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1. 4 Click Finish to transmit the settings If the IP address you entered is in use on the network the Wizard prompts you to enter an IP address that is not in use Enter a correct IP address and click Finish 5 If the Wizard finds another unconfigured Network Management Card or device it displays the screen to enter TCP IP settings Repeat this procedure beginning at step 3 or to skip the Network Management Card or device whose MAC address is currently displayed click Cancel Configure or reconfigure the TCP IP settings locally 1 Contact your network administrator to obtain valid TCP IP settings 2 Connect the serial configuration cable which came with the Network Management Card or device from an available communications port on your computer to the serial port of the card or device Make sure no other application is using the computer port 3 From the Start menu launch the Wizard application 4 If the Network Management Card or network enabled device is not configured wait for the Wizard to detect it Otherwise click Next gt 5 Select Locally through the serial port and click Next gt 6 Enter the system IP subnet mask and default gateway for the Network Management Card or device and click Next gt 7 On the Transmit Current Settings Remotely screen if you checkmark Start a Web browser when finished the default Web browser connects to the Network Management Card or device after the Wizard transmits the settin
2. 4 Press ENTER repeatedly if necessary to display the User Name prompt If you are unable to display the User Name prompt verify the following The serial port is not in use by another application The terminal settings are correct as specified in step 3 The correct cable is being used as specified in step 2 5 Press the Reset button The Status LED will flash alternately orange and green Press the Reset button a second time immediately while the LED is flashing to reset the user name and password to their defaults temporarily 6 Press ENTER as many times as necessary to redisplay the User Name prompt then use the default apc for the user name and password If you take longer than 30 seconds to log on after the User Name prompt is redisplayed you must repeat step 5 and log on again 7 From the Control Console menu select System then User Manager 8 Select Administrator and change the User Name and Password settings both of which are now defined as apc 9 Press CTRL C log off reconnect any serial cable you disconnected and restart any service you disabled Upgrading Firmware through a Serial Connection For a complete description of how to download a firmware upgrade for your Rack PDU see Upgrading Firmware Methods and Tools That section also explains how to use network based file transfer tools which complete a firmware upgrade more quickly than the XMODEM protocol described here which uses a seri
3. APC Device IP Configuration Wizard 93 Capabilities Requirements and Installation 93 UsSe the Wizard cscs sos 56 wee eerie ed Gigli ON ee sree were 94 n m A x O Y D la O hmn gt a m an x O aa D D t O gt a How to Export Configuration Settings 96 Retrieving and Exporting the ini File 00 eee eee eee 96 The Upload Event and Error Messages 2220000e000es 100 Using the APC Device IP Configuration Wizard 102 File Transfers 103 Introduction cc ccosn ea cpeeab ad dnGetadwen eben ene anhanne oe 103 Upgrading Firmware Methods and Tools 0000000085 103 Verifying Upgrades and Updates 0000 cece eee eens 110 Product Information 112 Two Year Factory Warranty 0200 e eee eee eee 112 Index 115 Arc iy tcheadder TE Introduction Product Description Features of the Switched Rack PDU The American Power Conversion APC Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit PDU is a stand alone network manageable device that monitors current and allows programmable control of eight sixteen or twenty four power outlets depending on the model You can manage a Switched Rack PDU through its Web interface its control console the InfraStruXure Manager or SNMP e Access the Web interface using HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP or using HTTPS with Secure Sockets Layer SSL e Access the cont
4. Add replace or remove a security certificate Status e Not installed A certificate is not installed or was installed by FTP or SCP to an incorrect location Using Add or Replace Certificate File installs the certificate to the correct location sec on the Switched Rack PDU Generating The Switched Rack PDU is generating a certificate because no valid certificate was found e Loading A certificate is being activated on the Rack PDU e Valid certificate A valid certificate was installed or was generated by the Rack PDU Click on this link to view the certificate s contents If you install an invalid certificate or if no certificate is loaded when you enable SSL the Rack PDU generates a default certificate a process which delays access to the interface for up to five minutes You can use the default certificate for basic encryption based security but a security alert message displays whenever you log on Add or Replace Certificate File Enter or browse to the certificate file created with the Security Wizard See Creating and Installing Digital Certificates in the Security Handbook on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD to choose a method for using digital certificates created by the Security Wizard or generated by the Rack PDU Remove Delete the current certificate Console Administration gt Network gt Console gt options Option Description access Choose one of the following for access by Telnet o
5. access SNMPv3 Access Enables SNMPv3 as a method of communication with this device user By default lists the settings of four user profiles configured with the user names apc profiles snmp profile1 through apc snmp profile 4 and no authentication and no privacy no encryption of data To edit the following settings for a user profile click a user name in the list User Name The identifier of the user profile SNMP version 3 maps GETs SETs and traps to a user profile by matching the user name of the profile to the user name in the data packet being transmitted A user name can have up to 32 ASCII characters Authentication Passphrase A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that verifies that the NMS communicating with this device through SNMPv3 is the NMS it claims to be that the message has not been changed during transmission and that the message was communicated in a timely manner indicating that it was not delayed and that it was not copied and sent again later at an inappropriate time Privacy Passphrase A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that ensures the privacy of the data by means of encryption that a NMS is sending to this device or receiving from this device through SNMP v3 Authentication Protocol The APC implementation of SNMPv3 supports MD5 authentication Authentication will not occur unless MD5 is selected here Privacy Protocol The APC implementation of SNMPv3 supports DES as the protocol for encryp
6. Access through the Web interface and control console Access to the same menus as a Device User but with limited capability to change configurations control devices delete data or use file transfer options Links to configuration options are visible but are disabled except for the Outlet Control menu option that allows the user to access the assigned outlets as defined by the Administrator and the event and data logs display no button to clear the log The user name and password are defined by the Administrator during the process of adding a new Outlet user toy Shehervetdier hear Arc iy Secheneieber Clete To set User Name and Password values for Administrator Device User and Read Only Users accounts see Setting user access Administration gt Security gt Local Users gt options You must use the Web interface to configure values for the Read Only User and Outlet User Recover From a Lost Password You can use a local computer a computer that connects to the Rack PDU or other device through the serial port to access the control console 1 Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port 2 Connect the serial cable APC part number 940 0144A to the selected port on the computer and to the configuration port at the Rack PDU 3 Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal and configure the selected port for 9600 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control
7. In addition to the tab for the Home page the following tabs are displayed Click a tab to display a set of menu options e Device Manager Display Rack PDU status issue Rack PDU control commands configure Rack PDU parameters run diagnostic tests configure and schedule shutdowns control and configure outlets assign external device Web links to outlets modify outlet group configurations configure outlet schedules and actions and create and maintain Outlet Users e Logs View and configure event and data logs e iae EE Configure security network connection notification and general Menus Left navigation menu Each tab except the tab for the home page has a left navigation menu consisting of headings and options e If a heading has indented option names below it the heading itself is nota navigational link Click an option to display or configure parameters e If a heading has no indented option names the heading itself is the navigational link Click the heading to display or configure parameters Top menu bar The Home and Administration tabs have a selection of menu options on the top menu bar The Security option is selected by default when you click the Administration tab and the Overview option is selected when you click the Home tab Clicking an option on the top menu bar displays the left navigation menu for that option with the first menu item selected by default Quick Links See Configure Links Administration
8. SNMP and e mail Configure the Rack PDU s Syslog message feature e To do the following see Administration General Options Control Administrator Device User Outlet User and Read Only User access Define the system Name Contact and Location values Set the date and time used by the Rack PDU Restart the Rack PDU Reset network settings to default settings Define the URL addresses of the user links and APC logo links in the Web interface as described in Configure Links Administration gt General gt Quick Links Help menu Click Help from any Web interface page to view help text for that page Switched Rack PDU Settings Configure Load Thresholds Web interface 1 Select the Device Manager tab and then the Load Management left navigation menu 2 Set Overload Alarm Threshold Near Overload Warning Threshold Low Load Warning Threshold and Overload Outlet Restrictions for each phase or bank 3 Click Apply in that section to set the selected values Arc iry Sichamadehar Clanuria Control console 1 Select Phase Management from the Device Manager menu 2 Select Overload Alarm Threshold amps Near Overload Warning Threshold amps or Low Load Warning Threshold amps 3 Select Accept Changes To set the overload outlet restriction select Outlet Restriction Configuration on the Device Manager menu For 3 phase units select a phase or bank to display and change the Outlet Phase B
9. SSL SSL encrypts user names passwords and data during transmission and authenticates the Rack PDU by digital certificate When HTTPS is enabled your browser displays a small lock icon See Creating and Installing Digital Certificates in the Security Handbook on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD to choose among the several methods for using digital certificates HTTP Port The TCP IP port 80 by default used to communicate by HTTP with the Rack PDU HTTPS Port The TCP IP port 443 by default used to communicate by HTTPS with the Rack PDU For either of these ports you can change the port setting to any unused port from 5000 to 32768 for additional security Users must then use a colon in the address field of the browser to specify the port number For example for a port number of 5000 and an IP address of 152 214 12 114 http 152 214 12 114 5000 https 152 214 12 114 5000 ssl cipher suites Enable or disable any of the SSL encryption ciphers and hash algorithms e DES A block cipher that provides authentication by Secure Hash Algorithm e RC4_MD5 enabled by default A stream cipher that provides authentication by MD5 hash algorithm e RC4_SHA enabled by default A stream cipher that provides authentication by Secure Hash Algorithm e 3DES A block cipher that provides authentication by Secure Hash Algorithm by Sehewider Dss Option Description ssl certificate
10. enabled on this device e The trap receiver is enabled If a host name is selected for the To address that host name can be mapped to a valid IP address To Select the IP address or host name to which a test SNMP trap will be sent If no trap receiver was ever configured a link to the Trap Receiver configuration page is displayed If a trap receiver was deleted or was reset to its default values by this or any other management application the default values for its trap type are listed Syslog Logs gt Syslog gt options The Rack PDU can send messages to up to four Syslog servers when an event occurs The Syslog servers record events that occur at network devices in a log that provides a centralized record of events This user s guide does not describe Syslog or its configuration values in detail For more information about Syslog see RFC3164 Identifying Syslog Servers Logs gt Syslog gt servers Setting Definition Syslog Uses IP addresses or host names to identify from one to four servers to receive Server Syslog messages sent by the Rack PDU Port The user datagram protocol UDP port that the Rack PDU will use to send Syslog messages The default is 514 the UDP port assigned to Syslog Syslog Settings Logs gt Syslog gt settings Setting Definition Message Generation Enables by default or disables the Syslog feature Facility Code Selects the facility
11. one relevant recipient or receiver configured elf you choose Logging and have configured a Syslog server select Event Log or Syslog or both on the next page b Select whether to leave the newly configured event action enabled for this group of events or to disable the action Arc iy Secheneieher Clete Active Automatic Direct Notification E mail notification Overview of setup Use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP to send e mail to up to four recipients when an event occurs To use the e mail feature you must define the following settings e The IP addresses of the primary and optionally the secondary Domain Name System DNS servers See DNS Administration gt Network gt DNS gt options You can use the To Address setting of the recipients option to send e mail to a text based pager Arc by Sehewider lssi by Sehewider Dss SMTP Administration gt Notification gt E mail gt server Setting Description Local The IP address or DNS name of the local SMTP server a NOTE This definition is required only when SMTP Server is set to Local See E mail a recipients Administration gt Notification gt E mail gt recipients From The contents of the From field in e mail messages sent by the Rack PDU Address e In the format user P_address if an IP address is specified as Local SMTP Server e In the format user domain if a DNS is configured and the DNS name is specified as
12. IP address of any Switched Rack PDUs that contain global outlets that are available to be synchronized with outlet groups on other Switched Rack PDUs All global outlets configured on the Switched Rack PDUs regardless of whether they are synchronized with outlet groups on the current Switched Rack PDU iy Scheadder Elantra Outlet Settings for Outlets and Outlet Groups Initiate a control action If you apply an outlet control action to outlets or outlet groups the Q following delays are used for the action e For an individual outlet not in an outlet group the action uses the delay periods and reboot duration configured for that outlet For a global outlet group the action uses the delay periods and reboot duration configured for the global outlet e For a local outlet group the action uses the delay periods configured for the lowest numbered outlet in the group Web interface To control the outlets on your Switched Rack PDU 1 From the Device Manager tab select Control from the left navigation menu 2 Mark the checkboxes for each individual outlet or outlet group to control or select the All Outlets checkbox 3 Select a Control Action from the list and click Next gt gt On the confirmation page that explains the action choose to apply or cancel it Control Console Select Outlet Control Configuration from the Device Manager menu to display a list of outlets For each outlet the list indicates whether it is a m
13. Name from the file field of the DHCP response described in RFC2131 The fully qualified directory path to an APC user configuration file ini file to download The siaddr field of the DHCP response specifies the IP address of the server from which the Rack PDU will download the ini file After the download the Rack PDU uses the ini file as a boot file to reconfigure its settings Port Speed Administration gt Network gt Port Speed It is necessary to be on the upstream network server before you A power on the Rack PDU The Port Speed setting defines the communication speed of the TCP IP port For Auto negotiation the default Ethernet devices negotiate to transmit at the highest possible speed but if the supported speeds of two devices are unmatched the slower speed is used the default mode is half duplex Arc iy Secheneieher Clete e Alternatively you can choose 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps each with the option of half duplex communication in only one direction at a time or full duplex communication in both directions on the same channel simultaneously DNS Administration gt Network gt DNS gt options Use the options under DNS on the left navigation menu to configure and test the Domain Name System DNS Servers Select servers to specify the IP addresses of the primary and optional secondary DNS server For the Rack PDU to send e mail at least the IP address of the primary DNS server must be defined The Swit
