Chapter 2. Installing ioPower.net
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1. CONSOLE PCB PCT PCG PCS Pc4 PC3 PC2 PC1 COM PORT i 4 4 4 2 EE EE EI EE E 3 ES E E3 SS ES ES ES E E B E Jim sa E E CONSOLE PCS PCT PCG PCS PC4 PCS PC2 PC1 COM PORT E i f f em um EE EE em EE EE ge t mi d q d q 1 3 8 f jo POWER a Te j d E EE a ESI E a a E L J J ER L J R4 45 Ea EN EN EN EN EN END 1 e 5 CONSOLE PCS PCT PCG PCS Pea Pes Pe2 Ped com PORT 2 3 Connecting ioPower net to the Network Connect your ioPower net to the LAN using a CATS UTP cable to connect the Ethernet port on the back panel to the network switch Page 7 Chapter 2 Installing ioPower net ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 From a networked computer use a standard browser and try to access ioPower net with its factory default IP address and port https 192 168 1 100 5000 At first you might see a warning message about the authenticity of the certificate that is used on the ioPower net website Certificate Error Navigation Blocked Windows Internet bp lorer A N N LIS I CJ https 192 168 1 195 5100 html outletactions html v X Google File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ve di Certificate Error Navigation Blocked Ca Skype Home EI v den Print v x There is a prob2. Over Current Bank Power Down Send an Email L Send an SNMP Trap Alarms Enable Alarm Emails Broken ai send an Email send an SNMP Trap a SNMP Relay m Selection _ Enable Alarm Maintenance Computer Ping Soft Restart Coperight 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 23 Alarm Selection Note This page is where you can select which action ioPower net must do when it detects an event This page is NOT the place where you can specify how the action is to be implemented To do so refer to SNMP Traps Email Alarms and Outlet Settings 7 1 1 Bank over Current The overall current for the module is higher than 15A If you want that ioPower net responds to this event check Enable Alarm and specify what type s of action you would like ioPower net does Power Down Send an Email and or Send an SNMP trap 7 1 2 Broken Relay A relay cannot be actuated any longer If you want that ioPower net responds to this event check Enable Alarm and specify what type s of action you would like ioPower net does Send an Email or Send an SNMP trap 7 1 3 Ping Test Fail The computer or appliance does not respond to pings If you want that ioPower net responds to this event check Enable Alarm Specify for each outlet into the Outlet Settings page what type s of action you would like ioPower net does Power Down Power Cycle Send an Email or Send an SNMP trap Page 25 Chapter 7 Getting Alarm Notification ioPower net
3. Alarms Maintenance Refresh Soft Restart Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 7 Power ON OFF Page While clicking on the outlet icon a prompt box appears to ask Windows Internet Explorer Em El you whether you really want to turn on or off that specific outlet Click OK to confirm and validate the power event o Do you really want to turn on outlet PCO102 After you have clicked OK to confirm the outlet is toggled immediately and the status of the outlet is refreshed x Note that you can toggle several ports at same time by clicking the following buttons Turn Off Module Turns off all outlets of the corresponding module Turns on all outlets of the corresponding module Turns off all outlets in the daisy chain Turns on all outlets in the daisy chain Ka These buttons will actuate only the outlets of the daisy chain belonging to a group you have the right to access Outlets that do not belong to an authorized group will not be actuated Page 11 Chapter 3 Basic Outlet Actions ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 3 1 2 Colored Icons of the Virtual Outlet Panel 1 2 3 4 el Sts dddddddd e oc oc O 0 0 Q B Figure 8 Colored Icons Outlet Number GER EE NE N te Outlet Status Yellow ON Blue OFF S Grey FORBIDDEN Timer status Red ALARM Orange a timer is set Blank no timer set You can get information about outlets and timers by flying over icons with the mo
4. E RC 32 List of Figures amp Tables ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Figures FIGURE 1 IOPOWER NET A REMOTE POWER CONTROL SOLUTION OVER IP ee ese sees se ee se e enne nennen nennen rne 4 e GO d SP SECURITY WARNING 8 628i a ee M Ee Ecg TRON Leen ee ie oie 8 FIGURE 4 MAIN MANAGEMENT PAGE sins esels ie ein see ss ene se be ee se ENEE SERGE ie ost Go UR E eegene AEN von a usa ee 9 EIGUBESS DATEAND LIME PACE osse ee ee ee ee ee de ee ee Ee ao ee ae ee ee ei oe 9 FIGURE e TCP IP SETTINGS PAGE dee Da ie ese inn ee Oe ee suu hems ea De EG ie eo Pe io ee ee N Ee aes 10 FIGURE POWER ON OFF e MO OE m 11 EIGUBES COLOBED CONG EENEG 12 EIGUBES GER BF ME MP MO NE ee 13 EE ORE LO OUILETUOLOPAL SETTING Ses ao EN N Ee 14 FIGURE TIS OUIEEDINDINIDUAL SE TINGS E 15 GORE EECHER 16 FIGURE 13 OPENING AN OUTLET TIMER LIST ese see sees sies dee se ees oe dee oe se ee se ee ee ee ee es be dee ee ees ee ge oe ee ee Ge ee ee ee Ge Gee 17 FIGURE 14 OPENING A GROUP TIMER LIST ees esse es sees sesde sees ee ee ees ee ee ee ee ee Ge ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee es 17 FIGURE 15 OPENING OUTLET TIMER LIST BY CLICKING ON CLOCK ICON ee ees ees sees se ee se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee tese ee ee ee 18 EG URE Ce WO CA EIS T en ie See E De Ge EE Oe Ga EE EG ie EE Ee GE AE 18 FIGURE WEE OROUP TIMIR LET EE 19 FIGURE 18 EDITING A D
5. User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 7 2 Email Alarms Go to the Alarm Emails page to set up the email notification for alarm events lOROWER Main Email Alarms Outlets Users Email From jioPowerl myaddress net EE Email To adminil myaddress net m Emails m SNMP Copy To admin2imyaddress net m Selection Km SMTP Server Soft Restart Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 24 Email Alarms Email from Sender email address used by ioPower net for alarm emails for example myemail myaddress any It must be accepted by the SMTP server This email address can help identify which ioPower net is the sender Email to e mail address of addressee JW You can use commas for multiple recipients support myaddress net emma international com joe netview co jp Copy to e mail address of addressees who should get a carbon copy of alarm emails SMTP Server Enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server mail server that will route the ioPower net email alarms to recipients 7 3 SNMP Traps To receive and understand ioPower net traps you must first install the 10Power net proprietary MIB into your SNMP manager You can get it from the ioPower net CDROM of from the PROSUM web site Then go to the Alarms SNMP page Refer to Figure 25 Here you can set up the SNMP traps sent by ioPower net provided you selected the SNMP traps into the Select Alarm page or the Outlet Individual Sett
