APC Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) manual

® USER’S GUIDE switched rack pdu Contents i Introdu ction -- 1 Product De scripti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of the PDU 1 Acce ss Proc edures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Overview 3 Access prio rity for loggin g on 3 Types of user accounts 4 How to [...]

® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu ii Network opti on 19 System option 20 Web Interface -- 21 How t o L og On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Overview 21 Supported Web browsers 22 URL address f ormats 23 Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Status 24 [...]

® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu iii Overview 43 Sev erity l evel s 4 4 Event log action 44 SNMP traps action 44 Email acti on 45 Event Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Overview 46 Trap receiver set tings 46 E-mail Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu iv Ping utili ty (control console) 65 FTP Server, and Telnet & Web options 66 SNMP 67 Email 68 Boot Mode -- 69 Intr oduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 Overview 69 DHCP & BOOTP boot proc ess 70 DHCP Configu ration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 1 Intr oduction Pr oduct Description Featur es of the PDU The APC ® Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) is a stand-alone, network-manageable de vice that allows programma ble control of eig ht, sixteen, or twenty-four p ower outlets (depending on t he model). Y ou can control a PDU remotely th[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 2 Initial setup Y ou must define three TCP/IP settings for the Switched Rack PDU before it can operate on the ne twork. • IP address of the PDU • Subnet mask • IP address of the defa ult gateway The PDU do es not provid e power protection. Therefore, APC does not recommend plu gging a unit dire c[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 3 Access Pr ocedur es Overview The PDU has two intern al interfaces (cont rol console and Web interface) which provide m enus with options that all ow you to manage the PD U. The SNMP interface also allows you to use an SNMP browser with the PowerNet ® Manag ement Information Base ( MIB) to manage the[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 4 T ypes of user accounts The PDU has three leve ls of access (Admi nistrator , Device M anager , and Outlet user), all of which are protected by p assword and user n ame requirements. • An Administrator can us e all of the mana gement menus available in the control console and the Web interface. The[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 5 How to Recover Fr om a Lost Passwor d Y ou can use a local co mputer that conn ect s to the PDU throu gh the serial port on the front panel of the unit. 1. Select a serial port at th e local computer , and disable any service which uses that port. 2. Use the supplied serial c able (940-0144) to conne[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 6 Upgrading Firmwar e 0 Y ou can use a local co mputer that conn ect s to the PDU throu gh the serial port on the front panel of the unit. 1. Select a serial port at th e local computer , and disable any service which uses that port. 2. Use the supplied serial c able (940-0144) to connect the selected [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 7 9. In the terminal program, send the file usin g the XMODEM protocol. Upon completion of th e transfer , the console will prom pt you to restore the baud rate to norma l. The PDU will reboot whe n the download i s complete. C aut i on Do not interrupt the dow nload. Upgrading the firmware will not in[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 8 Fr ont Panel Single-phase Thr ee-phase Link - Rx/Tx 10 / 100 Status Seri al P ort Rese t Pre ss a nd hol d to inver t disp lay - W ar ning - OK - Overl oad         Link - Rx/Tx 10 / 100 Status Serial Port Rese t Pre ss to sele ct li ne. Pre ss a nd h ol d to in ver t dis pla y[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 9 Item Function  Load Indicator LED Identifies overload and warn ing conditions for the displayed ph ase. See Load indi cator LED .  Input Selector On three-phase models, press the input selector to monitor the current of the next phase. For either 1 - or 3-phase u nit s, press and hold the input[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 10 Link-RX /TX (10/ 100) LE D This LED indicates the n etwork status. Status LED This LED indicates the n etwork status of the PDU. Condition Descr iption Off The device which connects the PDU to the network is off or not operating correctly . Flashing G reen The PDU is receiving data pa ckets f rom th[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 11 Load indicator LED The load indicator LED identifies overload and warning conditions for the displayed phas e. Condition Descr iption Solid G reen The displayed phase is below the current overload thresholds. Ye l l o w The di splayed phase is in a Ne ar Overload W arning condition. The current is a[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 12 Wa t c h d o g F e a t u r e s Overview T o detect internal problems and recover from unanticipated inputs, the PDU uses internal, system-wide wa tchdog mechanism s. When it restart s itself to recover from an internal problem, a Syste m: W armstart event is recorded in the Event Log. Network inte r[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 13 Contr ol Console How to Log On Overview Y ou can use either a l ocal (serial) conne ction, or a remote (T elnet) connection to access th e control console . Use case-sensitive U ser Name and Password entries to log on (by def ault, apc