14. SCP to retrieve log files e To delete all data recorded in the log click Clear Data Log on the Web page that displays the log Deleted data cannot be retrieved Setting the data collection interval Logs gt Data gt interval Define in the Log Interval setting how frequently data is sampled and stored in the data log and view the calculation of how many days of data the log can store based on the interval you selected When the log is full the older entries are deleted To avoid automatic deletion of older data enable and configure data log rotation described in the next section iy Schaieadeher Cha wir ia Configuring data log rotation Logs gt Data gt rotation Set up a password protected data log repository on a specified FTP server Enabling rotation causes the contents of the data log to be appended to the file you specify by name and location Updates to this file occur at the upload interval you specify Parameter Description Data Log Rotation Enable or disable the default data log rotation FTP Server Address The location of the FTP server where the data repository file is stored User Name The user name required to retrieve data from the repository file Password The password required to retrieve data from the repository file File Path The path to the repository file File Name The name of the repository file an ASCII text file Automatically Upload Every The number of hours
15. Wizard 1 Contact your network administrator to obtain valid TCP IP settings 2 If you are configuring multiple unconfigured Network Management Cards or network enabled devices obtain the MAC address of each one to identify it when the Wizard discovers it The Wizard displays the MAC address on the screen on which you then enter the TCP IP settings For a Network Management Card that you install the MAC address is on a label on the bottom of the card For a network enabled device with an embedded Network Management Card the MAC address is on a label on the device You can also obtain the MAC address from the Quality Assurance slip that came with the Network Management Card or device Run the Wizard to perform the configuration To discover and configure unconfigured Network Management Cards or network enabled devices over the network 1 From the Start menu launch the Wizard The Wizard detects the first Network Management Card or network enabled device that is not configured 2 Select Remotely over the network and click Next gt 3 Enter the system IP subnet mask and default gateway for the Network Arc Management Card or device identified by the MAC address Click Next gt iy Schrecker Eiarir fai on the Transmit Current Settings Remotely screen if you checkmark Start a Web browser when finished the default Web browser connects to the Network Management Card or device after the Wizard transmits the settings
16. XMODEM 109 files for Network Management Card 103 obtaining the latest version 104 upgrading 103 verifying upgrades and updates 110 Firmware versions displayed on main screen 17 Follower outlet groups 33 From Address SMTP setting 77 FTP server settings 71 using to retrieve event or data log 85 G General menu Administration tab 88 Global outlet groups 33 creating 38 verifying setup and configuration 42 Global outlets 33 APC iy maddie Kiariris H Help About System option Web interface 31 on control console 19 Host keys adding or replacing 67 status 67 Host name of trap receivers 79 Identification Name Location and Con tact in Web interface 88 Identification fields on main screen 17 Inactivity timeout 55 ini files See User configuration files Initiator outlet groups 33 K keywords user configuration file 97 L Life support policy 114 Link as an outlet setting 45 Links configuration 91 Local outlet groups 33 creating 38 Local SMTP Server defining by IP address or DNS name 77 recommended option for routing e mail 78 Local Users setting user access 52 Location system value 88 Logging on control console 14 Web interface 22 Login date and time control console 17 Main screen displaying identification 17 firmware values displayed 17 login date and time 17 status 18 Up Time 17 User access identification 17 Menus Data 28 Device Manager 20 Events 28 General 88 Help 2
17. between uploads of data to the file Maximum Retries The maximum number of times the upload will be attempted after initial failure Failure Wait Time How long in minutes before an attempt to upload data times out How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files An Administrator or Device User can use FTP or SCP to retrieve a tab delineated event log file event txt or data log file data txt and import it into a spreadsheet The file reports all events or data recorded since the log was last deleted or for the data log truncated because it reached maximum size e The file includes information that the event log or data log does not display The version of the file format first field The date and time the file was retrieved The Name Contact and Location values and IP address of the Rack PDU The unique Event Code for each recorded event event txt file only The Rack PDU uses a four digit year for log entries You may need to Q select a four digit date format in your spreadsheet application to display all four digits If you are using the encryption based security protocols for your system use SCP to retrieve the log file If you are using unencrypted authentication methods for the security of your system use FTP to retrieve the log file See the Security Handbook available on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD and on the APC Web site www apc com for information on available prot
18. cost from the support section of the APC Web site www apc com tools download At this Web page find the latest firmware release for your APC product in this case your Rack PDU and download the automated tool not the individual firmware modules Each upgrade tool is specific to an APC product type If you use a version of the tool from the APC Web site make sure that you use the upgrade tool that corresponds with your APC product type Manual upgrades primarily for Linux systems If all computers on your network are running Linux you must upgrade the firmware of your Rack PDUs manually i e by using the separate APC firmware modules AOS module and application module If you have a networked computer running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system on your network you can use the tool described in Automated upgrade tool for Microsoft Windows systems to upgrade the firmware of a Switched Rack PDU automatically over the network This tool automates the entire upgrade process You can obtain the individual firmware modules you need for a manual firmware upgrade from the support section of the APC Web site www apc com tools download iry Sichamadehar adder Diar Eria APC toy Behmeidar hear Firmware file transfer methods To upgrade the firmware of a Switched Rack PDU From a networked computer running a Microsoft Windows operating system you can use the automated firmware upgrade tool downloaded from the APC Web si
19. eens aeeenees es 52 Remote Users sncacdsdecssnsa ses d dda deebareeeacnaorad dade 52 Configuring the RADIUS Server 000 cc eee eee e eee eee 54 Inactivity Timeout Administration gt Security gt Auto Log Off 55 Administration Network Features 57 TCP IP and Communication Settings 00000ee eee eee 57 DNS Administration gt Network gt DNS gt options 0 0000800s 62 Web Administration gt Network gt Web gt options 00 000000 64 Console Administration gt Network gt Console gt options 66 SNMP coc ccseceesasccececuasrsee skews enes haa E 68 FTP Server Administration gt Network gt FTP Server 55 71 Administration Notification and Logging 73 Event Actions Administration gt Notification gt Event Actions gt options 73 Active Automatic Direct Notification 000000 ee en naa 76 Indirect Notification Through Logs or Queries 2 2 55 83 Administration General Options 88 Identification Administration gt General gt ldentification 88 Set the Date and Time 2 2 2 00 c eee eee eee 88 Use an ini File Administration gt General gt User Config File 90 Temperature Units Administration gt General gt Unit Preference 90 Reset the Interface Administration gt General gt Reset Reboot 91 Configure Links Administration gt General gt Quick Links 91 About the Rack PDU Administration gt General gt About 92
20. gt General gt Quick Links to access the menu to three configurable links that are shown at the lower left on eee ree each page of the Web interface Home Page Overview On the Home page of the interface displayed when you log on you can view active alarm conditions and the most recent events recorded in the event log Quick status icons At the upper right corner of every page one or more icons and accompanying text indicate the current operating status of the Rack PDU Critical A critical alarm exists which requires immediate action Warning An alarm condition requires attention and could jeopardize your data or equipment if its cause is not addressed No Alarms No alarms are present and the Rack PDU is operating normally Q gt The Web interface displays the same icons currently displayed on the Home page to report Rack PDU status e The No Alarms icon if no alarms exist e One or both of the other icons Critical and Warning if any alarms exist and after each icon the number of active alarms of that severity To return to the Home page to view its summary of Rack PDU status including the active alarms click a quick status icon on any page of the interface Arc iy Secheneieher Clete Active Alarms The Active Alarms section displays any alarms present If no alarms are present No Device Level Alarms Present will be displayed If an alarm is present the alarm and
21. gt get data txt 4 You can use the del command to clear the contents of either log ftp gt del event txt or ftp gt del data txt You will not be asked to confirm the deletion lf you clear the data log the event log records a deleted log event lf you clear the event log a new event txt file records the event 5 Type quit at the tp gt prompt to exit from FTP Queries SNMP GETs See SNMP for a description of SNMP access types that enable a NMS to perform informational queries Configuring the most restrictive SNMP access type READ enables informational queries without allowing remote configuration changes iy Scheadder Elantra Administration General Options Identification Administration gt General gt ldentification Define values for Name the device name Location the physical location and Contact the person responsible for the device used by the Rack PDU s SNMP agent These settings are the values used for the MIB II sysName sysContact and sysLocation Object Identifiers OIDs For more information about MIB II OIDs see the PowerNet SNMP Management Information Base MIB Reference Guide available on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD and the APC Web site www apc com Set the Date and Time Method Administration gt General gt Date amp Time gt mode Set the time and date used by the Rack PDU You can change the current settings manually or through a Network Time Protocol NTP Server e Ma
22. is complete m A x O Y D i O gt a war a Front Panel Single phase 6 J hold to invert displa gt L Am ply AN __ O TOTAL ol Q Warming OE I www apc com Serial Port www apc com Switched Rack PD Serial Port L T f m A x O Y O Q f O am gt a a Three phase Three phase Switched Rack PDUs have one of the following front panels N Presso N __ select line ess and hold Q O AN Overload www apc com Serial Port Warning Overload www apc com Switched Rack PD Serial Port nm m A x O Y O Q Z O hyn gt a Item Function Load Indicator LED Identifies overload and warning conditions for the displayed phase bank or outlet See Load indicator LED Input Selector On 3 phase models press the input selector to monitor the current of the next phase or bank For either 1 or 3 phase units press and hold the input selector to display the IP address of the Rack PDU or to invert the display At five seconds the IP address is displayed at ten se
23. its TCP IP settings from either server it switches this setting to BOOTP or DHCP depending on the type of server that supplied the TCP IP settings to the Switched Rack PDU Click Next gt gt to configure the same settings that are on the BOOTP Configuration and DHCP Configuration pages and to specify that the DHCP and BOOTP setting be retained after either type of server provides the TCP IP values 1 The default values for these three settings on the configuration pages generally do not need to be changed Vendor Class APC Client ID The MAC address of the Switched Rack PDU which uniquely identifies it on the local area network LAN User Class The name of the application firmware module DHCP response options Each valid DHCP response contains options that provide the TCP IP settings that the Rack PDU needs to operate on a network and other information that affects the Rack PDU s operation Vendor Specific Information option 43 The Rack PDU uses this option ina DHCP response to determine whether the DHCP response is valid This option contains up to two APC specific options in a TAG LEN DATA format the APC Cookie and the Boot Mode Transition e APC Cookie Tag 1 Len 4 Data 1APC Option 43 communicates to the Rack PDU that a DHCP server is configured to service APC devices By default this DHCP response option must contain the APC cookie for the Rack PDU to accept the lease To disable the requirem
24. outlet Option Description No Action Do nothing On Immediate Apply power to the selected outlets On Delayed Apply power to each selected outlet according to its value for Power On Delay t Off Immediate Remove power from the selected outlets Off Delayed Remove power from each selected outlet according to its value for Power Off Delay t t If an outlet group is selected the configured delays and reboot duration of the lowest 3 numbered outlet for a local outlet group or of the global outlet for a global outlet group that Arc is initiating the action are used by Sehewider Dss Option Description Reboot PDU Immediate Remove power from each selected outlet Then apply power to each of these outlets according to its value for Reboot Duration t Reboot PDU Delayed Remove power from each selected outlet according to its value for Power Off Delay Wait until all outlets are off the highest value for Reboot Duration and then apply power to each outlet according to its value for Power On Delay t If an outlet group is selected the configured delays and reboot duration of the lowest numbered outlet for a local outlet group or of the global outlet for a global outlet group that is initiating the action are used 48 Schedule an outlet event 1 At the Web interface select the Device Manager tab and then Scheduling from the left navigation menu 2 On t
25. set InfraStruXure Manager as a trap receiver For detailed information on enhancing and managing the security of your system see the Security Handbook available on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD or from the APC Web site www apc com Option Description access Enable SNMPv1 Access Enables SNMP version 1 as a method of communication with this device iy Hecheadde Ela wir Option Description access You can configure up to four access control entries to specify which NMSs have control access to this device The opening page for access control by default assigns one entry to each of the four available SNMPv1 communities but you can edit these settings to apply more than one entry to any community to grant access by several specific IP addresses host names or IP address masks To edit the access control settings for a community click its community name e If you leave the default access control entry unchanged for a community that community has access to this device from any location on the network e If you configure multiple access control entries for one community name the limit of four entries requires that one or more of the other communities must have no access control entry If no access control entry is listed for a community that community has no access to this device Community Name The name that a Network Management System NMS must use to access the community The maximum
26. the mfiletransferStatusLastTransferResult OID Last Transfer Result codes Code Description Successful The file transfer was successful Result not available There are no recorded file transfers Failure unknown The last file transfer failed for an unknown reason Server inaccessible The TFTP or FTP server could not be found on the network Server access denied The TFTP or FTP server denied access File not found The TFTP or FTP server could not locate the requested file File type unknown The file was downloaded but the contents were not recognized File corrupt The file was downloaded but at least one Cyclical Arc Redundancy Check CRC failed by Sehewider Dss Verify the version numbers of installed firmware Use the Web interface to verify the versions of the upgraded firmware modules by selecting the Administration tab General on the top menu bar and About on the left navigation menu or use an SNMP Get to the MIB II sysDescr OID m 0 x O aa o D t O gt a 111 Product Information Two Year Factory Warranty This warranty applies only to the products you purchase for your use in accordance with this manual Terms of warranty APC warrants its products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of purchase APC will repair or replace defective products covered by this warranty This warranty does not apply to
27. 3 Test Unit Date 12 11 2006 Contact Bill Cooper Time 10 16 58 Location Testing Lab User Administrator Up Time 0 Days 0 Hours 43 Minutes Stat P N A Switched Rack PDU Communication Established 1 Device Manager 2 Network 3 System 4 Logout een Main Menu lt ENTER gt Refresh lt CTRL L gt Event Log J m an x O aa o D O gt a 16 Information and status fields Main screen information fields Two fields identify the APC operating system AOS and application APP firmware versions The application firmware name identifies the type of device that connects to the network In the preceding example the application firmware for the Rack PDU is displayed Network Management Card AOS VX X X Rack PDU APP VX X X Three fields identify the system name contact person and location of the Rack PDU In the control console use the System menu to set these values Name MS3 Test Unit Contact Bill Cooper Location Testing Lab An Up Time field reports how long the Rack PDU has been running since it was last reset or since power was applied Up Time 0 Days 0 Hours 43 Minutes Two fields identify when you logged on by date and time Date 12 11 2006 Time 10 16 58 A User field identifies whether you logged in through the Administrator or Device User account The Read Only User account cannot access the control console User Administrator iy Echaskisr Cla