6. breaker might be open due to current overloads Try to push the power reset button on the back panel Resetting ioPower net to factory default Go to the Config Save page and hit the Restore to Factory Settings button Using Reboot Reboot 1s a total device rebooting that can be used in case of trouble Normally you never need to reboot ioPower net Before trying Reboot try Restart Software The switch card firmware is corrupted If your firmware upgrade has not succeeded or your firmware is somehow corrupted and can no longer function anymore the current loads red display shows forth a message such as OP Please try to upgrade your firmware If it fails contact the technical support of your local dealer Page 50 Appendices ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 A2 Hardware Specifications Input Voltage 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz ij O utput Voltage 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz Depending on power input LG AC Output 8outlets u LED 8 Alarm RED 8 ON Green 2 Bank Green Numerical 2 Current Red Numerical Connector Interfaces 8 Power Outlets US UL 498 5 15R EU IEC 320 C13 1 Ethernet port RJ 45 2 Daisy Chain port RJ 45 1 Power receptacle Front panel control 8 Power buttons One Touch ON OFF with delay WEB Management Interface Multi level Menu driven setting and Operation SSL encrypted Daisy chainlevel J Up to 8 units 1 x ioPower net 7
7. open the Users Local Database page Page 21 Chapter 6 Managing Users ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 6 2 User Local Database In the Users Local Database page you can see the listing of existing user entries TOPOWER p HlUser Local Database _ HELP Outlets iFirstpagel Previous page NextPage m Local Database m LDAP Auth User Name Type Group Description Alarms superuser All Qutlets superuser with SUPERADMIN RIGHTS admin All Outlets admin user ur Peter USR salesDepartment Sales director Soft Restart Michael Maintenance salesDepartment Sales manager Fred USR salesDeparment Marketing Director suppress User Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 20 User Local Database Each entry exhibits the user name together with the user type the outlet group constraining the user and a free description You can use First Page Next Page Previous Page Last Page to navigate through the pages of the user database listing To add edit or delete an entry select a raw and click the corresponding button You can also edit a user entry by double clicking on the user raw lOROWER p User Edit HELP Outlets Users Name Heidi m Local Database aye EE Description International sales Alarms Password Maintenance Password Confirmation User Type USER Limited to this Outlet Group SalesDepartment v v Soft Restart Copyright 2008 All Rights Re
8. 26 Software Upgrade Browse to where the update file is located select the file and click Upload Note The software upgrade file must have a name starting with ismod followed by the date such as ismod yy mm dd for example ismod 08 03 29 Note The upgrade file is of accumulative nature which means that normally you only need to use the latest upgrade file to keep your ioPower net most up to date Depending on the upgrade file size and the bandwidth available across the network the file upload time can vary from 2 minutes to 20 minutes When the upload process is complete the ioPower net will reboot by itself After the reboot is complete it should be working right away 8 2 Upgrading the Switch Card Firmware ioPower net is built with two cards the switch card using a small microcontroller and the IP card using an ARM microprocessor The ismod yy mm dd upgrade files may include an upgrade for the small controller of the switch card If this firmware is newer than the firmware currently installed on the switch card the IP card proceeds to a flash memory upgrade of the switch card This firmware upgrade is fully automatic and takes about 5 minutes so be patient The switch card upgrade activity is displayed into the LED s of the front panel OP OH etc Note that there is no display of this activity into the web management 8 3 Saving and Restoring a Configuration ioPower net allows you to save the current settings into a co
9. AILY TIMER cecinere a oe se Ge ee ee ee Ge ke aaa a aaa be Se ee ee Ge se ede 19 FIGURE 19 EDITING A SINGLE SHOT IWER 20 FIGURE 20 USER LOCAL DATABASE esse see Gee ROS LE a2 epe EURO EVER Ge Dee Ee ee Ge ee Ee Eg GE a Ge GN E POP ETAT ea beu D nb CE NOR We ed SE 22 UG OR Ra USER EI REN 22 FIGURE 22 LDAP AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS ccccscccsccssccscccsccsceucceuscuscesccesseuscesccessescenccessessescsessessenccessessenccusceucss 23 FIGURE 2 ALARM SELECTION aiai E E EAEE 23 EIGUPRE 24 ENID ATOMS occae eo Gie E Ge ae ini neocon sas cassette UM M DEED MEI MEUM FN ee UD 26 POUE o NME ERA E 27 FIGURE 202 SOFTWARE UPGRADE EE 28 List of Figures amp Tables ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 1 Introduction ioPower net is a secure remote power management device using an IP SSL connection It provides eight outlets for any AC powered device or computer and can be master of a daisy chain of several simple ioPower units When chained with seven ioPower companions its management capacity can be increased to 64 outlets across a single IP SSL connection ioPower net can be accessed across the LAN or the Internet by using any popular browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox Its HTTPS web server provides multilevel menus for all management monitoring and control operations You can set up sophisticated timers or just toggle outlets with simple mouse clicks A Java applet displays the state of all outlets u