and apc , for an Administrat or , or device and apc , fo r a Dev[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 14 Local access to the contr o l consol e Y ou can use a local co mputer that conn ect s to the Switched Rack PDU through the serial port on the front of th e unit. 1. Select a serial port at th e local computer , and disable an y service which uses that port. 2. Use the supplied serial c able (940-014[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 15 Main Scr een Example main scr e en The main screen that is dis played when you lo g on to the control console of a Switched Rack PDU. Infor matio n and status fiel ds Main scr e en info rmatio n fiel ds. • T wo fields iden tify the APC operating sys tem (AOS) and a pplication (APP) firmware ve rsi[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 16 Name : MS3 Test Unit Contact : Bill Cooper Location : Testing Lab •A n Up Time field reports how long the Switched Rack PDU has been running since it was last reset or since po wer was applied. Up Time : 0 Days 0 Hours 43 Minutes • T wo fields iden tify when you logged on, by Date and Tim e . Da[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 17 Main scr een status fields. •A Stat field rep ort s the Switched Ra ck PDU status. S t a t:P +N +A + • A Switched Rack PDU model and name fie ld reports the st atus of the Switched Rack PDU. For example: Switched Rack PDU: Communication Established P+ The APC operating system (AOS) is functionin[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 18 Contr ol Console Menus Menu stru ctur e The menus in the contr ol console list opt ions by number and name . T o use an option, type the co rresponding number and press E NTER , the n follow any on-screen instructio ns. For menus that allow yo u to change a se tting, you must use the Accept Changes [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 19 Main menu The main control consol e menu has optio ns that provide access to the management features of the control con sole: 1- Device Manager 2- Network 3- System 4- Logout s Dev ice Manage r opt ion This option accesses th e Device Manage r menu. Select the comp onents you want to manage fro m th[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 20 System option T o do any of t he following tasks, see System Menu : • Control Administrator , Device Ma nager , and Outlet User a ccess • Define the system Name , Cont act , and Location values • Set the date and time used by the Swit ched Rack PDU • Restart the Switched Rack PDU • Reset c[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 21 We b I n t e r f a c e How to Log On Overview Y ou can use the DNS name or System IP address of the Switched Rack PDU for the URL addres s of the Web interface. Use your c ase-sensitive User Name and Passw ord settings to lo g on (by default, apc and apc , for an Administrator , or device and apc , [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 22 Supported W eb br owsers Y ou can use the Microsoft ® Internet Explorer (IE) browser (5.0 or higher) or the Netscape ® browser (4.0.8 or higher) to access the Switch ed Rack PDU through its Web interface. Some Web interface features (data verification and e vent log) require that you enable the fo[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 23 URL addr ess formats T ype the DNS name or IP address of the Switched Rack PDU in the Web browser ’ s URL address field and press E NT ER . Except as noted below , http:// is automatically added by th e browser . • For a DNS name of W eb 1, the entry would be: http://Web1 • For a System IP add[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 24 Summar y Page When you log on to the web interface at the Switched Rack PDU, the status view is displayed at the right side of the screen, the quick status tab is displayed at the uppe r right, and the n avigation menu is displaye d at the left. Status The St atus view has th ree sections: • The D[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 25 Quick status tab The quick status tab is displayed at the upper rig ht on every page in the Web interface. The t ab shows active alarms and warning s, and a link to the online help. • Click the question mark ( ?) icon to access the online help for the displayed page • Click the green “device o[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 26 Navigation Menu Overview On the Web interface, the navi gation menu (left frame) has the followin g elements: • IP address of the PDU • Switched Rack PDU men us to manage the PDU an d its components – Switched Rack PDU me nu with a Configur ation option – Outlet s menu with Control and Co nf[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 27 Selecting a menu to perform a task • T o do the follo wing, see Switched Rack P DU Settings : – Configure the overload thresholds for ea ch phase – Configure the Overloa d Outlet Restrictio n for each phase – Set the Name , Location , and Coldstart Delay for this device • T o do the follo [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 28 – Define the system Name , Cont ac t , and Location values – Set the date and time used by the PDU – Restart the Switched Rack PDU – Reset control c onsole settings to defaul t settings – Define the URL address es of the user links and A PC logo links in the Web interface, as described in [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 29 Links menu Provides three user-defi nable URL link op tions. By default, these lin ks access the following AP C Web p age s: • APC’ s Web Site accesses the A PC home page. • T estdrive Demo accesse s a demonstration page where you ca n use samples of APC web-en abled products. • APC Monitori[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 30 Device Manager Menus Outlet Settings Contr ol outlets We b i n t e r f a c e . T o control the outlets on your Switched R ack PDU individually or as a group, select the check boxes next to the outlet numbers or the Apply to all Outle t s check box in the Outlet s menu. Select a Control Action from t[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 31 Configur e outlet settings and outlet name We b I n t e r f a c e . T o co nfigure the outle t settings and outlet nam e: 1. Select the Configuration option of the Outlet s menu, and click the Configure button. 