28. 5 Date amp Time settings 88 Date format configuring 89 Daylight saving time 89 Device IP Configuration Wizard installation and system requirements 93 using the wizard for local configuration 95 for remote configuration 94 Device Manager menu control console 20 DHCP APC cookie 59 DHCP server providing TCP IP settings 57 response options 59 APC iy maddie Kiariris Status LED indicating DHCP requests 11 Disable e mail to a recipient 78 encryption algorithms for SSH 66 reverse lookup 83 SSL cipher suites 64 Telnet 66 DNS defining host and domain names 62 query types 63 specifying DNS servers by IP address 62 E E mail configuring notification parameters 76 configuring recipients 78 test message 78 using for paging 78 Enable e mail forwarding to external SMTP servers 78 e mail to a recipient 78 encryption algorithms for SSH 66 reverse lookup 83 SSL cipher suites 64 Telnet 66 versions of SSH 66 Error messages for firmware file transfer 110 from overridden values during ini file transfer 101 Ethernet port speed 61 Event actions 73 configuring by event 74 configuring by group 75 Event Log accessing 19 errors from overridden values during ini file transfer 101 Event log using FTP del command 87 using FTP or SCP to retrieve 85 event txt file contents 85 importing into spreadsheet 85 F Facility Code Syslog setting 81 Firmware benefits of upgrading 103 file transfer methods 106 FTPorscP 107
29. 9 Logs 73 Network 28 57 Notification 73 Security 52 System 29 top menu bar 25 Message Generation Syslog setting 81 N Network menu 57 Network Time Protocol NTP 88 NMS IP Host Name for trap receivers 79 Notification menu 73 APC iy maddie Kiariris O Outlet events described 44 Outlet groups creating local groups 38 deleting 39 editing 39 enabling 37 follower 33 global 33 initiator 33 local 33 purpose and benefits 34 rules for configuring 36 system requirements 35 typical configurations 40 Outlet Name 45 Outlet settings configuring 45 controlling outlets 43 Outlets global 33 Override keyword in user configuration file 97 P Paging by using e mail 78 Passwords default for each type of account 22 defining for each account type 52 Port speed configuring for Ethernet 61 Ports FTP server 72 HTTP and HTTPS 64 RADIUS server 54 Telnet and SSH 66 Power Off Delay 45 Power On Delay 45 Primary NTP Server 88 Q Quick Links configuration 91 R RADIUS configuration 53 server configuration 54 Reboot outlets 44 preventing automated reboot for inactivity 13 Reboot Duration 45 Reboot Management Interface 91 Recent Events Device Events on home page 27 Recipient SMTP server 78 Remote Monitoring Service 91 Remote Users authentication 53 setting user access 52 Reset All 91 Reset Only 91 Reverse lookup 83 S Scheduling outlet events 47 SCP for high security file trans
30. ADIUS server see the APC Security Handbook 1 Add the IP address of the Rack PDU to the RADIUS server client list file 2 Users must be configured with Service Type attributes unless Vendor Specific Attributes VSAs are defined If no Service Type attributes are configured users will have read only access on the Web interface only See your RADIUS server documentation for information about the RADIUS users file and see the APC Security Handbook for an example toy Shehervetdier hear 3 Vendor Specific Attributes VSAs can be used instead of the Service Type attributes provided by the RADIUS server VSAs require a dictionary entry and a RADIUS users file In the dictionary file define the names for the ATTRIBUTE and VALUE keywords but not for the numeric values If you change numeric values RADIUS authentication and authorization will fail VSAs take precedence over standard RADIUS attributes Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX with shadow passwords If UNIX shadow password files are used etc passwd with the RADIUS dictionary files the following two methods can be used to authenticate users e If all UNIX users have administrative privileges add the following to the RADIUS user file To allow only Device Users change the APC Service Type to Device DEFAULT Auth Type System APC Service Type Admin Add user names and attributes to the RADIUS user file and verify password against etc passwd The f
31. C2131 The IP address that the DHCP server is leasing to the Rack PDU Subnet Mask option 1 The Subnet Mask value that the Rack PDU needs to operate on the network Router i e Default Gateway option 3 The default gateway address that the Rack PDU needs to operate on the network IP Address Lease Time option 51 The time duration for the lease of the IP Address to the Rack PDU Renewal Time T1 option 58 The time that the Rack PDU must wait after an IP address lease is assigned before it can request a renewal of that lease Arc iy Secheneieber Clete Rebinding Time T2 option 59 The time that the Rack PDU must wait after an IP address lease is assigned before it can seek to rebind that lease Other options The Rack PDU also uses these options within a valid DHCP response All of these options except the last are described in RFC2132 Network Time Protocol Servers option 42 Up to two Network Time Protocol Servers NTP servers primary and secondary that the Rack PDU can use Time Offset option 2 The offset of the Rack PDU s subnet in seconds from Coordinated Universal Time UTC Domain Name Server option 6 Up to two Domain Name System DNS servers primary and secondary that the Rack PDU can use Host Name option 12 The host name that the Rack PDU will use 32 character maximum length Domain Name option 15 The domain name that the Rack PDU will use 64 character maximum length Boot File
32. Contents Introduction 1 Product Description iiotsus dav sow ee ei reds eed ee dead ees 1 Acc ss Procedures 125225 40b ease ge sb dnheh 2 dese w onan dee ded 3 Recover From a Lost Password 000 cee eee e eee e eens 5 Upgrading Firmware through a Serial Connection 6 Front PANG iacstesdcnenranecdaaed deen eee bas nen awe amp ewe 8 Watchdog Features lt 2 sc cick cdst ew bbiee se sci wecdenwe wees 12 Control Console 14 L g OR ct 6cccse cate eecase eed sGnee boGOe CEeRRAReReAE ee eee 14 Main Screen sit ebida ce Seed G heheh eee se case Ghee eee 16 Control Console Menus 000 cece eee eee eee eee 19 _ Web Interface 22 m Introduction ccc eedcuse UGS Chee de ehe tenses a EE a E 22 0 LOG Of ss 35 co0s Pate sedsacasees dea Hes cecsseceeaekeaye ba 22 lt lt Tabs Menus and Links 2 00000 cee e eee e ee eee eee 25 oO Home Pages soe edicice det we cadeebeeeiesse see cede oe eee 26 Switched Rack PDU Settings 00 cee eee eee eee 29 ad Device and Outlet Management Menus 32 Ke Device Manager Tab 2 2 2562 lt s2c2es sense eereses sei eecn eens 32 rab Configure and Control Outlet Groups 02000e eee eens 33 E Outlet Settings for Outlets and Outlet Groups 000005 43 S Scheduling Outlet Actions Web Interface Only 47 _ Outlet Manager Menu 00 0c cece eee eee 50 V Administration Security 52 LocalUSerS ca cceceeeeeseieanhee tec aves
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34. Local SMTP Server in the e mail messages NOTE The local SMTP server may require that you use a valid user account on the server for this setting See the server s documentation E mail recipients Administration gt Notification gt E mail gt recipients Identify up to four e mail recipients Setting Description To Address The user and domain names of the recipient To use e mail for paging use the e mail address for the recipient s pager gateway account for example myacct100 skytel com The pager gateway will generate the page To bypass the DNS lookup of the mail server s IP address use the IP address in brackets instead of the e mail domain name e g use jsmith Xxx xXxx x Xxx instead of jsmith company com This is useful when DNS lookups are not working correctly NOTE The recipient s pager must be able to use text based messaging SMTP Server Select one of the following methods for routing e mail e Local Through the Rack PDU s SMTP server This setting recommended ensures that the e mail is sent before the Rack PDU s 20 second time out and if necessary is retried several times Also do one of the following e Enable forwarding at the Rack PDU s SMTP server so that it can route e mail to external SMTP servers Typically SMTP servers are not configured to forward e mail Check with the administrator of your SMTP server before changing its configuration to allow forwarding e Set
35. P automatically At any time that you want a Switched Rack PDU to be accessible for management by InfraStruXure Manager FTP Server must be enabled For detailed information on enhancing and managing the security of your system see the Security Handbook available on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD or from the APC Web site www apc com Administration Notification and Logging Event Actions Administration gt Notification gt Event Actions gt options Types of notification You can configure event actions to occur in response to an event or group of events These actions notify users of the event in any of several ways e Active automatic notification The specified users or monitoring devices are contacted directly E mail notification SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 traps Syslog notification e Indirect notification in the event log If no direct notification is configured users must check the log to determine which events have occurred For another method of indirect notification see SNMP for SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 setup and configuration SNMPv1 enables a NMS to perform informational queries Configuring the most restrictive SNMP access type READ enables informational queries without the risk of allowing remote configuration changes SNMPv3 uses a system of user profiles to communicate with a MIB software program to perform GETs SETs and receive traps You can also log system performance data to use for device monitoring
36. PC OFFICER AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT Warranty claims Customers with warranty claims issues may access the APC customer support network through the Support page of the APC Web site www apc com support Select your country from the country selection pull down menu at the top of the Web page Select the Support tab to obtain contact information for customer support in your region Arc pade iry Sethevmider Darii A About options for information about the Management Card 92 About System 31 Access enabling or disabling methods of access to the control console 66 to the Web interface 64 Administration General menu 88 Network menu 57 Notification menu 73 Security menu 52 Apply Local Computer Time 88 Authenticating users through RADIUS 52 Authentication Traps setting 79 Automatic log off for inactivity 55 B BOOTP BOOTP server providing TCP IP settings 57 Status LED indicating BOOTP requests 11 Browsers supported Web browsers 23 C Certificates how to create view or re move 65 Community Name for trap receivers 79 config ini file contents 97 Configuring RADIUS authentication 53 Contact identification whom to contact 88 Control console configuring access 66 Device Manager menu 20 navigating menus 19 refreshing menus 19 Customizing user configuration files 99 D Data log displaying and using 84 importing into spreadsheet 85 Log Interval setting 84 rotation archiving 85 using FTP or SCP to retrieve 8
37. See Data log Logs gt Data gt options for information on how to configure and use this data logging option Arc iry Schmeier Darii APC by Behmeidar hear Configuring event actions Notification Parameters For events that have an associated clearing event you can also set the following parameters as you configure events individually or by group as described in the next two sections To access the parameters click the receiver or recipient name Parameter Description Delay x time If the event persists for the specified time notification is sent If the condition before sending clears before the time expires no notification is sent Repeat at an The notification is sent at the specified interval e g every 2 minutes interval of x time Up to x times During an active event the notification repeats for this number of times Until condition The notification is sent repeatedly until the condition clears or is resolved clears Configuring by event To define event actions for an individual event 1 Select the Administration tab Notification on the top menu bar and by event under Event Actions on the left navigation menu 2 In the list of events review the marked columns to see whether the action you want is already configured By default logging is configured for all events 3 To view or change the current configuration such as recipients to be notified by e mail or paging or Network Man
38. To do the following see Configure Load Thresholds Configure the overload thresholds for each phase or bank Set the Name Location and Coldstart Delay for the Rack PDU Set the names and associated Web links for the outlets To do the following see Configure and Control Outlet Groups Apply power to and remove power from the outlets Set Power On Delay Power Off Delay and Reboot Duration for the outlets Set the names and associated links for the outlets Create enable and use synchronized outlet groups To do the following see Configuring event actions Access the event log Configure the actions to be taken based on the severity level of an event Configure SNMP Trap Receiver settings for sending event based traps Define who receives e mail notification and Syslog messages for events Test e mail settings e To do the following see Data log Logs gt Data gt options Access the data log Define the log interval how often data will be sampled and recorded for the data log To do the following see Administration Network Features APC Configure new TCP IP settings for the Rack PDU by Sethewider Clecieia Identify the Domain Name System DNS Server test its network connection and enable or disable DNS Reverse Lookup Event Logging which logs the domain name of the device associated with each event Define settings for FTP Telnet SSH HTTP and HTTPS
39. a packets from the network at 100 Megabits per second Mbps Solid Green or The Rack PDU is not receiving any network traffic Orange Status LED This LED indicates the network status of the Rack PDU Condition Description Off The Rack PDU has no power Solid Green The Rack PDU has valid TCP IP settings Flashing Green The Rack PDU does not have valid TCP IP settings t Solid Orange A hardware failure has been detected in the Rack PDU Contact APC Worldwide Customer Support Flashing Orange The Rack PDU is making BOOTP requests Flashing Orange and The Rack PDU is making DHCP requests Green alternating t If you do not use a BOOTP or DHCP server see the Installation and Quick Start manual provided as a PDF on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD to configure the TCP IP settings iy Sechaieadeher Cha wir ia Load indicator LED The load indicator LED identifies overload and warning conditions for the displayed phase or bank Condition Description Solid Green The current of the displayed phase or bank is under normal conditions and is between Near Lowload and Near Overload thresholds Yellow The displayed phase or bank is in a Near Overload Warning condition The current is above the Near Overload Warning threshold Red The displayed phase or bank is in an Overload condition The current is above the Overload Alarm threshold Watchdog Features Overview To detect internal problems an
40. agement Systems NMSs to be notified by SNMP traps click on the event name If no Syslog server is configured items related to Syslog configuration are not displayed When viewing details of an event s configuration you can change the configuration enable or disable event logging or Syslog or disable notification for specific e mail recipients trap receivers or paging recipients but you cannot add or remove recipients or receivers To add or remove recipients or receivers see the following e Identifying Syslog Servers Logs gt Syslog gt servers e E mail recipients Administration gt Notification gt E mail gt recipients e Indirect Notification Through Logs or Queries e Trap Receivers Administration gt Notification gt SNMP Traps gt trap receivers Configuring by group To configure a group of events simultaneously 1 Select the Administration tab Notification on the top menu bar and by group under Event Actions on the left navigation menu 2 Choose how to group events for configuration Choose Grouped by severity and then select all events of one or more severity levels You cannot change the severity of an event Choose Grouped by category and then select all events in one or more pre defined categories 3 Click Next gt gt to move from page to page to do the following a Select event actions for the group of events eTo choose any action except Logging the default you must first have at least
41. al connection An administrator can use a local computer that connects to the Rack PDU through the serial port on the front panel of the unit to upgrade the firmware for the Rack PDU 1 Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service which uses that port 2 Use the supplied serial cable APC part number 940 0144A to connect the selected port to the serial port on the front panel of the Rack PDU 3 Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal and configure the selected port for 9600 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control Save the changes 4 Press ENTER repeatedly if necessary to display the User Name prompt 5 Enter your user name and password both apc by default and press the ENTER key 6 From the Control Console menu select in order System Tools File Transfer and XMODEM 7 Atthe prompt Perform transfer with XMODEM CRC type YES and press wy Scheckter Tiari 8 The system will then prompt you to choose a transfer rate and to change your terminal settings to match the transfer rate Press ENTER to set the Switched Rack PDU to accept the download 9 In the terminal program send the file using the XMODEM protocol When the transfer finishes the console will prompt you to restore the baud rate to normal A Do not interrupt the download Upgrading the firmware will not interfere with the operation of the Q outlets The Rack PDU will restart when the download
42. ample might be the following apc hw02 aos XXX bin apc _hw02 app XXX bin 2 Open an FTP client session C apce gt f tp 3 Type open and the Switched Rack PDU s IP address and press ENTER If the Port setting for FTP Server in the Network menu has changed from its default of 21 you must use the non default value in the FTP command a For some FTP clients use a colon to add the port number to the end of the IP address b For Windows FTP clients separate the port number from the IP address by a space For example if the Rack PDU s FTP Server Port setting has been changed from its default of 21 such as to 21000 you would use the following Arc command for a Windows FTP client transferring a file to a Rack PDU with an IP toy Shehrvetdier Cheer address of 150 250 6 10 ftp gt open 150 250 6 10 21000 4 Log on using the Administrator user name and password apc is the default for both 5 Upgrade the AOS For example ftp gt bin ftp gt put apc hw02 aos XXX bin 6 When FTP confirms the transfer type Quit to close the session 7 Wait 20 seconds and then repeat step 2 through step 6 but in step 5 use the application module file name instead of the AOS module Instructions for using SCP To use Secure CoPy SCP to upgrade the firmware for one Rack PDU 1 Identify and locate the firmware modules described in the preceding instructions for FTP 2 Use an SCP command line to transfer the AOS firmware mo