10. In this page you can set up the parameters that will apply to ALL outlets in the daisy chain OP OUIER Outlet Global Settings Outlets m Direct Action Uu ze seconds Power Cycle Delay NT Ping Start Delay 5b wi minutes Users Alarms Ping Period seconds Maintenance M NENNT 3 Ap m Status Map Soft Restart Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 10 Outlet Global Settings Turn delay delay added after each outlet switching when several outlets must be changed simultaneously This delay permits to limit the surge current when simultaneous changes are requested by a global or module command or by timers D The outlets are always turned in same order from first outlet of ioPower net to last outlet of last ioPower module If some devices have to be turned on in a certain order just plug them accordingly to reflect the imposed order Power Cycle Delay Outlets powering computers can turn off and then turn on automatically if the ping test fails Indicate here the power off time during a power cycle Ping Start Delay If the ping test is started too early it may fail because the device or the computer is not yet ready to respond Indicate here the delay to postpone the ping test after the device is powered on Ping Period Indicate here the approximate delay between two ping requests sent to the same device Page I4 Chapter 4 Managing Outlets ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 4 2 Individu
11. Into Edit Timer page select the state action type and the type of trigger Depending on the timer type fill in the date and time information Refer to Figure 18 lOROWER Main Edit Timer Outlets Information Module 1 Outlet 1 State 9 Enabled Disabled Action Power ON Power OFF Users Alarms Trigger Type Maintenance Hour Soft Restart Time Minute Second Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 18 Editing a Daily Timer Single shot timers can be programmed by specifying the trigger date and time or by specifying a delay running from now Refer to Figure 19 Note Specifying a delay is just a facility The timer information is calculated and stored in the date and time format Next time you open the timer page it will be displayed in the date and time format and you will see the values calculated by ioPower Page 19 Chapter 5 Setting up Timers ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Please note that all timer dates and times refer to the local time depending on your Time Zone parameters which specify the offset with the GMT as well as the daylight saving dates and time changes Be aware that despite ioPower takes care of country specific daylight saving systems it may happen that the information stored into ioPower is outdated because countries use to change their daylight saving parameters quite often DIN io OU ER Edit Timer Outlets m Direct Action Information
12. al Settings Click on Outlets Individual Settings In this page you can change the settings of each outlet of each ioPower module in the daisy chain on an individual basis lOROWER m Outlet Individual Settings m Direct Action zalan Le EE ioPower Module in MEE the Daisy Chain m Individual Settings m Outlet Groups Model ioPower Outlets 8 Version 5 0 0 m status Map Select the Outlet Users Outlet Name FCO103 Maintenance Ping Test Do the Ping Test Soft Restart IP Address to Ping 192 168 1 85 Action and Alarms H Power Down Power Cycle rar LEE Je ELS send an Email Send an SNMP Trap store settings Outlet Timer List Alarms Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 11 Outlet Individual Settings Outlet Name The default outlet naming is PCmmoo with mm standing for the module number in the daisy chain and oo standing for the module outlet number Change this default name for a more self speaking name that will help you to remember the device connected to this outlet Ping Test Check this box if you want to monitor a computer or an IP appliance connected to this outlet by doing a periodic ping IP Address to Ping Indicate the IP address or the host name of the appliance or computer to ping Y The ping address does not belong necessarily to the computer that is plugged to this outlet The only limitation if you ping something else is that ioPower net will not be able to power down or
13. art IP Address 132 158 1 100 Network Mask 255 255 255 l Gateway 132 158 1 254 DNS 132 158 1 254 store Settings Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 6 TCP IP Settings Page A The DHCP is also an available IP option However we will not recommend it as long as a static IP is available A dynamic IP will pose problem to know its current value and thus may create some access difficulty After you have completed the system setting go to the Soft Restart Restart Software page and hit Restart Software button to restart the unit After about 20 seconds ioPower net will be restarted with new settings Then try to access ioPower net with a web browser using the new IP and port number to verify it is accessible through the network 2 5 Getting Help Click the HELP button on each page to get detailed information about the page fields Page 10 Chapter 2 Installing ioPower net ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 3 Basic Outlet Actions 3 1 Actuating Outlets Remotely 3 1 1 Virtual Outlet Panel Go to Outlets Direct Action Page and click any of the outlet icons on the Virtual Outlet Panel to actuate that specific outlet remotely io OUER Main Power ON OFF Outlets m Direct Action Global m On BE SE gs clit Settings ES Module Sues E Turn Off Module Tum On Module M lao a m Status Map z ap 1 2 dj 4 amp 6 7 BR Em d ddddd GN O e e G 8 OD A
14. cate page Normally this certificate should be generated by the directory server itself Port Enter here the port number used in LDAP authentication By default it is set to 389 if SSL is not used and 636 if SSL is used LDAP Server Enter here the IP address or host name of the directory server Page 23 Chapter 6 Managing Users ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Second Server if any If a second directory server is available for authentication enter its IP address or host name here User Base Search DN Here you should enter the user base search DN which is typical to the directory server you use for authentication Enter something such as CN users DC domain DC com If you do not know please ask to your directory server administrator Page 24 Chapter 6 Managing Users ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 7 Getting Alarm Notification ioPower net can send email alarms or send SNMP traps to notify administrators about any of the three critical alarm triggering events Bank over current Broken Relay and Computer ping no reply 7 1 Select Alarms ioPower net is able to send emails or SNMP traps or perform automatically a power down or a power cycling when a Bank over Current a Broken Relay or a Ping Test Failure event is detected To select the events and actions go to Alarms Selection TOPOWER Alarm Selection Outlets v Rank Enable Alarm