2. Select the check boxes next to the num bers of the outlets you want to modify or selec[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 32 Control Console. T o con figure the outlet settings and outlet name: 1. Select Outlet Control/Con fig from the Device Manag er menu. 2. Choose the numb er of the o utlet you want to control, and press E NTER . 3. Choose option 2, Configure Outlet , to dis play and change the Out let name , Power on [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 33 Switched Rack PDU Settings Configur e L oad Thr eshold s We b i n t e r f a c e . Se lect Switched Rack PDU from the navigation menu and and click the Config ure button in the Load Management section . Set the Overload Alarm thresholds, Nea r Overload W arning thresholds, Low Load W arning th reshol[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 34 Over lo ad ou tle t restriction Prevent users from applying power to outlets d uring an overload condition. Y ou can set the following restrictions for each outlet: • None : Y ou can apply power to outlets reg ardless of an Overload Alarm or Near Overloa d W arning. • On W arning : Y o u cannot [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 35 Configur e Device Settings We b i n t e r f a c e . Se lect Device Settings on t he Switched Rack PDU menu, click the Configure button and conf igure the Name and Loc ation fields for the PDU, and set the C oldst art D elay . Control console. 1. Select Outlet Control/Con fig from the Device Manag er[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 36 Event-Related Menus Intr od uction Overview The Events menu provides access to the options that you use to do the following tasks: • Access the event log • Define the actions to b e taken when an event occurs, based on the severity level of that eve nt – Event logging – SNMP trap notificatio[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 37 Menu options In the Web interface, all of the events options are a ccessed through the Event s menu. In the control con sole, access the available events-related options as follows: • Use the Ema il option in the Netw ork menu to define the SMTP server and e-mail recipients. • Use the SNMP optio[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 38 Event Log Overview The Switched Rack PDU supports event-logging for all embedded management card app lication firmware mo dules. T o record and disp lay embedded management card and Switc hed Rack PDU events, you can use any of the following to view the Event L og: • Web interface • Control cons[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 39 Logged events By default, any event which causes an SNM P trap will be logged, except for SNMP authent ication failures. Ad ditionally , the Switched Rack PDU will log its abnormal internal system events. However , you can use the Actions option in the Web interface’s Event s me nu to disable the [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 40 Control console Press C TRL -L to display up to 300 events from the eve nt log, in reverse chronological order . Use the S PA CE B AR to scroll th rough the recorded events. While viewing the log, type d and press E NTER t o clear all events from the log. After events are deleted, they cannot be ret[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 41 How to use F TP to r etrieve log files Y ou can use FTP to re trieve a tab-delineated event log ( event.txt ) file that you can import into a sp readsheet applic ation. • The file reports all of the events ( event.txt ) recorde d since the log w as last deleted. • The file includes informa tion [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 42 an Administrator or a De vice Manager User . – For Administrator , apc is the def ault for User Nam e and Password . – For Device Manager , device is t he default for User Name , and apc is the default for Password . 3. Use the get com mand to transmit the text version of the event log to your l[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 43 Event Actions (W eb Interface Only) Overview The Actions option is a vailable only on the Web interface’s Event s menu. This option allows you to select which actions will occu r for events that have a specified severity leve l: • Event Log selects which severity levels cause an event to be reco[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 44 Severity levels Except for some System (embedded management card) events that do not have a severity level,eve nts are assigned a default se verity level based on their seriousness. • Informational: Indicates an event that requires no action, such as a notification of a return from an abnormal con[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 45 Email action By default, the Email action is enabled for all events that have a sev erity level assigned. Howeve r , before you can use e-mail for event notif ications, you must define the e-m ail recipients. T o define up to four NMSs as trap receivers, see Event Recipients . See E-mail Feature .