MasterSwitch
Power Distribution Unit
AP9211
AP9212
AP9217
AP9218
User’s Guide
MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front panel 1
LEDs 2
Rear panel 3
Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Configuring TCP/IP settings 4
Customizing your configuration 4
Auto-configuration 4
Managing the MasterSwitch PDU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Management Options 5
Web interface 5
Control Console interface 6
WAP Interface 8
Password-Protected Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MasterSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Retrieving the Event Log by using FTP 13 |
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Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Accessing and Navigating the Online Help 24
APC Interactive Assistant 24
About Card 24
Configuring and Using E-mail Notification . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring E-mail Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Settings 25
Configuring the local SMTP server 25 Testing E-mail 25
Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
DNS server 26 SMTP settings 26
Event-Related Menus and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Actions Option (Web Interface only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Severity levels of events 29 SNMP Traps action 29 Email action 29
Related topics 29
Recipients Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Email Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
DNS server 32
SMTP settings 32
How to Configure Individual Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Event list access |
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Event list format |
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Management Card and MasterSwitch Events. . . . . . . . . . 36
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Planning and implementing security features |
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Port assignments 39 |
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User names, passwords, community names |
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Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Authentication versus encryption 40 MD5 authentication (Web interface) 40 Summary of access methods 42
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Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Obtaining service 43 Warranty exclusions 43
Obtaining Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Life-Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General policy 45
Examples of life-support devices 45
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Product specifications for AP9211 |
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Product specifications for AP9212 |
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APC Worldwide Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit
Introduction
Product Description
Front panel
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Connects the MasterSwitch PDU to a terminal emulator |
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Connects the MasterSwitch PDU to an Ethernet LAN |
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Product Description continued
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The Outlet is off. |
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The MasterSwitch PDU has no power. |
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The MasterSwitch PDU is making BOOTP |
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The device that connects the MasterSwitch |
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Flashing |
The MasterSwitch PDU is receiving data |
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Product Description continued
Rear panel |
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The following figure shows the MasterSwitch (AP9211/AP9217) rear panel with NEMA 5-15 outlets.
The following figure shows the MasterSwitch (AP9212/ AP9218) rear panel with IEC-320 C13 outlets.
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Initial Setup
Required network |
You must configure the following network settings of the MasterSwitch |
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• IP address of the unit |
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• IP address of the default gateway |
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Note: If a default gateway is not present, enter an IP address |
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Configuring TCP/IP |
To configure TCP/IP settings, see TCP/IP on page 15 and see the |
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MasterSwitch Installation and Quick Start Manual, included in printed |
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(Install.pdf) on this CD-ROM. |
Customizing your |
After you configure MasterSwitch network settings, no further |
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configuration is required. The remaining MasterSwitch properties are |
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pre-configured to default settings at the factory. However, you may want |
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to customize these properties for your application. For more information, |
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see Managing the MasterSwitch PDU on page 5. |
Auto-configuration |
The management card within the MasterSwitch PDU supports an auto- |
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configuration utility that you can use to create a configuration file, which |
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you can then download to other MasterSwitch PDUs, either to individual |
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units one at a time or to multiple units at the same time. For more |
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information, see the Management Card Addendum (addendum.pdf |
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MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit
Managing the MasterSwitch PDU
Management Interfaces
Management |
After you configure a MasterSwitch PDU with the proper network |
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settings, you can manage the unit remotely through its Web, Telnet |
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Control Console, SNMP, and WAP interfaces. |
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You can also use the Control Console to manage a MasterSwitch PDU |
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locally through a serial connection. |
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Only one user at a time can access a MasterSwitch PDU. Serial |
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interface users (using a terminal emulator) have precedence over Telnet |
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users, and Telnet users have precedence over Web and WAP users. |
Web interface To access and log on to the Web interface of the MasterSwitch PDU:
1.In the URL Location field of the Web browser, do one of the following:
•If the Web port of the MasterSwitch PDU is set to the default value of 80, enter http:// followed by the unit’s IP address. The following example shows a typical IP address:
http://170.241.17.51
•If the Web port of the MasterSwitch PDU is set to a value other than the default of 80, enter the System IP address (the IP address of the unit) followed by a colon and the configured Web port value (8000 in the following example).
http://170.241.17.51:8000
•If there is a DNS server entry for the MasterSwitch PDU, you can choose to enter the DNS name to access the unit.