15. enerated by an official Certificate Authority such as Verisign or Thawte Therefore you will get some warnings at connection time To suppress these warnings configure your browsers so that they accept the default certificate or get an official certificate from a trusted root Certification Authority You can also generate your own self signed set of certificates by using some CA software tool We recommend XCA These custom certificates will still not be trusted by the browsers until you configure your browsers so that they accept them The valid file names of the PEM encoded X 509 certificates and RSA 1024 bit keys to be uploaded to ioPower net should be exactly as below e root crt public certificate of the root Certification Authority e server crt SSL web server certificate emitted by root e serverkey pem public key used to sign server crt e ldapcert crt certificate provided by the LDAP server for SSL connection It must contain the key Note that Idapcert crt is not required if your LDAP connection is not based on SSL First you should get a set of certificates from your administrator If your certificates files have different names change them to the valid names before uploading To upload the certificates and keys click the Browse button to go to the location where your certificates reside Select a certificate or key file and then click Upload to store it into ioPower net After the uploading is complete you should see the pr
16. ery submenu and page 2 4 Configuring the System Settings of ioPower net Go to Main Date amp Time page to set up the system date and time You can set the time zone by selecting the Region and City where you have located the ioPower net You can set the date and the local time You can also find the option of Synchronize with an Internet Time Server NTP Use the Internet timeserver option and it will regularly be synchronized without human intervention This is important for the precision of mers After you have done the settings remember to hit the Store Settings button before going to another page TOPOWER Date and Time m Date amp Time m LAN TCPAP Outlets Date 23 Liz z008 Local Time Alarms Internet Time Synchronize with an Internet Time Server NTP Maintenance Soft Restart NTP Server rpool ntp org NTP Server paol ntp org Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 5 Date and Time Page Go to Main LAN TCP IP page to set up the IP address and port number Set the appropriate IP address and port number and other network settings such as network mask gateway DNS etc for your ioPower net Page 9 Chapter 2 Installing ioPower net ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 TOPOWER Main m Date amp Time TCP IP Settings m LAM TCPAP m Log TCP Port Base 5000 Outlet Host Name loPower Users Domain Name V orkgroup Alarms Maintenance Use DHCP Soft Rest
17. ings page Primary Manager Specify here the IP address of the primary SNMP manager on your network Secondary Manager Specify here the IP address of the secondary SNMP manager on your network if any SNMP Community The SNMP manager and agents must belong to an SNMP community identified by its name which is a collection of hosts grouped together for administrative purposes Specify here the name of the SNMP community to which your SNMP management host and SNMP agent belong Page 26 Chapter 7 Getting Alarm Notification ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 TOPOWER Main HELP SNMP Traps Outlets Users Alarms Secondary Manager 132 168 1 202 m Emails SNMP SNMP Community m Selection Maintenance store settings Soft Restart Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 25 SNMP Traps Page 27 Chapter 7 Getting Alarm Notification ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 8 Maintenance 8 1 Upgrading the Software When you receive the upgrade file first copy it to your computer Then use the ioPower net web management to perform the update across your LAN or across the Internet Go to the Maintenance Software upgrade page loORPOWER Main Software Upgrade HELP File Path usr local updates ismockismad 08 12 24 Upload Outlets Users Alarms Maintenance Soft Restart Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure
18. ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 2009 Po Cun NETWORKING PRODUCTS ioPower net User s Manual ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Contents CHAPTER T INTRODUCTION BEN 4 1 1 EE 5 Lo FRONT AND REAR PANELS ee 6 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING IOPOWER NET EE 7 2 1 CONNECTING IOPOWER NET TO THE MAIN 7 D2 CCHAINING MULTIPLE UNITS ese sesse ese ie se n ie Ge ee bee Ge N Gee Ge se se de ke Ge be se ee ee Ge SE GE be sd be be ee Ge Ge Ge ek 7 2 3 CONNECTING IOPOWER NET TO THE NETWORK es ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 7 2 4 CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM SETTINGS OF IOPOWER NET cccececceccceccecececececsceccscuccececesceceecssecscescscesescesesces 9 2 5 GETTING HELP AE EE N NE EE EE OE N OON OE OE EE 10 CHAPTER 3 BASIC OUTLET ACTIONS cccccsccssccscccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccsccccccccccccsccccccccccccccecces 11 3 1 ACTUATING OUTLETS REMOTELY sccscosceccsceccscecscscescscascscescecscoscscescscosescasescasescssescssescscescscasescaseecasesceseecs 11 3 2 MONITORING THE OUTLET STATUS cccsceccsceccscsccscsccscscascscescscsccscscescscsescasescnsescssescssescssescecasescasescasescesecs 13 CHAPTER A MANAGING OUTLETS eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee ees ees ee ee oe ee esee ee ee Ge esses Ge oe ee KEREN KEE ENEE ee ee ee Ree 14 4 1 GLOBAL SETTINGS ccccccecceccsccscscescsccsccscesce
