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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

categories—23

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide iii

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

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apc,

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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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Environmental Monitoring Unit

Menu Items

Introduction

Interface similarities and differences

Contents of this section

The information in this section is based on the Web interface. The Control Console interface var ies slight ly, but offer s the same capabil ities for managing the Environmental Monitoring Unit.

Your access to menus is determined by the account under which you logged in. See

This section provides information on the following menus:

•

Environmental Monitoring on page 8

• Events on page 10

• Network on page 12

• System on page 16

• Help on page 20

Note: To manage the unit with SNMP, see page 23.

Password-Protected User Accounts on page 6.

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Menu Items

Environmental Monitoring

Purpose

Status: probes

Use the Environmental Monitoring menu to configure sett ings for monitoring contact closures and for obtaining information about the temperature and humidity sensed by up to two probes.

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Temperature Reports the temperature (C els iu s) sen sed by the u nit ’ s

probes.

High Temperature Violation

Low Temperature Violation Reports whether current temperature violates the low

Humidity Reports the relative humid ity (as a percen tage) s ensed

High Humidity Violation Reports whether current humidity exceeds the high

Low Humidity Violation Reports whether current humidity violates the low

Reports whether current tem peratu re exce eds the high temperature threshold ( threshold is disabled.

temperature threshold ( threshold is disabled.

by the unit’s probes.

humidity threshold ( threshold is disabled.

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

or No) or reports that the

Yes

or No) or reports that the

Yes

or No) or reports that the

Yes

or No) or reports that the

Yes

Trap Thresholds Defines the thresholds for hig h and low temper ature (in

Celsius) and for rel ative humidity (as a perce ntage) that the unit uses to identify a trap condition.

Send Traps On Enables or disables sending traps for each threshold.

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Menu Items

Environmental Monitoring

Status: contacts

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Device 1 (Contact Zone 1) Alarm through Device 4 (Contact Zone 4) Alarm:

Status: firmware version

Configuration

The status section also reports the firmware ver sion of the Environmental Monitoring Unit.

Item (for each probe)

Item (for each probe) Definition

Item (for each probe)Item (for each probe)

Trap Threshold Options Defines the thresholds for high and low temperature (in

Contact Name 1–4 Defines a name of up to 16 characters for each contact.

continued

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

For each contact by number and name, reports whether th e contact senses an alarm condition (

or No) or that the alarm is disabled .

Yes

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

Celsius) and relativ e humidi ty (as a perc entage ) that th e unit uses to identify a trap condition. (You must enable the

Send Traps

item for the unit to react to the alarm.)

Contact Zone 1–4 Enables or disables the contacts.

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Menu Items

Events

Viewing the Event Log directly

Retrieving the Event Log using FTP

The Event Log displays information for the Environment al Monitoring Unit’s last 300 events.

Item

Item Description

ItemItem

Date The date on which the event occurred (DD/MM/YYYY) Time The time at which the event occurred (HH:MM:SS) Event Description of the event. For detailed descriptions of event codes,

APC

select interface and read the page about event codes.

Interactive Assistant from the Navigation Bar on the Web

To view the Event Log, select the Web interface or press C

TRL

+ L in the Control Console.

Description

DescriptionDescription

Log option of the Events menu in the

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 the Environmental Monitoring

Unit.

2. Log in to the unit's FTP server

3. type dir

4. To retrieve the Event Log, type

to list files.

get event.txt

. The Environmental Monitoring Unit transmits the Event Log, which includes at least the last 300 events, to your loca l drive. A confirming message simiar to the following is displayed.

ftp: 3694 bytes received in 0.11 Seconds

33.58Kbytes/sec.

Viewing the event.txt file

You can use a spreadsheet program to v iew the event.txt file. The f ile is TAB-delimited to appear in columns in the spreadsheet.

Note: To display the yea r in 4-digit format in the spreadsheet, be su re

to select that date format in the spreadsheet ap plication.

The event.txt file contains the following i nformation that is not displayed in the Web and Control Console Event Log screens.

• The version of the event.txt file format (first field).

• The Date and Time the event.txt file was retrieved.

• The Name, Contact, Location, and IP address of the unit’s management card.

• An unique Event Code for every type of event.

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Menu Items

Events

Deleting the Event Log in the FTP interface

Recipients (Web interface only)

continued

To delete the Event Log, type deletion:

Requested file action okay, completed.

A new event.txt file is immediately created to record the Deleted Log event.

Use the recipients who will be notified when an event occurs. See

Email Recipients on page 21

option on the

Recipients option of the Events menu to configure email

Network menu instead.)

del event.txt

. (In the Control Console, use the Email

. FTP confirms the

Configuring

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Menu Items

Network

Purpose

TCP/IP

TFTP/FTP

The

Network menu provides access to the configurable network

settings. Only the Administrator can access the

Network menu.

The TCP/IP section lists the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s start-up settings for network service and allows you to configure TCP/IP settings.

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

System

Subnet Mask A 32-bit character string us ed t o se le ct s om e of the bits fro m an

Default Gateway A device that co nnects two comp uter netw orks that u se dif ferent

BOOTP

The unit’s Internet Proto col address, whic h is a numeric addres s that the domain name server translates into a domain name.

Internet address to route it to the subnet.

protocols so that the connected networks can exchange data.

Default: Router address

A protocol used to enable a diskless workstation to find its own logical IP address at startup.

Settings: Enabled/Disabled

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

Use the TFTP/FTP section to control file transfers through the setti ngs for the TFTP and FTP Client and FTP Server.

Client or Server

Client or Server Item

Client or ServerClient or Server

TF TP Clien t Remote Server IP: The network address of the

FTP Client Remote Server IP: The network address of the

User Name The user name for access to the

Password: The password for access to the

FTP Server Access: Enables or disables

Port: The

Item Definition

ItemItem

server used for downloads.