[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 46 Event Recipients Overview The Web interface and control c onsole both have option s that allow you to define up to four trap receivers and up to four e-mail addresses to be used when an event occurs that has the SNM P traps or e-mail enabled. T rap r eceiver settings T o define which NMSs will recei[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 47 E-mail Featur e Overview Y ou can use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to up to four recipients when an event occ urs. T o use the e-m ail feature, you must defin e the following settings: • The IP addresses of the primary and se condary Domain Name Service (DNS) servers, as[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 48 DNS servers The Switched Rack PDU cannot send an y e-mail messages unless t he IP address of the primary DNS server is define d (see DNS serve rs ). The Switched Rack PDU will wa it a maximum of 15 seconds for a response from the primary or (if specified) the secondary DNS server . If the Switched R[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 49 Email Recipients In the Web interface, the Recip ient s option of t he Events menu or the Configure the Email rec ipient s lin k in the “Email Configuratio n” page accesses the settings y ou use to identif y up to four e-mail recipien t s. In the Web interface, use the Email T est op tion to sen[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 50 Setti ng Descript ion e Generation Enables (by default) or disables sending e- mail to the recipient. Format Selects the f ormat used for e-mail messages: Short : Identifies onl y the event that occurred. For example: Switched Rack PDU: Near Overload On phase 1 Long : Include s information about the[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 51 How to Configur e Individual Events Event List page The Actions option in th e Events menu opens the “Event Action Configuration” page on the Web interface. Use the Details bu tton in this page to access a complete list of th e events that can be reported by you r Switched Rack PDU. Each event i[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 52 System Menu Intr od uction Overview Use the System menu to do the followin g t a sks: • Configure system identif ication, date and time settings, and Administrator, Device man ager , and Outle t user access • Synchronize the real-time clock for the Switched Ra ck PDU with a Network T ime Pro toc[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 53 Menu options Unless noted, the follow ing menu option s are available in the con trol console and Web interface: • User Manager • Outlet Manager • Identification • Date & T ime • T ools • Links (Web interface) • About System The About System option is a Help menu option in the Web [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 54 Option Settings User Manager Use this option to defin e the access valu es shared by the control console and the Web interface, and th e authentication used to access the Web interface. Setting Definition Auto Logout The nu mber of minutes (3, by default), before a user is automatically log ged of f[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 55 Outlet Manager Use the Outlet User Manager option to set up user accou nt s that have access only to certain outlets . We b i n t e r f a c e . Choose a user name, or choos e Add New User t o edit accounts. Control console. Select System from the contro l console menu. Then select Manage Outlet User[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 56 Identifica tion Use this option to def ine the System Name , Cont act , and Location values used by the SNMP a gent for the S witched Rack PDU. The option’s settings provide the values use d for the MIB-II sysName , sysCont act , and sysLocation Object Ide ntifications (OIDs). . Date & T im e [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 57 Set Manually . Use this option in the Web interface, or Manual in the control console, to set Date and Ti m e fo r the Switched Rack PDU. . An Apply Local Computer Time to Switched Rack PDU option, which is available in the Web interface only , sets these values to match th e date and time settings [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 58 Synchr onize with Netw ork T ime Pr ot ocol (NTP) Server . Use this option on the web inte rface, or Network T ime Pr otocol (NTP) on th e control console, to hav e an NTP Server a utomatically update the Date and Tim e settings for the S witched Rack PDU. To o l s Use this option to restart the Swi[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 59 Links (W eb interface) Use this option to modif y the links to APC W eb pages. . Reset to Defaults Resets all configuration settings. This option will reset t he TCP/IP settings and en able DHCP an d BOOTP . Reset to Default s Except TCP/IP Resets all configuration settings except the TCP/IP setting[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 60 About System This option identifies th e following hardware inform ation for the Swit ched Rack PDU: Model Number , Serial Number , Hardwa re Revision , Manufacture Date , and MAC Address . This screen also displays the Name , Ve r s i o n , Date , and Tim e for the Application Module and AOS. This [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 61 Network Menu Intr od uction Overview Use the Network menu to do the following tasks: • Define TCP/IP settings, including BOOTP server settings, when a BOOTP server is used to provide the nee ded TCP/IP values • Use the Ping utility • Define settings that affect the FTP , T elnet, Web interface[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 62 Option Settings TCP/IP Use this option to en able or disable BOOTP , and when B OOTP is disable d, to define the three TCP /IP settings that the Switched Rack PDU n eeds to operate on the networ k. • System IP