19. l m Outlet Group Wap m Status h Timer List Open the Group Timer List Users Alarms Assign outlets from the daisy chained modules to this group Maintenance loPower Module Z1 ioPower Set All Outlets Clear All Outlets Soft Restat Outlets Moi v n2 v n3 Mos Mos Oo Fo Moe store the new Outlet Group Suppress this Outlet Group Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 12 Outlet Groups To create an outlet group just go to Outlets Outlet Groups page and enter a new name for the group that you want to create Then check the outlets to be joined within that group Meanwhile you can also set a Group Timer Just hit the Open the Group Timer List button to evoke the Group Timer List and do your setting therein Refer to Chapter 5 Group timers will perform timed actions on the group of outlets as a whole After you have done with the settings hit Store the new Outlet Group To remove an outlet group select the group in the combo box and click Suppress this Outlet Group Note that you cannot delete groups assigned to existing users You must first either delete all users that are bound to this group or assign another group to them Page 16 Chapter 4 Managing Outlets ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 5 Setting up Timers The management of timers is one of the most powerful features of ioPower net 5 1 What is a timer A timer is simply a pendi
20. le belonging to the same company itis generally a good idea using a self made set of certificates Browser warnings are just here because they try to prevent anyone accessing pirate web sites which is not significant here After your users have installed your own root certificate into their browsers they get no more warnings and the level of security is the same as if using official certificates You should not care that people having nothing to do on your ioPower net management web site get warnings On the contrary this is a factor of security PROSUM technical support can help you generating your own set of certificates Next you will see the login Prompt Connect to 192 168 1 100 LY ez The server 192 168 1 100 at IoPower Server requires a username and password User name Lg v Password Remember my password o Ge jJ Figure 3 Login Prompt Page amp Chapter 2 Installing ioPower net ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 At the login prompt type in the default user name and password User name superuser Password superu Once logging in the web management interface the main page opens TOPOWER Main Outlets ears Welcome to ioPower net Management Alarms Maintenance Powered by WEBSERV Soft Restart Copyrighte 2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 4 Main Management Page The Web Management Interface offers a multi level menu for your easy navigation to ev
21. lem with this website s security certificate N The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website s address Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website 7 Click here to close this webpage X Continue to this website not recommended 9 More information Figure 2 Security Warning Please just ignore it and choose Continue to this website Users who need to prove their own ioPower net identity on the network can buy a certificate from Verisign Thawte or any other official CA supported by their browser and then upload it to ioPower net We do not provide any certificate other than those that are already resident in the unit Itis the worth telling a few words about certificates Buying official certificates does not improve the security for this sort of embedded device They just cost money and have limited lifetime You should better generate your own set of certificates by using some free tool such as XCA for example The security provided by certificates just depends on the trust you place in the organism that delivered them Normally you should trust you at least as much as any official CA Therefore concerning applications involving only peop
22. lodule 1 Outlet 1 Indi Ettirids SS S State 9 Enabled Disabled m Outlet Groups m Status map Action Power ON Power OFF Users Alarms Trigger Type O delay date Maintenance Year 2009 w Soft Restart Date Month February Day of Month Hour Time Minute Second Copyrightezo0s All Rights Reserved Figure 19 Editing a Single Shot Timer Page 20 Chapter 5 Setting up Timers ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 6 Managing Users 6 1 Generalities ioPower net allows three user types SUPERADMIN ADMIN and USER SUPERADMIN has all rights ADMIN can access all outlets and has a lot or rights but cannot manage users and cannot do maintenance operations USER can handle outlets and timers provided they belong to his outlet group Refer to the table below for detailed list of Web Management rights Main Date amp Time Main LAN TCP IP Main Log Outlets Direct Action Outlets Global Settings Outlets Individual Settings Outlet Groups Outlet Map Timer List Timer Edit Users local database Users LDAP Alarms Emails Alarms SNMP Alarms Selection Maintenance Software Version Maintenance Software Upgrade Maintenance Config Save Restore Maintenance Load Certificates Maintenance Reboot Soft Restart EH Full Access he Group Access No Access Users can be managed locally or by using a remote LDAP server for centralized management To manage users locally
23. mpressed file tzg and later use this file to restore your user specific settings to an ioPower net You can also restore the unit to factory settings It is wise to backup your configuration after any change It can also be used to set up several ioPower net with same or similar configuration To save the current configuration in a file go to Maintenance Config Save Restore page Click Save Current Settings Choose the location for saving your configuration file tgz and click OK The format of the configuration file name is isconfig yyyymmdd tgz with a timestamp in it Page 26 Chapter 8 Maintenance ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 To restore the configuration from a file hit the Browse button to browse to the location of the update file isconfig yyyymmdd tgz and then click Restore Settings You will be prompted for a reboot when the upload process is complete Reboot i0Power net to validate the new configuration To restore the factory default configuration click Restore Factory Settings and confirm Please note that your current settings will be lost 8 4 Uploading Certificates Default PKI certificates and keys for the SSL HTTPS and LDAP connections are provided by default If an encrypted session is already enough for your security requirements you can just ignore this aspect of PKI authentication The default certificates are not trusted by the standard browsers because they have not been g
