Item Item Item De finition Definiti on Definiti on Definiti on Te l n e t Te l n e t Te l n e t Te l n e t Acce ss Enable s or disa bles T el net access . Port The TCP/IP port whe re the T elnet server for the unit i s locate[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 14 Menu Items Networ k continued SNMP The SNMP section di spl ays the SNMP access control and tra p receiver Settings. Access Control . The Access Control sec tion of SNMP displays the current set tings for all four SNMP channels and lets you configur e values for a sele cted channel. T r ap Receiver [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 15 Menu Items Networ k continued Email (Control Console only ) Use the Email option of th e Network menu to configure email rec ipi ent s who will be notified when an event occur s. See Configuring Email Recipients on page 21 . (In the W eb interface, use the Recipients op tion of the Events menu ins [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 16 Menu Items System Purpos e Use the Syst em menu to configure account s, sys tem identificatio n, file transfer s, and links. Only the Administrat or has access to the System menu. User Manager Use this section to conf igure the properti es of the Admini strator and Device Manager account s. The Adm[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 17 Menu Items System continued Identification Use this sectio n to di splay and configur e the uni t’s sy stem identificati on values. The fol lowing items are configurable: Date/T ime Continu ed on nex t page Item Item Item Item Defin ition Definiti on Definiti on Definiti on Name The u nit’s sy [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 18 Menu Items System continued File T ransfer Item Item Item Item Descr ipt ion Descr iption Des cript ion Descr iption Display the curr ent transfer settin gs Display the curr ent transfer settings Display the curr ent transfer settin gs Display the curr ent transfer settings Remote TF TP Server IP I[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 19 Menu Items System continued To o l s Link s (W eb Interface only) Use this secti on to configure URL links that appear on the Navigat ion menu at the left. (The APC Links are pre-def ined, but can be changed.) Item Item Item Item Descr ipt ion Descr iption Des cript ion Descr iption No Acti on Caus[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 20 Menu Items Help Help options In the Web int erface: • The Help menu is at the lower left. • The Contents page provides an overvi ew of parameters that you can di splay and conf igure. • T o access help about a page, clic k the ? at the end of th e black title bar of that page. In the Control [...]

Envir onmental M onitoring Unit Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 21 Configuri ng and Using Email N otification Conf iguring Em ail Recipi ents Menu opt ions T o identif y up to four emai l recipien ts, use one of the following : • The Recipi ents option of the W eb inter face’s Events menu • The Email option of the Control Cons[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 22 Configuring and Using Email Notification Configur ing SMTP and DNS Settings Requir ements for using SMTP T o use the Simpl e Mail T ransfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email whe n an event occur s, you must de fine the fol lowing settings : • The IP addr ess of the Domai n Name Service ( DN S) server[...]

Envir onmental M onitoring Unit Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 23 Managing the Unit with SNMP SNMP Interface Purpos e Y ou can use Power Net MIB OID s to manage (monitor , confi gure, and control) your Environ mental Monitori ng Unit. PowerNet MI B OID categories Use your MI B browser to locat e the PowerNet MIB OID s that you can [...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 24 Managing the Unit with SNMP Using the OIDs Using monitori ng OIDs Use the read-only [mUpsEnviron] OID s to view temperature and humidity values. Using cont act OIDs Use the [mUpsContact ] OID s to view and configure the cur rent contact sensor values. OID OID OID OID Functio n Function Fu n ction F[...]

Envir onmental Monitoring Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 25 Security Security Feat ur es Planning and implementing security featur es As a network device that passes in formation across the networ k, the Environmental Mon itoring Unit is subject to the same exposur e as other devi ces on the networ k. Use the informat ion in this s[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 26 Security Authentication Authentication versus e ncryption The Environmen tal Monitori ng Unit controls access by pro viding basic authentic ation through user names, passwords, and IP addresses, but provides no type of encrypt ion. These basic security f eatures are suf ficient for most envir onmen[...]

Environmental Mon it oring Unit: User’s Guide 27 Security Authentication contin ue d Summary of access methods The followi ng tabl e descr ibes interfaces and its acces s methods. Interface Interface Interface Interface Secur ity Access Secu r ity Acce ss Secu r ity Acce ss Secu r ity Acce ss Notes Not es Not es Not es Serial Cont rol Console Acc[...]

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