43. ank Restriction Setting Description Overload Alarm Set the number of amps that will cause an overload of this phase Threshold or bank Near Overload Set the number of amps at which to generate a warning that the Warning Threshold Rack PDU is nearing overload of a phase or bank Low Load Warning Set the low threshold in amps for the current drawn from this Threshold phase or bank during normal operation A load below this level generates a warning if the load is equal to this threshold a warning alarm is not generated Overload Outlet Prevent users from applying power to outlets during an overload Restriction condition You can set the following restrictions for each outlet None You can apply power to outlets regardless of an Overload Alarm or Near Overload Warning On Warning You cannot apply power to an outlet on the selected phase or bank if the current for that phase or bank has exceeded the Near Overload Warning threshold On Overload You cannot apply power to an outlet on the selected phase or bank if the current for that phase or bank has exceeded the Overload Alarm threshold Coldstart Delay The time that the Switched Rack PDU delays applying power to the outlets after AC power has been applied to the Rack PDU by Sehewider Dss Configure Device Settings Web interface Select the Administration tab and select General from the top menu bar Select Identification from the le
44. ates Upgrading Firmware Methods and Tools Benefits of upgrading firmware Upgrading the firmware on the Switched Rack PDU has the following benefits e New firmware has the latest bug fixes and performance improvements e New features become available for immediate use e Keeping the firmware versions consistent across your network ensures that all Switched Rack PDUs support the same features in the same manner Firmware files Switched Rack PDU A firmware version consists of two modules An APC Operating System AOS module and an application module Arc iy Secheneieher Clete The APC Operating System AOS and application module files used with the Switched Rack PDU share the same basic format apc hw0x type version bin apc Indicates that this is an APC file hw0x Identifies the version of the Switched Rack PDU that will run this binary file type Identifies whether the file is for the APC Operating System AOS or the application module APP for the Switched Rack PDU version The version number of the application file For example a code of 331 would indicate version 3 3 1 bin Indicates that this is a binary file Obtain the latest firmware version Automated upgrade tool for Microsoft Windows systems An automated self extracting executable tool combines the firmware modules that you need to automate your upgrades on any supported Windows operating system e You can obtain an updated version of the tool at no
45. ay of one or more Network Management Cards or APC network enabled devices devices containing an embedded Network Management Card You can use the Wizard in either of the following ways e Remotely over your TCP IP network to discover and configure unconfigured Network Management Cards or devices on the same network segment as the computer running the Wizard e Through a direct connection from a serial port of your computer to a Network Management Card or device to configure or reconfigure it System requirements The Wizard runs on Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows 2003 and Windows XP operating systems Installation To install the Wizard from the APC Switched Rack PDU Utility CD 1 If autorun is enabled the user interface of the CD starts when you insert the CD Otherwise open the file contents htm on the CD 2 Click Device IP Configuration Wizard and follow the instructions To install the Wizard from a downloaded executable file 1 Go to www apc tools download 2 Download the Device IP Configuration Wizard Arc 3 Run the executable file in the folder to which you downloaded it fey ethane iaren ia Use the Wizard Most software firewalls must be temporarily disabled for the Wizard to discover unconfigured Rack PDUs Launch the Wizard The installation creates a shortcut link in the Start menu to launch the Wizard Configure the basic TCP IP settings remotely Prepare to configure the settings Before you run the
46. ched Rack PDU waits up to 15 seconds for a response from the primary DNS server or the secondary DNS server if a secondary DNS server is specified If the Rack PDU does not receive a response within that time e mail cannot be sent Therefore use DNS servers on the same segment as the Rack PDU or on a nearby segment but not across a wide area network WAN To verify that DNS is working correctly after you define the IP addresses of the DNS servers see Test Naming Select naming to define the host name and domain name of the Rack PDU e Host Name After you configure a host name here and a domain name in the Domain Name field users can enter a host name in any field in the Rack PDU interface except e mail addresses that accepts a domain name e Domain Name You need to configure the domain name here only In all other fields in the Switched Rack PDU interface except e mail addresses that accept domain names the Switched Rack PDU adds this domain name when only a host name is entered To override all instances of the expansion of a specified host name by the addition of the domain name set the domain name field to its default somedomain com orto 0 0 0 0 To override the expansion of a specific host name entry for example when defining a trap receiver include a trailing period The Rack PDU recognizes a host name with a trailing period such as mySnmpServer as if it were a fully qualified domain name and does not a
47. code assigned to the Rack PDU s Syslog messages User by default NOTE User best defines the Syslog messages sent by the Rack PDU Do not change this selection unless advised to do so by the Syslog network or system administrator iy Scheadder Elantra Setting Definition Severity Maps each severity level of Rack PDU events to available Syslog priorities You Mapping should not need to change the mappings The following definitions are from RFC3164 e Emergency The system is unusable e Alert Action must be taken immediately e Critical Critical conditions e Error Error conditions e Warning Warning conditions e Notice Normal but significant conditions e Informational Informational messages e Debug Debug level messages Following are the default settings for the Local Priority settings e Severe is mapped to Critical e Warning is mapped to Warning e Informational is mapped to Info NOTE To disable Syslog messages see Configuring event actions Syslog Test and Format Example Logs gt Syslog gt test Send a test message to the Syslog servers configured through the servers option 1 Select a severity to assign to the test message 2 Define the test message according to the required message fields The priority PRI The Syslog priority assigned to the message s event and the facility code of messages sent by the Rack PDU The Header A time stamp and the IP address o
48. conds the displayed numbers invert 10 100 Base T Connector Connects the Rack PDU to the network Status LED See Status LED Link RX TX LED See Link RX TX 10 100 LED OO O RJ 12 Serial Port Connects the Rack PDU to a terminal emulator program for local access to the control console Use the supplied serial cable APC part number 940 0144A Digital Display Displays the current amps for the phase or bank indicated by the illuminated Load Indicator LED On 3 phase models the Digital Display will cycle through the phases banks or outlets displaying the current for each for 3 seconds If an internal communication or power supply failure occurs for either a 1 or 3 phase model the Digital Display displays Er which you can clear by pressing the input selector Reset Button Resets the Rack PDU without effecting the outlet status Warning Do not press the Input Selector button at any time while the unit is rebooting this will effect the status of the outlets ley echeweidber Chea Link RX TX 10 100 LED This LED indicates the network status Condition Description Off The device that connects the Rack PDU to the network is off or not operating correctly Flashing Green The Rack PDU is receiving data packets from the network at 10 Megabits per second Mbps Flashing Orange The Rack PDU is receiving dat
49. console of the Switched Rack PDUs or through SNMP Outlet groups you synchronize must have the same Multicast IP address Make sure each Ethernet switch that connects Switched Rack PDUs allows Multicast network traffic for that Multicast IP address APC toy Behmeidar hear Rules for configuring outlet groups For a system that uses outlet groups the following rules apply e A Switched Rack PDU can have more than one outlet group but an outlet can belong to only one outlet group A local outlet group which has no global outlet must consist of two or more outlets You can synchronize a global outlet group on one Switched Rack PDU with a global outlet group on each of three other Switched Rack PDUs Ina global outlet group you can designate only one outlet to be a global outlet linking to outlet groups on other Switched Rack PDUs for the purpose of synchronization That global outlet can be the only outlet in its group or the group can consist of multiple outlets To link outlet groups on Switched Rack PDUs for synchronization those Switched Rack PDUs must have the same Device Multicast Name and Device Multicast Address and be running the same version of Switched Rack PDU firmware A global outlet of one outlet group must have the same physical outlet number as the global outlet of any other outlet group to which it links To create and configure outlet groups you must use the Web interface or export configuration
50. d of uploading the file to one Rack PDU you can export the file to multiple Rack PDUs by using an FTP or SCP script or a batch file and the APC ini file utility available on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD and the APC Web site www apc com tools download Temperature Units Administration gt General gt Unit Preference Select the temperature scale Fahrenheit or Celsius in which to display all temperature measurements in this user interface by Sehewider Dss Reset the Interface Administration gt General gt Reset Reboot Action Definition Reboot Restarts the interface of the Rack PDU Management Interface Reset All Checkmark Include TCP IP to reset all configuration values unmark Include TCP IP to reset all values except TCP IP Reset Only TCP IP settings Set TCP IP Configuration to DHCP amp BOOTP its default setting requiring that the Rack PDU receive its TCP IP settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server See TCP IP settings Administration gt Network gt TCP IP Event configuration Reset all changes to event configuration by event and by group to their default settings 1 Resetting may take up to a minute The Rack PDU name and output voltage settings will not be reset Configure Links Administration gt General gt Quick Links Select the Administration tab General on the top menu bar and Quick Links on the left navigation menu to view and change the URL links displayed at the bott
51. d recover from unanticipated inputs the Rack PDU uses internal system wide watchdog mechanisms When it restarts itself to recover from an internal problem a System Warmstart event is recorded in the event log Network interface watchdog mechanism The Rack PDU implements internal watchdog mechanisms to protect itself from becoming inaccessible over the network For example if the Rack PDU does not receive any network traffic for 9 5 minutes either direct traffic such as SNMP or broadcast traffic such as an Address Resolution Protocol ARP request it assumes that there is a problem with its network interface and restarts itself by Sehewider Dss Resetting the network timer To ensure that the Rack PDU does not restart if the network is quiet for 9 5 minutes the Rack PDU attempts to contact the Default Gateway every 4 5 minutes If the gateway is present it responds to the Rack PDU and that response restarts the 9 5 minute timer If your application does not require or have a gateway specify the IP address of a computer that is running on the network most of the time and is on the same subnet The network traffic of that computer will restart the 9 5 minute timer frequently enough to prevent the Rack PDU from restarting nD m A x O Y D i O hya gt a 13 Control Console Log On Overview You can use either a local serial connection or a remote Telnet or SSH connection to access the contr
52. dule to the Rack PDU The following example assumes a Rack PDU IP address of 158 205 6 185 and an AOS module of apc_hw02_aos_XXX bin scp apc_hw02 aos XXX bin apc 158 205 6 185 apc_ hw02 aos XXX bin 3 Use a similar SCP command line with the name of the application module instead of the AOS module to transfer the application module to the Rack PDU How to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs Export configuration settings You can create batch files and use an APC utility to retrieve configuration settings from multiple Rack PDUs and export them to other Rack PDUs See Release Notes ini File Utility version 1 0 on the APC Switched Rack PDU Utility CD iy Scheadder Elantra Use FTP or SCP to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs To upgrade multiple Switched Rack PDUs using an FTP client or using SCP write a script which automatically performs the procedure For FTP use the steps in Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Rack PDU Use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU To use XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a single Switched Rack PDU that is not on the network 1 10 by Sehrwider Dlssisia Obtain the individual firmware modules the AOS module and the application module from the support section of the APC Web site www apc com tools download Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses the port Connect the advanced signaling cable that came with the Rack PDU to the selected port and to the serial po
53. ear Overload Warning Low Load Warning Overload Outlet Restriction and Cold Start Delay m A x O Y D D Z O io gt N 32 Configure and Control Outlet Groups Outlet group terminology An outlet group consists of outlets that are logically linked together on the same Switched Rack PDU Outlets that are in an outlet group turn on turn off and reboot in a synchronized manner e A local outlet group consists of two or more outlets on a Switched Rack PDU Only the outlets in that group are synchronized A global outlet group consists of one or more outlets on a Switched Rack PDU One outlet is configured as a global outlet which logically links the outlet group to outlet groups on up to three other Switched Rack PDUs All outlets in the linked global outlet groups are synchronized For global outlet groups the initiator outlet group is the group that issued the action For global outlet groups a follower outlet group is any other outlet group that is synchronized with the initiator outlet group When you apply an outlet control action to outlets that are members of an outlet group the outlets are synchronized as follows e For a global outlet group use the delay periods and reboot duration configured for the global outlet of the initiator outlet group e For a local outlet group the outlets use the delay periods and reboot duration of the lowest numbered outlet in the group Arc iy Sechene
54. elect how to administer remote access to the Rack PDU For information about local authentication not using the centralized authentication of a RADIUS server see the Security Handbook available on the APC Switched Rack PDU Utility CD and on the APC Web site at WWW apc com fey chithear Cliente ia APC supports the authentication and authorization functions of RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service e When a user accesses the Switched Rack PDU or another network enabled device that has RADIUS enabled an authentication request is sent to the RADIUS server to determine the user s permission level e RADIUS user names used with the Switched Rack PDU are limited to 32 characters Select one of the following e Local Authentication Only RADIUS is disabled Local authentication is enabled e RADIUS then Local Authentication RADIUS and local authentication are enabled Authentication is requested from the RADIUS server first If RADIUS authentication fails local authentication is used e RADIUS Only RADIUS is enabled Local authentication is disabled If RADIUS Only is selected and the RADIUS server is unavailable Ay improperly identified or improperly configured you must use a serial connection to the control console and change the Access setting to Local Authentication Only or RADIUS then Local Authentication to regain access RADIUS Administration gt Security gt Remote Users gt RADIUS Use this opti
55. elete a scheduled outlet event 1 At the Web interface select the Device Manager tab and then Scheduling from the left navigation menu 2 In the event list in the Scheduled Outlet Action section of the Scheduling page click on the name of the event 3 On the Daily Weekly scheduled action detail page you can do any of the following Change details of the event such as the name of the event when it is scheduled to occur and which outlets are affected Under Status of event at the top of the page you can perform the following tasks e Disable the event leaving all its details configured so that it can be re enabled later A disabled event will not occur An event is enabled by default when you create it e Enable the event if it was previously set to Disable e Delete the event removing the event completely from the system A deleted event cannot be retrieved 4 When you finish making changes on this page click Apply to confirm the changes or Cancel Outlet Manager Menu Create and configure outlet user accounts Individual outlets can be assigned a user with an Outlet User account An Outlet User account allows control only to the outlets assigned The configuration of outlets is allowed to those with Administrator rights The Device Manager has limited outlet configuration rights Configure outlet user 1 At the Web interface select the Device Manager tab and then Outlet Manager from the left navigational menu A