address for th e Switched Rack PDU • Subnet mask value • IP address of the defa ult [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 63 Curr ent TCP/IP settings fields. The current values for S ystem IP , Subnet Mask , D efault Gateway , the MAC Address, Host Name, and the Domain Name f or the Switched R ack PDU are displayed with the TCP/IP settings in the control c onsole and Web interface. The E thernet Port Spe e d is displayed [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 64 DNS Configur e Domain Name Service Setting s fields. Use these fields to define the IP addresse s of the primary and seco ndary Domain Nam e Servers (DNS) us ed by the Switched Rack PDU e-mail feature. Send DNS Query (W eb interface only). Use this o ption, available only through the TCP/IP & D [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 65 Ping utility (contr ol console) Select this option, avai lable only in the c ontrol console, to check t he network connection by testing whether a defined IP address resp onds to the Ping network utility . By default, the IP add ress of the default gatew ay is used. Howe ver , you can use the IP add[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 66 F TP Ser ver , and T elnet & W eb options Each of these options has a setting wh ich enables (by default) o r disables Access , and a Port setting that identifi es the TCP/IP port used f or communications with the Sw itched Rack PDU. The default Port settings are 21 (FTP), 23 (T e lnet), and 80 [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 67 SNMP An Access option (the Settings option in the control console) en ables (by default) or disables SNM P . When SNMP is enabled, the Access Co ntrol settings allow you to control how each of the four available SNMP channels is used. T o define up to four NMSs to serve as tra p receivers, see T rap[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 68 Email Use this option to defin e two SMTP settin gs ( SMTP Server and Fro m Address ) used by the e -mail feature of the Switch ed Rack PDU. For more informatio n about these settings, s ee SMTP settings ; for more i nformation about the e-ma il capability of the Switched Rack PDU, see E-mail Featur[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 69 Boot Mode Intr od uction Overview In addition to using a BOOTP server or manual settings, the Sw itched Rack PDU can use a dynamic host configuratio n protocol (DHCP) server to provide the settings tha t it needs to op erate on a TCP/IP networ k. The method used to p rovide the networ k settings for[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 70 DHCP & BOOTP boo t pr ocess When Boot mode is set to its default DHCP & BO OTP setting, the following occurs when th e Switched Rack PDU is started or reset: 1. The Switched Rack PDU makes up to five requests for it s ne twork assignment from any BO OTP server . If a valid BOOTP resp onse is[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 71 DHCP Configuration Settings Switched Rack PDU sett ings The TCP/IP option in th e Network menu of the Web inter face and control console accesses the n etwork settings for the Sw itched Rack PDU . Three settings ( Port Speed , Host Name , and Domain Name ) are av ailable regardless of the TCP/IP opt[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 72 When Boot mode is set to DHCP Only , two options are available: • DHCP Cookie Is in the c ontrol console (or Require vendor specific cookie to accept DHCP Address in the Web interface): By default, this option requires tha t the DHCP respon ses include the APC coo kie in order to be valid. • Ret[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 73 DHCP r esponse option s Each valid DHCP respon se contains options that prov ide the TCP/IP settings that the Switch ed Rack PDU nee ds to operate on a netw ork, and other information that a ffect s the o peration of the PDU. The PDU uses the V endor S pecific Informa tion option (optio n 43) in a D[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 74 Boot Mode T rans ition. T a g 2, Len 1, Data 1/2 This option 43 setting e nables or disable s the Af t er IP Assignment option which, by default, caus es the B oot mode option to use th e setting that reflects the server that provided the TCP/IP settings ( DHCP Only or BOOTP Only ): • For a data v[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 75 TCP/IP opti ons. The Swit ched Rack PDU uses the following options within a valid DHCP respo nse to define its TCP/IP settings: • IP Address (from the yi addr field of the D HCP response): Provides the IP address that th e DHCP server is le asing to the PDU. • Subnet Mask (option 1): Provides th[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 76 Security Security Featur es Planning and implementing secur i ty featur es As a network device tha t passes information across the networ k, the Switched Rack PDU is su bject to the same exposure as other device s on the network. Use the information in th is section to plan and imp lement the secu r[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 77 Summary of access methods Interface Security Access Notes Serial Control Console Access is by user name and password. Always enabled. Te l n e t Control Console These method s are available: • User name and password • Selectable server port • Server Ena ble/Disab le The user name and password [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 78 Interface Security Access Notes Authentic ation Authentication ver sus encryption Y ou can select to use security features for the Switched Rack PDU that control access by provid ing basic authen tication through user nam es, passwords, and IP addresses, with out using encryption. The se basic secur[...]