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Managing the MasterSwitch PDU
Management Interfaces continued
Web interface, |
2. Respond to the user name and password prompts. The default for |
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apc (lowercase). After you log on, you can change the user name, |
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password, and time-out values through the System menu. See User |
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Note: Some Web interface features (data verification, Assistant |
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Online, and MD5 authentication) require that you enable |
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JavaScript or Java on your web browser, and MD5 |
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Control Console In addition to or instead of using the Web interface, you can use the interface Control Console to manage the MasterSwitch PDU by one of the
following modes of access:
•Telnet, for remote management.
•A serial interface, for local management.
Telnet. To access the unit’s Control Console:
1.Choose Connect, then Remote Server.
2.Type the IP address of the MasterSwitch PDU.
3.Click the Connect button.
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Control Console |
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Logging on. To log on to the Control Console using either Telnet or a serial interface, respond to the user name and password prompts.The default for both the Administrator user name and the Administrator password is apc (lowercase).
Note: You can change the user name, password, and time-out values through the System menu. See User Manager on page 18.
Using menu items. All menus of the Control Console list items by number and name.
•To select an item, type the number, and press ENTER.
•For menus that configure value, always use the Accept Changes option to save any changes that you make.
SNMP interface MasterSwitch fully supports SNMP—all unit and outlet properties are configurable through SNMP. For instructions on how to use SNMP to manage MasterSwitch, see the Mibguide.pdf and the NMS.pdf files in the Snmp folder on the CD.
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WAP Interface To access and log on to the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) interface of the MasterSwitch PDU:
1.In the URL Location field of the Micro browser:
Enter the unit’s IP address followed by wap.wml. The following example shows a typical address:
123.456.78.9/wap.wml
2.Respond to the user name and password prompts. If it has not been changed since purchase, the default for both the Administrator user name and the Administrator password is apc (lowercase).
Depending on the level of access (Administrator, Device Manager or Outlet User), the WAP interface will display outlets assigned to the user who logged on and will offer the following control options for the MasterSwitch unit:
•immediate on
•immediate off
•reboot
•master control of all outlets (All).
Note: The character preceding each outlet indicates whether the outlet is on (+) or off (–).
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Managing the MasterSwitch PDU
Password-Protected Accounts
Account access There are up to 16 Outlet User accounts, one Administrator account, and one Device Manager account. Each type of account provides a different level of access to the management menus.
•Each Outlet User account has access only to the outlets assigned to it.
•The Administrator and Device Manager accounts have access to all outlets.
•The Administrator account can configure and manage all other accounts.
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Event Log |
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For instructions on configuring Device Manager and Outlet User accounts, see User Manager on page 18.
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Menu Items
Introduction
Management |
Both the Web and Control Console interfaces provide the capabilities |
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using Telnet or a serial interface to access the MasterSwitch PDU, |
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terminology may differ from what is used here. |
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Menu access depends on which type of account has logged on. See |
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Password-Protected Accounts on page 9 for more information on |
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Note: SNMP information appears in a separate document, |
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Menu Items
Outlets
Outlet Control You can perform the following Outlet Control Actions on individual Actions outlets or on all accessible outlets as a group (by Master Outlet Control).
You can apply a Control Action only to an outlet that is not executing a command.
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The outlet turns on. |
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Immediate Off |
The outlet turns off. |
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Delayed Off |
The outlet turns off according to its Power Off Delay. |
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Event Log
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Retrieving the Event Log by using FTP
To retrieve the Event Log using client-side FTP:
1.From an MS-DOS prompt, type ftp card-ip, where card-ip is the IP address of your MasterSwitch PDU.
2.After you log into the unit's FTP server, type dir. The screen displays information similar to the following:
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--wx-wx-wx 1 apc apc 262144 Jul 5 2000 aos253.bin --wx-wx-wx 1 apc apc 458752 Jul 5 2000 msp202.bin -r--r--r-- 1 apc apc 4096 Jul 5 2000 event.txt 226 Closing data connection.
ftp: 194 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 194000.00Kbytes/sec.
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The Name, Contact, Location, and IP address for the unit’s |
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Management Card. |
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A unique Event Code for every type of event. |
Deleting the Event |
To delete the Event Log, type del event.txt. You are not prompted |
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Log in the FTP |
to confirm the deletion. The screen displays information similar to the |
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following: |
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ftp>del event.txt
250 Requested file action okay, completed. ftp>
A new event.txt file is created immediately in response to the Deleted
Log event.
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