56. ember of an outlet group 1 Choose either of the following To control one outlet and the outlet group if any to which it belongs select the number of the outlet and then select Control Outlet To control all outlets select Master Control Configuration and then Control of ALL Outlets 2 Select a control action 3 On the confirmation screen that describes the action to be executed type Yes Arc at the prompt to perform the action iy Sechaadihea Eiaririi APC iy BehmakiaF Cha wir is Control actions you can select Option Description No Action Web interface only Do nothing On Immediate Apply power to the selected outlets On Delayed Apply power to each selected outlet according to its value for Power On Delay t Off Immediate Remove power from the selected outlets Off Delayed Remove power from each selected outlet according to its value for Power Off Delay Reboot Immediate Remove power from each selected outlet Then apply power to each of these outlets according to its value for Reboot Duration t Reboot Delayed Remove power from each selected outlet according to its value for Power Off Delay Wait until all outlets are off the highest value for Reboot Duration and then apply power to each outlet according to its value for Power On Delay t Cancel Pending Commands Web Interface Cancel control console Cancel all commands pending for t
57. ent of an APC cookie see DHCP toy Shehervetdier hear iy Sechanadiiea Clanuria Following in hexadecimal format is an example of a Vendor Specific Information option that contains the APC cookie Option 43 0x01 0x04 0x31 0x41 0x50 0x43 Boot Mode Transition Tag 2 Len 1 Data 1 2 This option 43 setting enables or disables the option Remain in DHCP amp BOOTP mode after accepting TCP IP settings which by default is disabled A data value of 1 enables the option Remain in DHCP amp BOOTP mode after accepting TCP IP settings Whenever the Rack PDU reboots it will request its network assignment first from a BOOTP server and then if necessary from a DHCP server A data value of 2 disables the option Remain in DHCP amp BOOTP mode after accepting TCP IP settings The TCP IP Configuration setting option switches to DHCP when the Rack PDU accepts the DHCP response Whenever the Rack PDU reboots it will request its network assignment from a DHCP server only Following in hexadecimal format is an example of a Vendor Specific Information option that contains the APC cookie and the disabled Boot Mode Transition setting Option 43 0x01 0x04 0x31 0x41 0x50 0x43 0x02 0x01 0x01 TCP IP options The Rack PDU uses the following options within a valid DHCP response to define its TCP IP settings All of these options except the first are described in RFC2132 IP Address from the yiaddr field of the DHCP response described in RF
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59. er sources to the server will turn on or off in a synchronized manner in response to an outlet control action Arc toy Shehervetdier hear The following configuration shows three sets of synchronized outlets Global outlets are shown in black Outlet groups are enclosed in red rectangles These four global outlet groups synchronize a total of 19 outlets These two global outlet groups synchronize 6 outlets 2 in one group and 4 in the other This local outlet group synchronizes 3 outlets on the same Switched Rack PDU NE 6 6 6 BE a a ET E m E E m toy Behmeidar hear Verify your setup and configuration for global outlet groups To ensure that your setup meets all system requirements for outlet groups and that you have configured the outlet groups correctly select Information from the Outlet Groups left navigation menu in the Web interface to view the groups and their connections e The Configured Outlet Groups section displays the following All configured outlet groups on the current Switched Rack PDU The outlets in each group by outlet number Any outlet groups on other Switched Rack PDUs with which a global outlet group is synchronized Each Switched Rack PDU is identified by its IP address and each global outlet is displayed in bold text e The Global Outlet Overview section displays the following The IP address of the current Switched Rack PDU The
60. f the Rack PDU The message MSG part e The TAG field followed by a colon and space identifies the event type e The CONTENT field is the event text followed optionally by a space and the event code For example APC Test Syslog is valid Arc toy Shehervetdier hear Arc by Sehewider Dss Indirect Notification Through Logs or Queries Event log Logs gt Events gt options Displaying and using the event log Logs gt Events gt log View or delete the event log The log displays events recorded since it was last deleted in reverse chronological order By default all events are logged e You can view the event log as a page of the Web interface the default view or to see more of the listed events without scrolling click Launch Log in New Window from that page to display a full screen view of the log You can also use FTP or SCP to view the event log See How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files e To delete all events recorded in the log click Clear Event Log on the Web page that displays the log Deleted events cannot be retrieved To disable the logging of events based on their assigned severity level or their event category see Configuring by group For lists of all configurable events and their current configuration select the Administration tab Notification on the top menu bar and by event under Event Actions on the left navigation menu See Configuring by event Reverse Lookup Logs gt Eve
61. fer 72 using to retrieve event or data log 85 Secondary NTP Server 88 iy Hecheadde Ela wir Section headings user configuration file 97 Severity Mapping Syslog setting 82 SMTP server selecting for e mail recipients 78 settings 77 SNMP authentication traps 79 disabling SNMP for high security sys tems 68 SSH encryption algorithms 66 host keys 67 SSL cipher suites 64 configuring cipher suites 64 how to create view or remove certifi cates 65 Status on control console main screen 18 Synchronize with NTP Server Date amp Time 88 Syslog 81 identifying the Syslog server 81 mapping event severity to Syslog priori ties 82 settings 81 test 82 System information obtaining 31 System Name 88 System requirements outlet groups 35 T TCP IP configuration 57 Temperature units Fahrenheit or Cel sius 90 Test DNS query 63 e mail recipient settings 78 RADIUS server path 54 Syslog 82 trap receiver 80 Time setting 88 Time Zone for synchronizing with NTP server 89 Timeout setting for RADIUS 54 To Address e mail recipients 78 Traps trap receivers 79 U Up Time control console main screen 17 in Web interface 92 Update Interval Date amp Time setting 89 Update Using NTP Now Date amp Time setting 89 Upgrading firmware without using a utility 103 URL address formats 23 User access identification control con sole interface 17 User configuration files contents 97 customizing 99 exporting system time sepa
62. ff at all times check the Never checkbox next to Power On Delay in the Web interface or configure a value of 1 for Power On Delay in the control console Power Off Delay Set the number of seconds that the Rack PDU waits after a command is issued before removing power from an outlet NOTE To configure an outlet to remain on at all times check the Never check box next to Power Off Delay in the Web interface or configure a value of 1 for Power Off Delay in the control console Reboot Duration Set the number of seconds an outlet remains off before restarting by Sehrwider Clecieia Arc by Sehewider Dss Web interface To configure the outlet settings or outlet names select the Device Manager tab and then Configuration from the left navigation menu Click the Configure Multiple Outlets button in the Outlet Configuration section or click on the outlet name e Configure outlet settings for multiple outlets Select the checkboxes next to the numbers of the outlets you want to modify or select the All Outlets checkbox Enter values for Name and Link and click the Apply button immediately below the list Enter values for Power On Delay Power Off Delay or Reboot Duration and click the Apply button immediately below the list e Configure outlet settings for a single outlet Enter values for Name and Link and click the Apply button immediately below the list Enter values for Powe
63. figure a Rack PDU with the settings you want to export interface or control console whenever possible Directly editing Q To avoid errors configure the Rack PDU by using its Web the ini file risks introducing errors 2 Use FTP to retrieve the file config ini from the Rack PDU you configured a Open a connection to the Rack PDU using its IP Address For example ftp gt open 158 165 2 132 b Log on using the Administrator user name and password configured for the Rack PDU c Retrieve the config ini file containing the Rack PDU s current settings ftp gt get config ini The file is written to the folder from which you launched FTP To create batch files and use an APC utility to retrieve configuration settings from multiple Rack PDUs and export them to other Rack PDUs see Release Notes ini File Utility version 1 0 on the APC Switched Rack PDU Utility CD APC toy Behmeidar hear toy Shehirvesber Eissii Customizing You must customize the file to change at least the TCP IP settings before you export it 1 Use a text editor to customize the file Section headings keywords and pre defined values are not case sensitive but string values that you define are case sensitive Use adjacent quotation marks to indicate no value For example LinkURL1 indicates that the URL is intentionally undefined To define values opening and closing quotation marks are optional except to enclose values that contain leading or
64. file ini file settings from a configured Switched Rack PDU The control console lets you display whether an outlet is a member of an outlet group and lets you apply control actions to an outlet group but the control console does not let you set up or configure an outlet group Enable outlet groups Click the Device Manager tab and select Group Configuration from the Outlet Groups left navigation menu Configure the following parameters and click Apply Enable creation of outlet groups Parameter Description Device Level To create an outlet group you must enable this parameter It is Outlet Group disabled by default Enable support for global outlet groups linked groups Parameter Description Multicast Name To link outlet groups on multiple Switched Rack PDUs you must Multicast IP define the same Multicast name and Multicast IP address on each d of those Rack PDUs NOTE A maximum of four devices can be configured with the same Multicast name and Multicast IP address Enabling encryption and authentication of outlet groups Parameter Description Authentication A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that verifies that the device Phrase is communicating with other devices that the message has not been changed during transmission and that the message was communicated in a timely manner indicating that it was not delayed and that it was not copied and sent again later at an inappr
65. ft navigation menu to configure the Device Name Device Contact and Device Location fields for the Rack PDU which are equivalent to the Name and Location fields in the control console Control console To change the Contact field the name of the person to contact about the Rack PDU in addition to the Name and Location fields in the control console see Administration General Options Setting Description Name Set the name of the Rack PDU Location Set the location of the Rack PDU Contact Set the name of the person to contact about the Rack PDU View Power Supply Status control console only Select Power Supply Status from the Device Manager menu to display the status of the power supply for the Switched Rack PDU Arc by Sehewider Dss Device and Outlet Management Menus Device Manager Tab The Device Manager tab contains load and outlet configurations and settings for your Rack PDU The Load Management option is selected by default Load management The top menu bar option Load Management displays the current load status and configurable fields to set the Load Thresholds for the banks or phases of the Rack PDU The current load of the Rack PDU is displayed as a graph The graph is accompanied by the measurement of the load in Amps Alarms associated with the current load are displayed next to the graph The following alarms can be set through the Load Management menu Overload Alarm N
66. gs 8 Click Finish to transmit the TCP IP settings If the IP address you entered is in use on the network the Wizard prompts you to enter an IP address that is not in use Enter a correct IP address and click Finish 9 If you selected Start a Web browser when finished in step 7 you can now Arc configure other parameters through the Web interface of the card or device iy Hecheadder Ela nies How to Export Configuration Settings Retrieving and Exporting the ini File Summary of the procedure As an Administrator you can retrieve a dynamically generated ini file of a Switched Rack PDU s current configuration and export that file to another Switched Rack PDU or to multiple Switched Rack PDUs 1 Configure a Switched Rack PDU to have the settings you want to export 2 Retrieve the ini file from that Rack PDU 3 Customize the ini file to change at least the TCP IP settings and make a copy to export 4 Use any of the file transfer protocols supported by the Switched Rack PDU to transfer the copied file to one or more additional Rack PDUs To transfer the file to multiple Rack PDUs simultaneously write an FTP or SCP script that repeats the steps for transferring the file to a single Rack PDU 5 Each receiving Switched Rack PDU stores the file temporarily in its flash memory uses it to reconfigure its own Rack PDU settings and then deletes the file ey thchnadder Elewuria Contents of the ini file The config ini f
67. he Outlet Scheduling page select how often the event will occur One Time Daily or Weekly and click the Next button If you select Weekly you can choose to have the event occur once every week or once every two four or eight weeks 3 On the Schedule a Daily Action page in the Name of event text box replace the default name Outlet Event with a name that will identify your new event 4 Use the drop down lists to select the type of event and when it will occur format for all events is hh mm with the two digit hour specified in OQ The date format for one time events is mm dd and the time 24 hour time e An event that is scheduled daily or at one of the intervals available in the Weekly selection continues to occur at the scheduled interval until the event is deleted or disabled e You can schedule a one time event to occur only on a date within 12 months of the date on which you perform the scheduling For example on December 26 2006 you could schedule a one time event on any date from the current date until December 26 2007 5 Use the checkboxes to select which outlets will be affected by the action You can select one or more individual outlets or All Outlets 6 Click Apply to confirm the scheduling of the event or Cancel to clear it When you confirm the event the summary page is re displayed with the new event displayed in the list of scheduled events iy Scheadder Elantra Edit disable enable or d
68. he selected outlets and keep them in their present state NOTE For global outlet groups you can cancel a command only from the interface of the initiator outlet group The action will cancel the command for the initiator outlet group and all follower outlet groups t Ifa local outlet group is selected only the configured delays and reboot duration of the lowest numbered outlet of the group are used If a global outlet group is selected only the configured delays and reboot duration of the global outlet are used Configure outlet settings and the outlet name Settings that you can configure The following settings are available in both the Web interface and control console unless otherwise indicated Setting Description Name Web Set the name for one or more outlets The name is displayed next interface to the outlet number on status screens Outlet Name control console Link Web Define an HTTP or HTTPS link to a Web site or IP address interface http www apc com links the outlet to the home page of the APC Web site http pdu_ip_address where pdu_ip_address is the IP address of the Switched Rack PDU and links the outlet to the Web interface of the Switched Rack PDU at the IP address enabling authorized users to log on Power On Delay Set the number of seconds that the Rack PDU waits after a command is issued before applying power to an outlet NOTE To configure an outlet to remain o
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70. ieher Clete Purpose and benefits of outlet groups By using groups of synchronized outlets on Switched Rack PDUs you can ensure that outlets turn on turn off and reboot in a synchronized manner Synchronizing control group actions through outlet groups provides the following benefits e Synchronized shutdown and startup of the power supplies of dual corded servers prevents erroneous reporting of power supply failures during a planned system shutdown or reboot e Synchronizing outlets by using outlet groups provides more precise shutdown and restart timing than relying on the delay periods of individual outlets e A global outlet is visible to the user interfaces of the Switched Rack PDUs to which it is linked Arc iy Secheneieher Clete System requirements for outlet groups To set up and use synchronized outlet control groups e You need a 10 100Base T TCP IP network with an Ethernet hub or switch that has a power source not shared by the computers or other devices being synchronized If outlet groups are to be synchronized across multiple Switched Rack PDUs those Switched Rack PDUs must meet the following requirements They must be on the same subnet They must use firmware that has the same version number which must be 3 3 1 or higher for both the APC Operating System AOS module and the application module You need a computer that can initiate synchronized control operations through the Web interface or control