24. nder control in real time IoPOWER net Remote Computer Remote Computer Remote Computer Figure 1 ioPower net a Remote Power Control Solution over IP Page 4 Chapter I Introduction ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 1 1 Main Features 1 1 1 Hardware Full control of eight to 64 power outlets when chained with seven ioPower units Numerical display to monitor the total current load showing 0 0 15A LED indicators showing the state of outlets Buttons for on off control by front panel Circuit breaker for over current protection 19 rack mountable design with metal case Soflware Web based management using any standard browser on a remote computer Power on off by clicking on virtual buttons One time daily of weekly timers for automatic actions Individual naming of power outlets for easy management User profiling Outlet group configuration for group wise power activation deactivation Precise system time using an internal RTC or synchronized by NTP servers Can monitor sensitive computers by ping SNMP and email alarms Remote Flash upgrades via web Password and or LDAP user authentication 256 bit SSL encryption 1024 bit RSA authentication using certificates Page 5 Chapter I Introduction ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 1 2 Front and Rear Panels 1 2 1 Front panel M id KA KI ba eene EP PP PPPS TI du Alarm LED Red Current Loads Display P
25. ng action Le a pending power on or power off that will be executed at a given time of a given date Timers can have a single shot action or a periodic action Single shot timers take effect at programmed date and time Periodic timers are rearmed automatically They can act once a day at a given time or once a week at a given day and time Timers can be disabled Obviously this feature is not useful except for periodic timers The number of timers that can be setup is almost unlimited It makes no problem if two timers have same action at same time on same outlet If two or several timers have contradictory actions on same outlet at same time the action is cancelled and the outlet is not actuated ioPower net includes a quartz based real time clock In addition it can be synchronized with NTP servers Therefore the time system is very accurate The outlets should be actuated with a one second precision However if ioPower net is very busy a few second delay can be seen ioPower net timers can apply to a single outlet or to an outlet group We call the first category Outlet Timers and the second category Group Timers Except from their field of application Outlet Timers and Group Timers are exactly same 5 2 Timer Lists You can see all timers bound to an outlet from the Outlet Individual Settings page by clicking on Outlet Timer List See Figure 13 You can see all timers bound to a Group from the Outlet Groups page by clicking Open
26. ompt page for reboot Note that you do not have to reboot after each certificate or key Just reboot once after you have uploaded all the necessary certificates and keys Page 29 Chapter A Maintenance ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Appendices A1 Troubleshooting You forgot the IP address and port number of ioPower net The simplest way is to use the IPBox software tool available on PROSUM web site You can also push Button 1 and Button 3 simultaneously for over 8 seconds until the current loads display has changed to IP The IP and port number is temporarily set to 192 168 1 100 5000 Please note that this will NOT write to the configuration files A red LED is constantly flashing on one outlet It indicates an outlet hardware failure The corresponding outlet is mal functioning and cannot be toggled In normal conditions the alarm LED should never be lit When you see a lit alarm LED first disconnect the device connected to the outlet and then try to troubleshoot by pressing several times the outlet button on the front panel If the alarm LED remains lit persistently ask for technical service from your local dealer Port Error unable to power on Port Error unable to power off The current loads red display is flashing It means the total current loads exceed 15 AMP Try to shutdown some devices to diminish the current loads ioPower net cannot power on and no display or LED is lit The circuit
27. on ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 2 Installing ioPower net Before you connect your devices to ioPower net please verify that the specifications are appropriate for your usage For example the output voltage should be in accordance with that required by your devices and the total power loads and the power loads per port should not exceed the maximum total 15A and per port max loads 6A within its specification In addition the installation and operation should adhere to the local safety regulations 2 1 Connecting ioPower net to the Main Connect ioPower net to the power outlet via its power chord and ioPower net is powered on and ready for installation Connect those AC powered devices each to a power outlet on the 1oPower net back panel You can try to power ON OFF any power outlet simply by pressing the power button on the physical front panel of your ioPower net Later you will be able to name each of the power outlets for easier identification on the Web Management Interface 2 2 Chaining Multiple Units ioPower net can be daisy chained to multiple non IP ioPower units When chained with seven ioPower ioPower net can manage 64 outlets Use the daisy chain cable RJ45 RJ45 actually a UTP cable that comes with your package to connect the DaisyChain OUT Port RJ45 of the ioPower net to the DaisyChain IN Port RJ45 of the first ioPower LAN port connect to network RJ 45 1