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® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 80 Pr oduct Information W a rranty and Serv ice Limited warranty APC w arrants the Switched Rack PDU to be fre e from defects in materials and workmanship for a p eriod of two yea rs from the date of purcha se. Its obligation under this wa rranty is limited to rep a iring or replacing, at its own sole [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 81 W arranty limitations Except as provided he rein, APC makes no warranties, express or implied, including warra nties of merchan t ability and fitnes s for a p articu lar purpose. Some jurisdic tions do not permit limitation or exclusi on of implied warranties; the refore, the afore said limitation(s[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 82 daytime phone numbe r; a copy of the s ales receipt; and a check as payment, if applicable. 5. Mark the RMA number cle arly on the outside of the shipping ca rton. 6. Ship by insured, prepaid carrier to th e address provide d by the Customer Support techn ician.[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 83 Life-Support Po licy General policy American Power Convers ion ( APC ) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations: • In life-support applicatio ns where failure o r malfunction of the APC product can be reasonably e xpected to cause failure of the life -support d[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 84 Index A About S ystem 28 Access limiting NMS SNMP access by IP address 67 Access Type setting 67 Actions 43 Advanc ed setti ngs Client ID 71 Domain Name 71 Host Name 71 Port Speed 71 User Class 71 Vendor Class 71 APC Cooki e 73 APC OS 28 Apply Loca l Computer Time 57 Auth entic ation Phrase 54 SNMP [...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 85 Domain Name setti ng 71 E E-mail configur ing 47 enabled by default for severe even ts 45 enabling and disa bling 50 Events menu option 4 5 , 49 message format (long or short) 50 setting up an account for the Embedded Net- work Module 50 using fo r paging 49 E-mail Reci pients 49 Ema il Re cipien ts[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 86 Web interf ace 24 M Main screen displayi ng identifi cation 15 firmware values di splayed 15 login date and time 16 status 1 7 Up Time 16 User access identificati on 16 MD5 Auth entication 54 Menus Control Console 1 9 Events 27 Help 28 Links 59 Network 27 System 27 N Networ k menu E-mail (cont rol c[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu 87 Tools 58 User Manager 54 T TCP/IP Client ID s etting 71 Current s ettings fields 63 Domain Name set ting 71 Host Name set ting 71 Port Speed setting 71 User Class setting 71 Vendor Class sett ing 71 Time Zone 58 To Addr ess 49 Tools menu 58 Reboot 58 Rese t Car d to D efaul ts 59 Rese t Car d to D e[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu APC W orldwide Customer Support Customer support for th is or any other AP C product is available at n o charge in any of the fo llowing ways: • Visit the APC Web site to find answers to frequen tly asked questions (F AQs ), to access docum ents in the APC Knowledge Base, and to submit customer suppo[...]

® ® ® ® USER ’ S GUIDE switched rack pdu Copyright Entire contents copyright © 2003 Americ an Power Convers ion. All rights reserved. Reproduct ion in whole or in part without perm ission is prohibited. APC and the APC logo are trademarks of America n Power Conversio n Corporation and may be registered in som e jurisdictions. All other trade[...]