71. ile that you retrieve from a Switched Rack PDU contains the following e Section headings which are category names enclosed in brackets and under each section heading keywords which are labels describing specific Rack PDU settings device associated with the Rack PDU from which you retrieve the OQ Only section headings and keywords supported for the specific file are included e Each keyword is followed by an equals sign and the current value for that parameter s setting either the default value if the value has not been specifically configured or the configured value The Override keyword with its default value prevents one or more keywords and their device specific values from being exported In the NetworkTCP IP section the default value for Override the MAC address of the Rack PDU blocks the exporting of the values for the keywords SystemIP SubnetMask DefaultGateway and BootMode You must edit the section SystemDate Time if you want to set the system date and time of a receiving Rack PDU or cause that Rack PDU to use a NTP Server to set its date and time See Method Administration gt General gt Date amp Time gt mode for configuration guidelines for date and time settings Detailed procedures Use the following procedures to retrieve the settings of one Switched Rack PDU and export them to one or more other Switched Rack PDUs Retrieving To set up and retrieve an ini file to export 1 Con
72. invalid keyword or value is ignored keyword on line number Configuration file warning Invalid value on line number Configuration file warning Invalid If a section name is invalid all keyword value pairs section on line number in that section are ignored Configuration file warning A keyword entered at the beginning of the file i e Keyword found outside of a before any section headings is ignored section on line number Configuration file warning If the file is too large the Rack PDU stores and Configuration file exceeds processes what it can but ignores what it cannot maximum size Reduce the size of the file or divide it into two files and try uploading again Messages in config ini A feature might not be supported for the device from which you retrieve the configuration settings or might not be supported for the device to which you export the configuration settings In this case the user configuration file contains under the section name for that feature a message stating that the feature is not supported No keywords and values are listed and that feature will not be configured on any device to which you export the user configuration file Errors generated by overridden values The Override keyword and its value will generate error messages in the event log when it blocks the exporting of values APC iy BehmakiaF Claw is See Contents of the ini file for information about which
73. istrator and Device Manager access You can control Read Only User access by using the Web interface only e Define the Name Contact and Location values for the system e Set the date and time used by the Rack PDU e Through the Tools option Restart the Rack PDU Reset parameters to their default values Delete SSH host keys and SSL certificates Arc iy Scheadder Elantra Upload an initialization file ini file that has been downloaded from another Rack PDU The current Rack PDU then uses the values in that ini file to configure its own settings e Access and configure RADIUS information e Access system information about the Rack PDU m 0 x O aa o D l O gt a 21 Web Interface Introduction Supported Web browsers You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer IE 5 5 and higher on Windows operating systems only Firefox version 1 x by Mozilla Corporation on all operating systems or Netscape 7 x and higher on all operating systems to access the Rack PDU through its Web interface Other commonly available browsers also may work but have not been fully tested by APC In addition the Rack PDU cannot work with a proxy server Therefore before you can use a Web browser to access its Web interface you must do one of the following e Configure the Web browser to disable the use of a proxy server for the Rack PDU e Configure the proxy server so that it does not pro
74. its description will be displayed Click the displayed alarm to view the Device Alarm Status page which includes a description and severity level for each alarm present The Device Alarm Status page can also be accessed through the Home page top menu bar Load Status On the Home page Load Status displays a graph depicting the current load status of the Rack PDU The colors green yellow and red signify the Load Thresholds set by the user The graphic is accompanied by the measurement of the load in Amps and a link to Load Management in the Device Manager tab Outlet Status The Outlet Status section shows the outlet s number phase or bank for 3 phase models state on or off and name of the outlet Switched Rack PDU Parameters The Switched Rack PDU Parameters section displays the name contact information location of the PDU its current rating the type of user account accessing the Rack PDU and the amount of time the Rack PDU has been operating Recent Device Events On the Home page Recent Device Events displays in reverse chronological order the events that occurred most recently and the dates and times they occurred Click More Events to view the entire event log by Sehewider Dss Additional information on Home page The IP address displays in the upper left corner A context sensitive Help link and Log off link are displayed in the upper right corner of every page Selecting a menu to perform a task
75. length is 15 ASCII characters and the default community names for the four communities are public private public2 and private2 NMS IP Host Name The IP address IP address mask or host name that controls access by NMSs A host name or a specific IP address such as 149 225 12 1 allows access only by the NMS at that location IP addresses that contain 255 restrict access as follows e 149 225 12 255 Access only by a NMS on the 149 225 12 segment e 149 225 255 255 Access only by a NMS on the 149 225 segment 149 255 255 255 Access only by a NMS on the 149 segment e 0 0 0 0 the default setting which can also be expressed as 255 255 255 255 Access by any NMS on any segment Access Type The actions a NMS can perform through the community e Read GETS only at any time e Write GETS at any time and SETS when no user is logged onto the Web interface or Control Console e Write GETS and SETS at any time e Disabled No GETS or SETS at any time SNMPv3 Administration gt Network gt SNMPv3 gt options For SNMP GETs SETs and trap receivers SNMPv3 uses a system of user profiles to identify users An SNMPv3 user must have a user profile assigned in the MIB software program to perform GETs and SETs browse the MIB and receive traps To use SNMPv3 you must have a MIB program that supports SNMPv3 The Switched Rack PDU supports only MD5 authentication and DES encryption Option Description
76. limited number of retries e If retries fail Select Use prior settings the default or Stop BOOTP request DHCP At 32 second intervals the Rack PDU requests network assignment from any DHCP server By default the number of retries is unlimited e If it receives a valid response by default it requires the APC cookie from the DHCP server in order to accept the lease and start the network services e If it finds a DHCP server but the request to that server fails or times out it stops requesting network settings until it is restarted To change these values click Next gt gt for the DHCP Configuration page e Require vendor specific cookie to accept DHCP Address Disable or enable the requirement that the DHCP server provide the APC cookie Maximum retries Enter the number of retries that will occur when no valid response is received or zero 0 for an unlimited number of retries 1 The default values for these three settings on the configuration pages generally do not need to be changed Vendor Class APC Client ID The MAC address of the Switched Rack PDU which uniquely identifies it on the local area network LAN User Class The name of the application firmware module Setting Description DHCP The default setting The Switched Rack PDU tries to obtain its TCP IP settings from a amp BOOTP server first and then if it cannot discover a BOOTP server from a DHCP BOOTP server If it obtains
77. m a remote computer Web access either directly or through the InfraStruXure Manager See SNMP for information about how SNMP access to the Switched Rack PDU is controlled Types of user accounts The Rack PDU has four levels of access Administrator Device User Read Only User and Outlet User which are protected by user name and password requirements e An Administrator can use all of the menus in the Web interface and control console The default user name and password are both apc A Device User can access only the following In the Web interface the menus on the Device Manager tab and the event and data logs accessible under the Events and Data headings on the left navigation menu of the Logs tab In the control console the equivalent features and options A Device User can also access the event log in the control console by pressing CTRL L The default user name is device and the default password is apc e A Read Only User has the following restricted access Access through the Web interface only Access to the same menus as a Device User but without the capability to change configurations control devices delete data or use file transfer options Links to configuration options are visible but are disabled and the event and data logs display no button to clear the log The default user name is readonly and the default password is apc e An Outlet User has the following restricted access
78. nd apc for an Administrator or device and apc for a Device User SSH for high security access If you use the high security of SSL for the Web interface use Secure SHell SSH for access to the control console SSH encrypts user names passwords and transmitted data The interface user accounts and user access rights are the same whether you access the control console through SSH or Telnet but to use SSH you must first configure SSH and have a SSH client program installed on your computer Local access to the control console For local access use a computer connected by serial cable to the Rack PDU through the serial port on the front panel of the unit 1 Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port 2 Use the supplied serial cable APC part number 940 0144A to connect the selected port to the serial port on the front panel of the Rack PDU 3 Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal and configure the selected port for 9600 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control Save the changes 4 Press ENTER and at the prompts enter your user name and password APC toy Behmeidar hear Main Screen Example main screen The main screen that is displayed when you log on to the control console of a Rack M Name apc B Password American Power Conversion Network Management Card AOS VX X X c Copyright 2006 All Rights Reserved Rack PDU APP VX X X Name MS
79. ning the customized ini file and its copy use FTP to log in to the Rack PDU to which you are exporting the ini file For example ftp gt open 158 165 4 135 2 Export the copy of the customized ini file The receiving Rack PDU accepts any file name that has the ini suffix is no more than 64 characters in length and is exported to its root directory ftp gt put filename ini Exporting the file to multiple Rack PDUs To export the ini file to multiple Switched Rack PDUs e Use FTP or SCP but write a script that incorporates and repeats the steps used for exporting the file to a single Management Card e Use a batch processing file and the APC ini file utility To create the batch file and use the utility see Release Notes ini File Utility version 1 0 on the APC Switched Rack PDU Utility CD The Upload Event and Error Messages The event and its error messages The following system event occurs when the receiving Switched Rack PDU completes using the ini file to update its settings Configuration file upload complete with number valid values This event has no default severity level If a keyword section name or value is invalid the event text is extended to include APC notification of the following errors wy Scheckter Tiari The export to and the subsequent upload by the receiving Rack PDU succeeds even if there are errors Event text Description Configuration file warning Invalid A line with an
80. nts gt reverse lookup Reverse lookup is disabled by default Enable this feature unless you have no DNS server configured or have poor network performance because of heavy network traffic Arc iy Secheneidber Clete With reverse lookup enabled when a network related event occurs both the IP address and the domain name for the networked device associated with the event are logged in the event log If no domain name entry exists for the device only its IP address is logged with the event Since domain names generally change less frequently than IP addresses enabling reverse lookup can improve the ability to identify addresses of networked devices that are causing events Data log Logs gt Data gt options Displaying and using the data log Logs gt Data gt log View a log of measurements of the present load including the minimum and maximum load current for each phase Switched Rack PDU units for Blade servers will also display minimum and maximum load current for each outlet Each entry is listed by the date and time the data was recorded e You can view the data log as a page of the Web interface the default view or to see more of the data without scrolling click Launch Log in New Window from that page to display a full screen view of the log In your browser s options JavaScript must be enabled for you to use the Launch Log in New Window button Alternatively you can use FTP or SCP to view the data log See How to use FTP or
81. nual Mode Do one of the following Enter the date and time for the Rack PDU Mark the checkbox Apply Local Computer Time to match the date and time settings of the computer you are using e Synchronize with NTP Server Have an NTP Server define the date and time for the Rack PDU Setting Definition Primary NTP Server Enter the IP address or domain name of the primary NTP server Secondary NTP Server Enter the IP address or domain name of the secondary NTP server when a secondary server is available Arc bey Seheider Deri is Arc toy Shehervetdier hear Setting Definition Time Zone Select a time zone The number of hours preceding each time zone in the list is the offset from Coordinated Universal Time UTC formerly Greenwich Mean Time Update Interval Define how often in hours the Rack PDU accesses the NTP Server for an update Minimum 1 Maximum 8760 1 year Update Using NTP Now Initiate an immediate update of date and time by the NTP Server Daylight saving Administration gt General gt Date amp Time gt daylight saving Enable traditional United States Daylight Saving Time DST or enable and configure a customized daylight saving time to match how Daylight Saving Time is implemented in your local area DST is disabled by default When customizing Daylight Saving Time DST e If the local DST always starts or ends on the fourth occurrence of a
82. nuria Main screen status fields e A Stat field reports the Rack PDU status Stat P N A P The APC operating system AOS is functioning properly N The network is functioning properly N A BOOTP request cycle is in progress N The Rack PDU failed to connect to the network N Another device is using the IP address of the Rack PDU A The application is functioning properly A The application has a bad checksum A The application is initializing A The application is not compatible with the AOS If P is not displayed contact APC support staff See APC Worldwide Customer Support e A Rack PDU model and name field reports the operating status of the Rack PDU Switched Rack PDU Communication Established iy Sechaieadeher Cha wir ia Control Console Menus How to use control console menus The menus in the control console list options by number and name To use an option type the option s number press ENTER and follow any on screen instructions If you use an option that changes a setting or value select Accept Changes to save your change before you exit the menu While in a menu you can also do the following Type and press ENTER to access brief menu option descriptions if the menu has help available e Press ENTER to refresh the menu e Press ESC to go back to the menu from which you accessed the current menu e Press CTRL C to return to the main Cont
83. ocols and methods for setting up the type of security you need To use SCP to retrieve the files To use SCP to retrieve the event txt file use the following command scp username hostname or ip address event txt event txt To use SCP to retrieve the data txt file use the following command scp username hostname or ip address data txt data txt To use FTP to retrieve the files To use FTP to retrieve the event txt or data txt file 1 Ata command prompt type ftp and the Rack PDU s IP address and press ENTER If the Port setting for the FTP Server option set through the Network menu of the Administration tab has been changed from its default 21 you must use the non default value in the FTP command For Windows FTP clients use the following command including spaces For some FTP clients you must use a colon instead of a space between the IP address and the port number ftp gt open ip address port number To set a non default port value to enhance security for the FTP Server see Firmware file transfer methods You can specify any port from 5001 to 32768 toy Shehrvetdier Cheer 2 Use the case sensitive User Name and Password for Administrator or Device User to log on For Administrator apc is the default for User Name and Password For the Device User the defaults are device for User Name and apc for Password 3 Use the get command to transmit the text of a log to your local drive ftp gt get event txt or ftp
84. ol console Use case sensitive User Name and Password entries to log on by default apc and apc for an Administrator or device and apc for a Device User A Read Only User has no access to the control console If you cannot remember your user name or password see Recover From a Lost Password Remote access to the control console You can access the control console through Telnet or Secure SHell SSH Telnet is enabled by default Enabling SSH disables Telnet To enable or disable these access methods In the Web interface on the Administration tab select Network on the top menu bar and then the access option under Console on the left navigation menu In the control console use the Telnet SSH option of the Network menu Telnet for basic access Telnet provides the basic security of authentication by user name and password but not the high security benefits of encryption To use Telnet to access the control console 1 From a computer on the same network as the Rack PDU at a command prompt type telnet and the System IP address for the Rack PDU for Arc example telnet 139 225 6 133 when the Rack PDU uses the default Telnet port of 23 and press ENTER iy tcheadder TE If the PDU uses a non default port number from 5000 to 32768 you must include a colon or a space depending on your Telnet client between the IP address or DNS name and the port number 2 Enter the user name and password by default apc a