28. ower Button Bank Number Display Power ON LED Green To actuate an outlet by using the front panel press and hold the corresponding button for over two seconds The port is toggled upon button release LAN port connect to network 1 2 2 Hear panel for the US Region POWER Reset button fa sd CEM pA Gr DNTENT ILL EL OL GL g g 4M Power Input Ethernet port aan E 1 E Power Out ut MT zu IE J L KI E E l E E NM i IEC 320 C14 RJ 45 UL 498 SCH Daisy chain zz E E Z Z i 110 240 VAC PC8 PC7 PC6 PCS PC4 PC3 PC2 PC1 optional Daisy chain port RJ 45 INPUT unused OUTPUT lower 1 2 3 Rear panel for the EU Region LAN port connect to network RA AE POWER Reset button imi si Ae Hee Dun F io POWER fe a m E E zT ET EE ES EE E33 E RJ 45 l It Power Input Ethernet Port Power Output x EJ ES E 3 Sy eS IEC 320 C14 RJ 45 IEC 320 C13 Of Dalsy chaln EME zs e amp e 110 240 VAC C PCS PCT PC6 PCS PC4 PCs PC2 PC1 optional Daisy chain port RJ 45 INPUT unused OUTPUT lower JW You might need to use extra adapter cords between ioPower net and your devices especially when the devices are not of the plug specification that fits the standard power outlets on the back panel These adapter chords are not included with your package carton and are available by optional purchase Page 6 Chapter I Introducti
29. power cycle the computer automatically Action and Alarms when Ping Test Fails Check everything you want ioPower net to do when the ping test fail Y Tobe actually implemented the Computer Ping Alarm must be also enabled Power Down self explanatory Power Cycle Turn off wait for Power Cycle Delay turn on wait for Ping Start Delay and then restart the periodic ping test Send an Email The email content is build automatically and is not user configurable Refer to Email Alarms to set up the email sender recipients and SMTP server Send an SMTP Trap An SNMP trap containing the description of the failure is sent to the SNMP manager Refer to SNMP Traps to set up the managers and the community Page 15 Chapter 4 Managing Outlets ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 4 3 Groups ioPower net allows users that are with the SUPERADMIN privilege to create and name groups of outlets and then assign specific users to these groups Users bound to a specific group will only be able to control the power outlets within that group Outlet Groups can serve two purposes Limit the access of certain users to certain outlets Permit to set up timers that will apply to a set of outlets instead of a single outlet These timers are called Group Timers by opposition to Outlet Timers that apply to a single outlet io OUER Main Outlet Groups Outlets m Direct 4ction Select Samplel a xm ei Group Name Sample
30. served Figure 21 User Edit In the User Edit page type the user name the user description and the user password Select the user type from among SUPERADMIN ADMIN and USER If the user type is USER select the group of outlets he will have the right to access Do not forget to click Store User Page 22 Chapter 6 Managing Users ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 6 3 User Remote Authentication The User Remote Authentication feature permits ioPower net to access directory servers Active Directory for example in order to authenticate users trying to login Transactions with the directory servers are based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP This feature permits to integrate ioPower net into your global enterprise user management By default the User Remote Authentication is disabled In this case the authentication is made in local by using the Local User Database on ioPower net Please note that the information from the local database has the precedence over the information coming from the remote directory server Therefore if a user is at same time into the local database and into the remote directory the information from the local database is taken in priority When accessing the directory server ioPower net will check the user ID and password and will try to get the kusergroup attribute of this user The kusergroup attribute can be SUPERADMIN ADMIN or the name of the outlet gro
31. sescescesceccecescescsscscesceeceecssescescescsecesescescsscesuscescsscssessescescesessescesceees 14 4 2 BAR A EEN ME 15 4 3 EE hase geek A NE 16 CHAPTER 5 SETTING UP TIMERS D 17 5 1 PN TA IE WM EE 17 5 2 diie MN T sess sees sce wea m 17 3 3 IESDILINGTIMEBS EE 19 CHAPTER 6 MANAGING USERS ee ee eee eee eese esee eese ee see ee oe ee esses esee ses eee ee Ge see ese sese sess esee esee s esee ee ee ee 21 6 1 SCENE du ls EE N RE OE EE OR EE EE N N EE N EE OE 21 6 2 P EIO ID WU ED GE 22 6 3 USER REMOTE AUTHENTICATION EEN 23 CHAPTER 7 GETTING ALARM NOTIFICATION eee eee e eee eee e teet eee eee ee EE RER KEE ee ee ee ee KEREN RER ee eene 25 yn SEEBCT AE ARNIS EE 25 7 2 Eu ECT EE He 7 3 v os Li CN He CHAPTER 8 MAINTENANCE EE 28 8 1 UPGRADING THE ER NEEN 28 8 2 UPGRADING THE SWITCH CARD FIRMWARE II ee ee heremo ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee tese ee 28 8 3 SAVING AND RESTORING A CONFIGURATION eene ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ete eue 28 8 4 UPLOADING CERTIFICATES EE 29 APPEND ES EE 30 A1 TROUBLESHOOTING EE 30 A2 HARDWARE PECIRICATIONS entere ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee esee 31 A3 ORDERING INFORMATION 32 PUN EFT RN
32. the Group Timer List See Figure 14 io OWIER Outlet Individual Settings Previous Newt Model ioPowoer Outlets 8 Version 5 0 0 S Previous Nest Outlet Groups Selaat kke Group Mame lights Users Outlet Name PCOIO Alarms Assign owilats irem the dalgy chalned modules is d group Maintonance Ping Test C Do the Ping Test loPower Module 1 inf owes 3 Sat All Qusthets 7 Ciear All Ouilsis Soft Restart e Cancel J Store Setings LLL Duik Glo So biolo C3 o5 C os DL 07 Oe Store he new Outet Group Suppress this Outlet Group Figure 13 Opening an Outlet Timer List Figure 14 Opening a Group Timer List In addition you can open the outlet and group timer lists from the Power ON OFF page by clicking on the clock icon standing below each outlet When the clock icon is white no timer it opens the page permitting to create a new outlet timer When the clock is orange it opens the corresponding timer list Refer to Figure 15 Page 17 Chapter 5 Setting up Timers ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Oo s TOPOWER AE EET ERE Outlets m Direct Action Global Turn Off All Tum On All Module Tum Off Module Tum On Module Geng c 1 Users E D Alarms 2 3 4 5 z 1 x o G O0 Soft Restart Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 15 Opening Outlet Timer List by Clicking on Clock Icon You can browse through the
