APC AP9312THi, AP9312TH User Manual

Environmental

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Monitoring Unit

P9312TH P9312THi

User’s Guide

Environmental Monitoring Unit

Managing the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Available interfaces Configuring network settings

LEDs and the Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Front Panel Features

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Descriptions

Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

System requirements Access to the Web interface Logging in

Control Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Options for using the Control Console Access to the Control Console Logging in Navigating the menus

Password-Protected User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Types of accounts Account access to management menus

Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Interface similarities and differences Contents of this section

Environmental Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Purpose Status: probes Status: contacts Status: firmware version Configuration

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Viewing the Event Log directly Retrieving the Event Log using FTP Viewing the event.txt file Deleting the Event Log in the FTP interface Recipients (Web interface only)

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Contents

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Purpose TCP/IP TFTP/FTP Telnet/Web SNMP Email (Control Console only)

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Purpose User Manager Identification Date/Time File Transfer Tools Links (Web Interface only)

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Help options Interactive Assistant About Card

Configuring and Using Email Notification . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring Email Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Menu options Settings Configuring the local SNMP server Testing Email

Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

DNS server SMTP settings

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Managing the Unit with SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SNMP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Purpose

PowerN et MIB OID

Using the OIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using monitoring OIDs Using contact OIDs

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Contents

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Planning and implementing security features

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Port assignments User names, passwords, community names

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Authentication versus encryption MD5 authentication (Web interface) Firewalls Summary of access methods

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APC Worldwide Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Environmental Monitoring Unit

Managing the Unit

Introduction

Available interfaces

Configuring network settings

The stand-alone Environmental Monitoring Unit performs continuous temperature and humidity sensing and contact monitor ing. You can manage the unit through Web, Control Console, or SNMP interfaces.

• Remotely, you can manage the unit with a Web browser using the Web interface or with Telnet using the Control Console interface.

• Locally, you can manage the unit through a serial interface, using the Control Console.

Note: For information on using SNMP to manage the Environmental

Monitoring Unit, see

Before you manage the Environmental Monitoring Unit remotely, you must configure it with the proper network settings. See the Environmental Monitoring Unit Instal lation and Quick Start Manual, included in printed form and on this CD in PDF.

page 23.

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 1

Managing the Unit

LEDs and the Reset Button

Front Panel Features

Descriptions

The reset button and two LEDs are on the front panel of the Environmental Monitoring Unit.

No.

No. Feature

No.No.

Feature Description

FeatureFeature

Reset button Reinitializes the unit’s network interface.

RX/TX LED

Link-

Off: The devi ce that c onnects the

(a router, hub, or concentrator) is off or not operating correctly.

Flashing green: The unit is receiving data packets

from the network.

Description

DescriptionDescription

unit

to the network

Status LED Off: The

Solid green: The Flashing green: The

network settings.

Solid red: A hardware failure has been detected in

the

Blinking Red (Slowly): The

requests.

unit

has no power.

unit

has valid network settings.

unit

does not have valid

unit

is making

BOOTP

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 2

Managing the Unit

Web Interface

System requirements

Access to the Web interface

To access the Web interface, you need one of the following supported Web browsers:

• Internet Explorer 3.0.2 and later

• Netscape 3.0 and later

APC

Note: Some Web interface features (dat a verif icati on,

Assistant, and Script and/or Java. For have cookies enabled on your Web browser.

Only one user at a time may access the Environmental Monitoring Unit. Serial interface users have precedence over Telnet users and Telnet users have precedence over Web users.

In the URL Location field of your W eb browser, type by your unit’s IP address. For example:

http://170.241.17.51

Note: Alternatively, you can enter the DNS name (if a DNS server

entry is configured for the unit’s management card).

If the unit’s W eb port i s set to a val ue other than 80 , enter the System IP address, a colon and the port value (in this example 8000).

MD5

authentication) requi re that you enable Ja va

MD5

to function properly, you must also

http://

Interactive

followed

Logging in

http://170.241.17.51:8000

After entering the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s IP address, press

NTER

. At the prompts, enter your user name and password (apc by

default for both).

Note: To change the user name, password, or time-out value, see

User Manager on page 16.

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Managing the Unit

Control Console

Options for using the Control Console

Access to the Control Console

The Control Console provides comprehensive management of th e unit by one of the following modes of access:

• Telnet, for remote management

• A serial interface for local management

Only one user at a ti me may acces s the Envi ronmental Monitor ing Unitt . Serial interface users have precedence over Telnet users, and Telnet users have precedence over Web users.

Use a serial interface to access the Control Console:

1. Use the supplied configuration ca ble (APC part number 940-

0120) to connect the terminal port to one of the Probe Ports on the Environmental Monitoring Unit.

2. Set the terminal port for the following communication settings:

Baud Rate 2400 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Handshaking None

Logging in

Local Echo Off Terminal Type

ANSI (VT100

)

3. To change the communications settings using HyperTerminal: a. Make the needed changes. b. Select c. Select d. Press E

Disconnect in the Call menu. Connect in the Call menu.

NTER

4. Log into the Control Console. (See Logging in on this page.)

When prompted, enter the Administrator user name and password ( by default, for both).

To change the user name, password, or timeout value, see

Manager on page 16

User

Continued on next page

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Managing the Unit

Control Console

Navigating the menus

Within the menu structure:

continued

• To select a menu item, type the item number, then press E

• To save changes to configurable val ues, use the

Changes

• To refresh the current menu, Press E

• To go to the previous menu, Press E

• to access brief descriptions of the cur rent menu items, Type and then press E

• To return to the main Control Console menu, use C

menu option.

NTER

(if the menu has help available).

TRL

-C.

NTER

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Managing the Unit

Password-Protected User Accounts

Types of accounts

Account access to management menus

The Environmental Monitoring Unit provides two password-protected accounts, Administrator and Device Manager, that allow you to control access to the device. To conf igure the accounts, see

page 16

Account Type

Account TypeAccount Type

Management Menus

Management MenusManagement Menus

Administrator

Administrator Device Manager

AdministratorAdministrator

Environmental Monitoring Yes Yes Event Log Yes Yes Network Yes No System Yes No Logout Yes Yes Help Yes Yes Link Yes Yes

User Manager on

Device Manager

Device ManagerDevice Manager

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Contents

Managing the Unit

Introduction

Available interfaces

Configuring network settings

LEDs and the Reset Button

Front Panel Features

Descriptions

Web Interface

System requirements

Access to the Web interface

Logging in

Control Console

Options for using the Control Console

Access to the Control Console

Logging in

Navigating the menus

Password-Protected User Accounts

Types of accounts

Account access to management menus