85. ollowing example is for users bconners and thawk bconners Auth Type System APC Service Type Admin thawk Auth Type System APC Service Type Device Supported RADIUS servers APC supports FreeRADIUS Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 RADIUS Server Other commonly available RADIUS applications may work but have not been fully tested by APC Inactivity Timeout Administration gt Security gt Auto Log Off Use this option to configure the time 3 minutes by default that the system waits before logging off an inactive user If you change this value you must log off for the change to APCE take effect iy Scheadder Elantra nD m A x O aa D i O gt a This timer continues to run if a user closes the browser window without first logging off by clicking Log Off at the upper right corner Because that user is still considered to be logged on no user of that account type can log on until the time specified as Minutes of inactivity expires For example with the default value for Minutes of inactivity if a Device User closes the browser window without logging off no Device User can log on for three minutes 56 Administration Network Features TCP IP and Communication Settings TCP IP settings Administration gt Network gt TCP IP The TCP IP option on the left navigation menu selected by default when you choose Network on the top menu bar displays the current IP addre
86. om left of each page of the interface By default these links access the following Web pages e Link 1 The home page of the APC Web site e Link 2 A page where you can use samples of APC Web enabled products e Link 3 The home page of the APC Remote Monitoring Service To reconfigure any of the following click the link name in the Display column Display The short link name displayed on each interface page e Name A name that fully identifies the target or purpose of the link e Address Any URL for example the URL of another device or server About the Rack PDU Administration gt General gt About The hardware information is especially useful to APC Customer Support to troubleshoot problems with the Rack PDU The serial number and MAC address are also available on the Rack PDU itself Firmware information for the Application Module and APC OS AOS indicates the name the firmware version and the date and time each firmware module was created This information is also useful in troubleshooting and enables you to determine if updated firmware is available at the APC Web site Management Uptime is the length of time the interface has been running continuously iy Sechanadiiea Eiaririi APC Device IP Configuration Wizard Capabilities Requirements and Installation How to use the Wizard to configure TCP IP settings The APC Device IP Configuration Wizard configures the IP address subnet mask and default gatew
87. on default port ssh Enable or disable encryption algorithms block ciphers compatible with SSH encryption version 1 or version 2 clients If your SSH v1 client cannot use Blowfish you must also enable DES Your SSH v2 client selects the enabled algorithm that provides the highest security If the client cannot use the default algorithms 3DES or Blowfish enable an AES algorithm that it can use AES 128 or AES 256 Arc iy Scheadder Elantra Option Description ssh host key Status indicates the status of the host key private key e SSH Disabled No host key in use When disabled SSH cannot use a host key e Generating The Rack PDU is creating a host key because no valid host key was found e Loading A host key is being activated on the Rack PDU e Valid One of the following valid host keys is in the sec directory the required location on the Switched Rack PDU eA 1024 bit host key created by the APC Security Wizard eA 768 bit RSA host key generated by the Switched Rack PDU Add or Replace Browse to and upload a host key file created by the Security Wizard If you use FTP or SCP instead to transfer the host key file you must specify the sec directory as the target location in the command To use the APC Security Wizard see the Security Handbook on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD NOTE To reduce the time required to enable SSH create and upload a host key in advance If
88. on to do the following e List the RADIUS servers a maximum of two available to the Switched Rack PDU and the time out period for each e Click Add Server and configure the parameters for authentication by anew RADIUS server e Click a listed RADIUS server to display and modify its parameters iy Sechanadiiea Clanuria RADIUS Setting Definition RADIUS Server The server name or IP address of the RADIUS server NOTE RADIUS servers use port 1812 by default to authenticate users To use a different port add a colon followed by the new port number to the end of the RADIUS server name or IP address Secret The shared secret between the RADIUS server and the Rack PDU Timeout The time in seconds that the Rack PDU waits for a response from the RADIUS server Test Settings Enter the Administrator user name and password to test the RADIUS server path that you have configured Skip Test and Apply Do not test the RADIUS server path Switch Server Change which RADIUS server will authenticate users if two configured Priority servers are listed and RADIUS then Local Authentication or RADIUS Only is the enabled authentication method Configuring the RADIUS Server Summary of the configuration procedure You must configure your RADIUS server to work with the Rack PDU For examples of the RADIUS users file with Vendor Specific Attributes VSAs and an example of an entry in the dictionary file on the R
89. opriate time Encryption Phrase A phrase of 15 to 32 ASCII characters that ensures the privacy of the data by means of encryption by Sehewider Dss Setting outlet group port Parameter Description Outlet Group Port The port number on which the device will communicate with other devices Devices wishing to synchronize with Outlet Groups on other devices must all have the same Authentication Phrase Encryption Phrase and Group Port number The values are hidden to the user Create a local outlet group Web interface 1 From the Device Manager tab select Information from the Outlet Groups left navigation menu 2 Make sure outlet groups are enabled See Enable outlet groups 3 Click Create Local Outlet Group 4 Under Configure Local Outlet Group select each outlet that will be in the group and assign the group a name in the Outlet Group Name field You must select at least two outlets Create multiple global outlet groups Web interface To set up multiple global outlet groups that link to outlet groups on other Switched Rack PDUs 1 From the Device Manager tab select Information from the Outlet Groups left navigation menu Arc 2 Make sure outlet groups are enabled and that the Multicast parameters name iry Sichamadehar Clanuria and IP address are the same for all Rack PDUs to be linked See Enable outlet groups 3 Click Create Global Outlet Groups 4 F
90. or each global outlet group you create select an outlet by clicking on its checkbox Then click Apply For example select five outlets to create five outlet groups each consisting of one global outlet 5 To add outlets to any of the global outlet groups you created see Edit or delete an outlet group Edit or delete an outlet group 1 From the Device Manager tab select Information from the Outlet Groups left navigation menu 2 Under Configured Outlet Groups click on the number or name of the outlet group to edit or delete 3 When editing an outlet group you can do any of the following Rename the outlet group Add or remove outlets by clicking the checkboxes to mark or unmark them You cannot remove an outlet from an outlet group that contains only two outlets unless the remaining outlet is a global outlet 4 To delete the outlet group click Delete Outlet Group iy Scheadder Elantra Typical outlet group configurations The following configuration shows two Switched Rack PDUs each with eight outlet groups Each outlet group consists of a single global outlet Each outlet group on the first Switched Rack PDU is linked to the outlet group in the same location on the second Switched Rack PDU One power cord of a dual corded server is connected to each outlet on the first Switched Rack PDU and its other cord is connected to the corresponding outlet on the second Switched Rack PDU ensuring that output power from both pow
91. ppend the domain name Test Select test to send a DNS query that tests the setup of your DNS servers e As Query Type select the method to use for the DNS query by Host the URL name of the server e by FQDN the fully qualified domain name by IP the IP address of the server e by MX the Mail Exchange used by the server e As Query Question identify the value to be used for the selected query type Query Type Selected Query Question to Use by Host The URL by FQDN The fully qualified domain name my_server my_domain by IP The IP address by MX The Mail Exchange address e View the result of the test DNS request in the Last Query Response field Arc toy Shehervetdier hear Arc toy Shehervetdier hear Web Administration gt Network gt Web gt options Option Description access To activate changes to any of these selections log off from the Rack PDU e Disable Disables access to the Web interface You must use the control console to re enable access Select Network and Web SSL TLS Then for HTTP select Access and Enabled For HTTPS access also select Web SSL and Enabled e Enable HTTP the default Enables Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP which provides Web access by user name and password but does not encrypt user names passwords and data during transmission e Enable HTTPS Enables Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPS over Secure Sockets Layer
92. r On Delay Power Off Delay or Reboot Duration and click the Apply button immediately below the list Control console To configure the outlet settings and outlet name 1 Select Outlet Management from the Device Manager menu 2 Select Outlet Control Configuration from the Outlet Management menu 3 Choose the number of the outlet you want to control and press ENTER 4 Choose Configure Outlet to display and change the values for Outlet Name Power On Delay Power Off Delay and Reboot Duration Scheduling Outlet Actions Web Interface Only Actions you can schedule To configure values for Power On Delay Power Off Delay and Reboot Duration for each outlet see Configure outlet settings and the outlet name Although you must use the Web interface to schedule outlet actions you can set these values in either the Web or control console interfaces groups enabled at the beginning of the scheduled action For example if Off Delayed is scheduled for 4 00 p m the Power Off Delay begins at 4 00 p m Even if you then enable outlet groups during that Power Off Delay before any of the outlets are scheduled to turn off the action will be applied only to the individual outlet and not the outlet group For any outlets you select you can schedule any of the actions listed in the following table to occur daily at intervals of one two four or eight weeks or only once For an action to be applied to an outlet group you must have
93. r SSH e Disable Disables all access to the control console e Enable Telnet the default Telnet transmits user names passwords and data without encryption e Enable SSH v1 and v2 Do not enable both versions 1 and 2 of SSH unless you require both They use extensive processing power e Enable SSH v1 only SSH version 1 encrypts user names passwords and data for transmission There is little or no delay as you log on e Enable SSH v2 only SSH version 2 transmits user names passwords and data in encrypted form with more protection than version 1 from attempts to intercept forge or alter data during transmission There is a noticeable delay as you log on Configure the ports to be used by these protocols Telnet Port The Telnet port used to communicate with the Rack PDU 23 by default You can change the port setting to any unused port from 5000 to 32768 for additional security Users must then use a colon or a space as required by your Telnet client program to specify the non default port For example for port 5000 and an IP address of 152 214 12 114 your Telnet client requires one of the these commands telnet 152 214 12 114 5000 telnet 152 214 12 114 5000 e SSH Port The SSH port used to communicate with the Rack PDU 22 by default You can change the port setting to any unused port from 5000 to 32768 for additional security See the documentation for your SSH client for the command line format required to specify a n
94. r disable trap generation for this trap receiver NMS IP Host Name The IP address or host name of this trap receiver The default 0 0 0 0 leaves the trap receiver undefined SNMPv1 option Community Name The name public by default used as an identifier wnen SNMPv1 traps are sent to this trap receiver Authenticate Traps When this option is enabled the default the NMS identified by the NMS IP Host Name setting will receive authentication traps traps generated by invalid attempts to log on to this device To disable that ability unmark the checkbox SNMPv3 option Select the identifier of the user profile for this trap receiver To view the settings of the user profiles identified by the user names selectable here choose Network on the top menu bar and user profiles under SNMPv3 on the left navigation menu See SNMPv3 Administration gt Network gt SNMPv3 gt options for information on creating user profiles and selecting authentication and encryption methods wy Scheckter Tiari SNMP Trap Test Administration gt Notification gt SNMP Traps gt test Last Test Result The result of the most recent SNMP trap test A successful SNMP trap test verifies only that a trap was sent it does not verify that the trap was received by the selected trap receiver A trap test succeeds if of the following are true e The SNMP version SNMPv1 or SNMPv3 configured for the selected trap receiver is
95. rately 99 overriding device specific values 97 retrieving and exporting 96 system event and error messages 100 using the APC utility to retrieve and transfer the files 98 108 User Name default for each type of account 22 User names defining for each account type 52 maximum number of characters for RA DIUS 53 m an x O aad D D O a gt Y W Web interface configuring access 64 logging on 22 URL address formats 23 120 APC Worldwide Customer Support Customer support for this or any other APC product is available at no charge in any of the following ways e Visit the APC Web site to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base and to submit customer support requests www apc com Corporate Headquarters Connect to localized APC Web sites for specific countries each of which provides customer support information Wwww apc com support Global support searching APC Knowledge Base and using e support e Contact the APC Customer Support Center by telephone or e mail Local country specific centers go to www apc com support contact for contact information For information on how to obtain local customer support contact the APC representative or other distributors from whom you purchased your APC product Arc iy Hecheadder Elantra Copyright Entire contents copyright 2008 American Power Conversion Corporation All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is pro
96. rc 2 Click the Add New User button iy Sechenadhihea Eiaririi 3 Type in the information for the following options and click Apply to confirm the changes Option Description User Name Set the outlet user name New User is reserved and is not allowed NOTE A user name in orange indicates the user account has been disabled Password Set the outlet user password User Description Set identification description of outlet user Account Status Enable disable or delete outlet user s account Device outlet Select the outlets the user can access access m A x O Y D i O gt a 51 Administration Security Local Users Setting user access Administration gt Security gt Local Users gt options You set the case sensitive user name and password for each account type in the same manner Maximum length of the username is 10 characters and the password is 32 characters For information on the permissions granted to each account type Administrator Device User Outlet User and Read Only User see Types of user accounts Account Type Default User Name Default Password Permitted Access Administrator apc apc Web Interface and Control Device User device apc oe Read Only User readonly apc Web Interface only Remote Users Authentication Administration gt Security gt Remote Users gt Authentication Method Use this option to s
97. ress field and press ENTER When you specify a non default Web server port in Internet Explorer you must include http or https in the URL Common browser error messages at login Eor MESSagE Cause of the Error Browser You are not authorized to view this page Someone else is Internet or Someone is currently logged in logged on Explorer Netscape Firefox Error Message Cause of the Error Browser The connection was refused Web access is Netscape disabled or the URL This page cannot be displayed was not correct Internet Explorer Unable to connect Firefox URL format examples e Fora DNS name of Web1 the entry would be one of the following http Web1 if HTTP is your access mode https Web1 if HTTPS HTTP with SSL is your access mode e Fora System IP address of 139 225 6 133 when the Rack PDU uses the default port 80 at the Web server the entry would be one of the following http 139 225 6 133 if HTTP is your access mode https 139 225 6 133 if HTTPS is your access mode e For a System IP address of 139 225 6 133 when the Rack PDU uses a non default port 5000 in this example at the Web server the entry would be one of the following http 139 225 6 133 5000 if HTTP is your access mode https 139 225 6 133 5000 if HTTPS HTTP with SSL is your access mode Tabs Menus and Links Tabs
98. rol Console menu e Press CTRL L to access the event log Administrator and Device Manager only For information about the event log see Indirect Notification Through Logs or Queries Main Menu Use the main Control Console menu to access the control console s management features 1 Device Manager 2 Network 3 System 4 Logout Device User in the Web interface you can access only the Device When you log on as Device Manager or Outlet User equivalent to Manager menus and the Logout menu iy Sechenadhihea Eiaririi Device Manager option Select the Device Manager menu then select the components to manage from this menu To perform any of the following tasks see Device and Outlet Management Menus e Configure the load thresholds for each phase or bank e Configure and control the outlets e View the status of the power supply Network option To perform any of the following tasks see Administration Network Features Configure the TCP IP settings for the Rack PDU or when the Rack PDU will obtain its TCP IP settings from a server configure the settings for the type of server DHCP or BOOTP to be used Use the Ping utility Define settings that affect the FTP Telnet Web interface and SSL SNMP e mail DNS and Syslog features of the Switched Rack PDU Enable or disable the ISX Protocol System option To perform any of the following tasks see Administration General Options e Control Admin