33. time period basis To open the Status Map box please refer to section 3 2 The Status Map box is the preferred monitoring tool while the Power ON OFF page is mostly intended for actuating outlet relays getting timer details and setting up new timers Page 12 Chapter 3 Basic Outlet Actions ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 3 2 Monitoring the Outlet Status You can see the status of each outlet on either Front Panel Virtual Outlet Panel WEB Management Interface and Status Map WEB Management Interface 3 2 1 Virtual Outlet Panel The outlet status panel is only refreshed after user clicks on outlet icons or Refresh button 3 2 2 Status Map The Status Map is constantly refreshed in real time It shows the real status of all modules connected the daisy chain outlet state pending timers and module current in amperes To evoke the Status Map go to Outlets Status Map You might be prompted with a login prompt again Enter your user name and password to gain access Figure 9 Outlet Status Map Y Please note that the purpose of the Status Map is monitoring You can leave it open in a corner of your screen to survey the outlets in real time Use the Virtual Outlet Panel if you need to toggle an outlet manually Page 13 Chapter 3 Basic Outlet Actions ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 Chapter 4 Managing Outlets 4 1 Global Settings Click on Outlets Global Settings
34. timer list by using First Page Previous Page Next Page and Last Page buttons See Figure 16 Click New Timer to add a timer to the list Click Edit Timer or Suppress Timer to edit or suppress the selected timer You can also double click in the timer list to open the selected timer for editing of OUER Outlet Timer List Outlets List Information Module 1 Outlet 2 Type State Action Date Time b S ENABLED OFF 20 12 2008 16 00 00 Users Alarms Maintenance T 5 DISABLED ON 03 01 2009 08 00 00 3 ENABLED ON 04 01 2009 OF 30 00 10 3 ENABLED OFF 04 01 2009 18 00 00 Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 16 Timer List Type S one time action D daily action W weekly action State ENABLED or DISABLED No action is triggered if the timer is disabled Action ON or OFF Date date if single action timer day of the week if weekly action timer empty if daily action timer Time time when the action will be triggered Page 18 Chapter 5 Setting up Timers ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 TOPOWER Group Timer List Outlets a Direct Action List Information Group Name lights m Global Settings m Outlet Groups m Status map First page Previous page Next Page Last Page Users Type State Action Date Time 1 D ENABLED ON 14 00 00 Soft Restart Alarms Copyrightezo0s All Rights Reserved Figure 17 Group Timer List 5 3 Editing Timers
35. up assigned to this user If the directory server acknowledges the user but does not return the kusergroup attribute ioPower net takes USER by default SE Please note that the schema of the directory must be extended to provide the kusergroup attribute in return to ioPower net authentication requests If you do not want to modify the schema of your directory you can still use it for authenticating simple users In this case into the local database of ioPower net the administrator s must be setup and the USER outlet group must exist All simple users will be authenticated by the directory server s and will access the set of outlets specified into USER To setup the connection to the directory servers open Users LDAP Auth and check LDAP Authentication Refer to Figure 22 io OUER Main ee User Remote Authentication Users LDAP Authentication m Local Database m DAP Auth Alarms Port SSL Access Maintenance n LDAP Server vVv n003 Soft Restart Second Server if any s Vv2nD3 User Base Search DN Store Settings Copyrighte2008 All Rights Reserved Figure 22 LDAP Authentication Settings SSL Access Check this option if you want to enable SSL access of the LDAP authentication JW However to use this option you should make sure your directory server supports LDAP through SSL You must install a distinct certificate ldapcert crt onto the ioPower net by uploading it through the Load Certifi
36. use cursor You can create of modify the timers bound to an outlet by clicking on the corresponding clock icon For example 1 e vg ce s A blue outlet icon indicates that the outlet is OFF e You can get information about the outlet by flying over the icon with your mouse cursor An orange clock indicates that at least one timer is set up for the outlet and a toggle is pending e You can get information about the pending action by flying over the clock with your cursor e Youcan modify the timer by clicking on the clock A yellow outlet icon indicates that the outlet is ON The white clock means there is no timer set up and no automatic action is pending e You can put a timer on this outlet by clicking on the clock A gray icon indicates that you are not authorized to perform ON OFF action on this outlet For user and group management please refer to Groups and Managing Users sections A red icon indicates that the outlet is malfunctioning The Power ON OFF web page is refreshed each time you ask for an action or you click on the Refresh button Without manual action the state of outlets and timers is not refreshed Therefore the state of outlets may have change because a timer or another user has fired an action Click on Refresh to make sure that the icons reflect the current state of outlets On the contrary the Status Map provides a real time indication of outlet state It is refreshed automatically on a short
37. x ioPower E Daisy chain interface RJ 45 via UTP cable 7 Daisy chaindistance tm B Max current loads per port 6 amp per port i Current Overload Protection 15 amp max r o perating Temperature ut E Operating humidity 10 90 RH Storage Temperature 20 70 C H Storage Humidity 0 90 RH 7 Dimensions LxWxH 410 x 165 x 44 5 mm 7 Certification FCC CE UL Page 31 Appendices ioPower net User s Manual Rev 1 0 Copyright PROSUM 2009 A3 Ordering Information 10Power net 8 port Remote Power Control over IP Cascadable ioPower 8 port RS232 Power Control Cascadable A4 FCC CE Statements FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the regulations for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this User Guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his her own expense CE Statement This is a Class B product in a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user ma
38. y be required to take adequate measures FE Ce RoHS Compliant R Page 32 Appendices
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