99. rol console through a serial connection Telnet or Secure SHell SSH e Use InfraStruXure Manager to monitor and manage your Rack PDU Use an SNMP browser and the APC PowerNet Management Information Base MIB to manage your Rack PDU Switched Rack PDUs have these features e Monitors current per phase or bank e Configurable alarm thresholds that provide network and visual alarms to help you prevent overloaded circuits e Independent outlet control e Configurable power delays e 24 independent outlet user accounts Four levels of user access accounts Administrator Device User Read Only User and Outlet User Event and data logging the event log is accessible by Telnet Secure CoPy SCP File Transfer Protocol FTP serial connection or Web browser using HTTPS access with SSL or using HTTP access The data log is accessible by Web browser SCP and FTP E mail notifications for Rack PDU and system events SNMP traps Syslog messages and e mail notifications based on the severity level or category of Rack PDU and system events e A selection of security protocols for authentication and encryption does not recommend plugging a unit directly into any unprotected OQ The Rack PDU does not provide power protection Therefore APC power source such as a wall outlet Initial setup You must define three TCP IP settings for the Switched Rack PDU before it can operate on the network IP address of the Rack PDU e S
100. rt at the Rack PDU Run a terminal program such as HyperTerminal and configure the selected port for 9600 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control and save the changes Press ENTER to display the User Name prompt Enter your Administrator user name and password apc by default for both From the Control Console menu select System then Tools then File Transfer then XMODEM and type Yes at the prompt to continue Select a baud rate change the terminal program s baud rate to match your selection and press ENTER A higher baud rate causes faster upgrades From the terminal program s menu select the binary AOS file to transfer using XMODEM CRC After the XMODEM transfer is complete set the baud rate to 9600 The Rack PDU automatically restarts Repeat step 4 through step 9 to install the application module In step 9 substitute the application module file name for the AOS module file name For information about the format used for application modules see Firmware files Switched Rack PDU operation of the outlets The Rack PDU will restart when the Q Note Upgrading the firmware will not interfere with the download is complete Verifying Upgrades and Updates Verify the success or failure of the transfer To verify whether a firmware upgrade succeeded use the Network menu in the control console and select the FTP Server option to view Last Transfer Result or use an SNMP GET to
101. specific weekday of a month e g the fourth Sunday choose Fourth Last If a fifth Sunday occurs in that month in a subsequent year the time setting still changes on the fourth Sunday e If the local DST always starts or ends on the last occurrence of a specific weekday of a month whether it is the fourth or the fifth occurrence choose Fifth Last Format Administration gt General gt Date amp Time gt date format Select the numerical format in which to display all dates in this user interface In the selections each letter m for month d for day and y for year represents one digit Single digit days and months are displayed with a leading zero iy Scheadder Elantra Use an ini File Administration gt General gt User Config File Use the settings from one Rack PDU to configure another Retrieve the config ini file from the configured Rack PDU customize that file e g to change the IP address and upload the customized file to the new Rack PDU The file name can be up to 64 characters and must have the ini suffix Status Reports the progress of the upload The upload succeeds even if the file contains errors but a system event reports the errors in the event log Upload Browse to the customized file and upload it so that the current Rack PDU can use it to set its own configuration To retrieve and customize the file of a configured Rack PDU see Retrieving and Exporting the ini File Instea
102. ss subnet mask default gateway and MAC address of the Switched Rack PDU On the same page TCP IP Configuration provides the following options for how the TCP IP settings will be configured when the Switched Rack PDU turns on resets or restarts Manual BOOTP DHCP and DHCP amp BOOTP For information on DHCP and DHCP options see RFC2131 and RFC2132 m A x O aa D D O io gt N 57 APC iy BehmakiaF Cha wir is Setting Description Manual The IP address subnet mask and default gateway must be configured manually Click Next gt gt and enter the new values BOOTP A BOOTP server provides the TCP IP settings At 32 second intervals the Rack PDU requests network assignment from any BOOTP server e If it receives a valid response it starts the network services e If it finds a BOOTP server but a request to that server fails or times out the Rack PDU stops requesting network settings until it is restarted e By default if previously configured network settings exist and it receives no valid response to five requests the original and four retries it uses the previously configured settings so that it remains accessible Click Next gt gt to access the BOOTP Configuration page to change the number of retries or the action to take if all retries fail 1 e Maximum retries Enter the number of retries that will occur when no valid response is received or zero 0 for an un
103. te From a networked computer on any supported operating system you can use FTP or SCP to transfer the individual AOS and application firmware modules For a Switched Rack PDU that is not on your network you can use XMODEM through a serial connection to transfer the individual AOS and application firmware modules from your computer to the Switched Rack PDU automated firmware upgrade tool to upgrade the firmware for a When you transfer individual firmware modules and do not use the Rack PDU you must transfer the APC Operating System AOS module to the Rack PDU before you transfer the application module For more information about the firmware modules see Firmware files Switched Rack PDU Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Rack PDU Instructions for using FTP For you to be able to use FTP to upgrade a single Switched Rack PDU over the network e The Switched Rack PDU must be connected to the network e The FTP server must be enabled at the Switched Rack PDU e The Switched Rack PDU must have its TCP IP settings System IP Subnet Mask and Default Gateway addresses configured To use FTP to upgrade the Rack PDU 1 Open an MS DOS command prompt window on a computer that is connected to the network Go to the directory that contains the firmware upgrade files and list the files For the directory C apc the commands would be those shown in bold C gt ed ape C ape gt dir Files listed for a Switched Rack PDU for ex
104. ting and decrypting data Privacy of transmitted data requires that DES is selected here Arc Note You cannot select the privacy protocol if no authentication protocol is selected iy Sctaceadeher ha wir is APC iy BehmakiaF hair is Option Description access control You can configure up to four access control entries to specify which NMSs have access to this device The opening page for access control by default assigns one entry to each of the four user profiles but you can edit these settings to apply more than one entry to any user profile to grant access by several specific IP addresses host names or IP address masks e If you leave the default access control entry unchanged for a user profile all NMSs that use that profile have access to this device e If you configure multiple access entries for one user profile the limit of four entries requires that one or more of the other user profiles must have no access control entry If no access control entry is listed for a user profile no NMS that uses that profile has any access to this device To edit the access control settings for a user profile click its user name Access Mark the Enable checkbox to activate the access control specified by the parameters in this access control entry User Name Select from the drop down list the user profile to which this access control entry will apply The choices available are the four user names that
105. trailing spaces or values which are already enclosed in quotation marks Leading or trailing spaces not within the opening and closing quotation marks are ignored To export a specific system date and time or any scheduled events you must configure the values directly in the ini file To export a specific system time export only the configured SystemDate Time section as a separate ini file The time necessary to export a large file would cause the configured time to be significantly inaccurate For greater accuracy if the Switched Rack PDUs receiving the file can access a Network Time Protocol NTP Server set the value for the NTPEnable keyword as follows NTPEnable enabled Add comments about changes that you made The first printable character of a comment line must be a semicolon 2 Copy the customized file to another file name in the same folder The copy which you will export to other Rack PDUs can have any file name up to 64 characters and must have the ini file suffix Retain the original customized file for future use The file that you retain is the only record of your comments They are removed automatically from the file that you export Exporting the file to a single Rack PDU To export the ini file to another Switched Rack PDU use any of the file transfer protocols supported by Switched Rack PDUs including FTP FTP Client SCP and TFTP The following example uses FTP 1 From the folder contai
106. ubnet mask IP address of the default gateway Do not use the loopback address 127 0 0 1 as the default A gateway address It disables the Switched Rack PDU and requires you to reset TCP IP settings to their defaults using a local serial login To configure the TCP IP settings see the Installation and Quick Start manual provided as a PDF file on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD and as a printed manual toy Shehervetdier hear To use a DHCP server to configure the TCP IP settings at a Rack PDU see TCP IP and Communication Settings Access Procedures Overview The Switched Rack PDU has two internal interfaces control console and Web interface that allow you to manage the Rack PDU For more information about the internal user interfaces see Control Console and Web Interface The SNMP interface also allows you to use a SNMP browser with the PowerNet Management Information Base MIB to manage the Rack PDU To use the PowerNet MIB with a SNMP browser see the PowerNet SNMP Management Information Base MIB Reference Guide which is provided on the Switched Rack PDU Utility CD Access priority for logging on Only one user at a time can log on to the Switched Rack PDU The priority for access beginning with the highest priority is as follows e Local access to the control console from a computer with a direct serial connection to the Rack PDU e Telnet or Secure SHell SSH access to the control console fro
107. up a special e mail account for the Rack PDU to forward e mail to an external mail account e Recipient Directly to the recipients SMTP server With this setting the Rack PDU tries to send the e mail only once On a busy remote SMTP server the time out may prevent some e mail from being sent When the recipient uses the Rack PDU s SMTP server this setting has no effect E mail Generation Enables by default or disables sending e mail to the recipient E mail test Administration gt Notification gt E mail gt test Send a test message to a configured recipient APC iy BehmakiaF Cha wir is by Shehervetdier Cheri SNMP traps Trap Receivers Administration gt Notification gt SNMP Traps gt trap receivers This option lists by NMS IP Host Name up to the maximum number six of trap receivers allowed To open the page for configuring a new trap receiver click Add Trap Receiver To modify or delete a trap receiver first click its IP address or host name to access its settings If you delete a trap receiver all notification settings configured under Event Actions for the deleted trap receiver are set to their default values To specify the trap type for a trap receiver select either the SNMPv1 or SNMPv3 radio button For a NMS to receive both types of traps you must configure two trap receivers for that NMS one for each trap type Item Definition Trap Generation Enable the default o
108. values are overridden The overridden values are device specific and not appropriate to export to other Rack PDUs Therefore you can ignore these error messages To prevent these error messages from occurring you can delete the lines that contain the Override keyword and the lines that contain the values that they override Do not delete or change the line containing the section heading Using the APC Device IP Configuration Wizard On Windows operating systems instead of using the preceding procedure for exporting ini files you can choose to update the basic TCP IP settings of Rack PDUs by using the APC Device IP Configuration Wizard See APC Device IP Configuration Wizard for a detailed description of how to discover and configure unconfigured Switched Rack PDUs remotely over your TCP IP network or configure or reconfigure a Switched Rack PDU through a direct connection from the serial port of your computer to the Switched Rack PDU iy Hcheadder Kiaririi ty Sehremider Clewie ia File Transfers Introduction Overview The Switched Rack PDU automatically recognizes binary firmware files Each of these files contains a header and one or more Cyclical Redundancy Checks CRCs to ensure that the data contained in the file is not corrupted before or during the transfer operation To transfer a firmware file to a Rack PDU see Upgrading Firmware Methods and Tools To verify a file transfer see Verifying Upgrades and Upd
109. xy the specific IP address of the Rack PDU Log On Overview You can use the DNS name or System IP address of the Switched Rack PDU for the URL address of the Web interface Use your case sensitive user name and password settings to log on The default user name differs by account type e apc for an Administrator e device for a Device Manager e readonly for a Read Only User The default password is apc for all three account types Arc iy tcheadder Rinnai Arc iy Secheneieher Clete There is no default password for Outlet User accounts An Administrator must define the password and other account characteristics for an Outlet User If you are using HTTPS as your access protocol your login credentials are compared with information in a server certificate If the certificate was created with the APC Security Wizard and an IP address was specified as the common name in the certificate you must use an IP address to log on to the Rack PDU If a DNS name was specified as the common name on the certificate you must use a DNS name to log on See Web Administration gt Network gt Web gt options to select enable and disable the protocols that control access to the Web interface and to define the Web server ports for the protocols For information about the Web page that appears when you log on to the Web interface see Home Page URL address formats Type the Rack PDU DNS name or IP address in the Web browser s URL add
110. you configure through the user profiles option on the left navigation menu NMS IP Host Name The IP address IP address mask or host name that controls access by the NMS A host name or a specific IP address such as 149 225 12 1 allows access only by the NMS at that location An IP address mask that contain 255 restricts access as follows e 149 225 12 255 Access only by an NMS on the 149 225 12 segment e 149 225 255 255 Access only by an NMS on the 149 225 segment e 149 255 255 255 Access only by an NMS on the 149 segment e 0 0 0 0 the default setting which can also be expressed as 255 255 255 255 Access by any NMS on any segment FTP Server Administration gt Network gt FTP Server The FTP Server settings enable by default or disable access to the FTP server and specify the TCP IP port 21 by default that the FTP server uses to communicate with the Rack PDU The FTP server uses both the specified port and the port one number lower than the specified port toy Shehervetdier hear You can change the Port setting to the number of any unused port from 5001 to 32768 for added security Users must then use a colon to specify the non default port number For example for port 5001 and IP address 152 214 12 114 the command would be ftp 152 214 12 114 5001 server and transfer files with SCP Selecting and configuring SSH enables FTP transfers files without encryption For higher security disable the FTP SC
111. you enable SSH with no host key loaded the Rack PDU takes up to 5 minutes to create a host key and the SSH server is not accessible during that time Remove Remove the current host key iry Sichamadehar Clanuria To use SSH you must have a SSH client installed Most Linux and other UNIX platforms include a SSH client but Microsoft Windows operating systems do not Clients are available from various vendors Arc toy Shehervetdier hear ISX Protocol control console only Use this option to enable the default or disable the APC InfraStruXure ISX Protocol The APC InfraStruXure ISX Protocol allows the Switched Rack PDU to communicate with other APC devices including the InfraStruXure Manager if your system includes one SNMP SNMPv1 Administration gt Network gt SNMPv1 gt options All user names passwords and community names for SNMP are transferred over the network as plain text If your network requires the high security of encryption disable SNMP access or set the access for each community to Read A community with Read access Can receive status information and use SNMP traps When using InfraStruXure Manager to manage a Switched Rack PDU on the public network of an InfraStruXure system you must have SNMP enabled in the Rack PDU interface Read access will allow InfraStruXure Manager to receive traps from a Switched Rack PDU but Write access is required while you use the interface of the Rack PDU to

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