FTP

server.

FTP

server.

access.

server for the unit’s manage me nt card is loca ted.

Default: port

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

TCP/IP

port on which the

FTP

server

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TFTP

FTP

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Menu Items

Network

Telnet/Web

continued

Access Enables or disables Telnet access. Port The

Access Enables or disables Web access. Port The

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

TCP/IP

port where the Telnet server for the unit is located.

Default: port

TCP/IP

Default: port

port where the Web server for the unit is located.

Te l n e t

Te l n e tTe l n e t

Web

WebWeb

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

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Menu Items

Network

SNMP

continued

The SNMP section displays the SNMP access control and trap receiver Settings.

SNMP Access Enables or disables Access Control Controls access to each of the four Trap Receiver Defines the

Access Control .

current settings for all four SNMP channels and lets you confi gure values for a selected channel.

Community Name

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

NMSs

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

SNMP

access.

(up to 4) to which traps are sent.

The Access Control section of SNMP displays the

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Password that the

SNMP

for the allowed access.

Note: Allows a maximum of 15 characters.

access to the unit. The

NMS

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

specified by the

Access Type

SNMP

NMS IP

channels.

option must us e

option defines

NMS

NMS IP Configures the channel to allow only one

NMS IP

address), or all

value), to have access to the channel.

Access Type Defines whether the

GET

s and

Trap Receiver.

write (use (cannot use

The Trap Receiver section of SNMP displays and lets

s or

NMS

s (using

NMS

identified by the

SET

s) or read (use only

SET

s ).

0.0.0.0

(using a specific

NMS IP

for the

NMS IP

option can

GET

s) or is disabled

you configure the current settings for all four trap receivers.

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Community Name The password that the unit uses when it sends traps to the

NMS identified by the

Maximum length: 15 characters.

Receiver

Trap Generation Enables or disables the sending of traps to the

Authentication Traps Enables or disables the sending of authentication traps to

NMS IP

The specific sent by the unit.

Note: To send no traps to any

identified by the

NMS

the

NMS

0.0.0.0

Receiver NMS IP

identified by the

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

Receiver NMS IP

(defined by its IP address) to receive traps

NMS

Receiver NMS IP

option.

, set the Trap Receiver

NMS

option.

option

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Menu Items

Network

Email (Control Console only)

continued

Use the who will be notified when an event occurs. See

Recipients on page 21

of the

Email option of the Network menu to configure email recipients

Configuring Email

. (In the Web interface, use the Recipients option

Events menu instead.)

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Menu Items

System

Purpose

User Manager

Use the transfers, and links. Only the Administrator has access to the

System menu to configure accounts, system identification, file

System

menu.

Use this section to configure the propert ies of the Administrator and Device Manager accounts. The Administrator has unrestricted access, but the Device Manager can configure only the Environmental Monitoring Unit; not the network and system parameters.

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Auto Logout How long you can be ina ctive before t he sy stem a utoma ticall y log s

you out.

Default: 3 minutes.

Authentication

Administrator User Name User name (

(the default) causes the W eb Interface to use standard

Basic

1.1

causes the Web Interface to use an MD5-bas ed

MD5

authentication login. (For cookies enabled on your browser.)

characters maximum).

Default:

apc

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

MD5

to function properly, you must have

HTTP

Password Password only for

maximum).

Default:

Authentication Phrase

User Name User name (10 characters maximum).

Password Password only for

Authentication Phrase

Authentication phrase (only for to

Default:

maximum).

Default:

Authentication phrase for characters.

Default:

apc

characters.

admin user phrase

apc

device user phrase

HTTP 1.1

Device Manager User

Device Manager UserDevice Manager User

HTTP 1.1

authentication (10 characters

MD5

authentication (10 characters

MD5

. The phrase must be from

). The phrase must be from 15

15 to

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Menu Items

System

continued

Identification

Date/Time

Use this section to display and c onfigure the unit’s system identification values. The following items are configurable:

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Name The unit’s system name (used as the Contact The unit’s contact or owner (used as the Location The unit’s physical location (used as the

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Date The date for the system in the form of MM/DD/YYYY. Time The time for the system in the form of HH:MM:SS (24 hour time).

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

SNMP MIB-II

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

sysName

SNMP MIB-II

OID

sysContact sysLocation

OID

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Menu Items

System

File Transfer

continued

Remote

Item

Item Description

ItemItem

Display the current transfer settings

Display the current transfer settingsDisplay the current transfer settings

TFTP

Server

FTP

Server

FTP

ServerUser Name User name of the

FTP

Server Password Password of the

IP IP

IP address of the remote the

Network

TFTP: Remote Server

address of the remote

the

Network

FTP: Remote Server

Network

FTP Client: User Name

Network

FTP Client: Password

menu’s

TFTP/FTP

FTP

TFTP/FTP

Description

DescriptionDescription

TFTP

server defined in

TFTP/FTP

TFTP/FTP IP

FTP

server defined in the

settings.

FTP

server defined in

settings.

Configure the Name of the File to Download

Configure the Name of the File to DownloadConfigure the Name of the File to Download

Filename The name of the file to be downloaded

Initiate the Transfer

Initiate the TransferInitiate the Transfer

Result of Last File Transfer Display the results of the last file transfer. Initiate File Transfer Via Choose to transfer the file by

TFTP

FTP

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Menu Items

System

continued

Tools

Links (Web Interface only)

Item

Item Description

ItemItem

No Action Causes no action. Reboot Card Re-initializes the unit’s management card. Reset Card to Defaults Restores all configuration settings to their

defaults, including user accounts, and enables

Reset Card to Defaults Except

TCP/IP

Restores all configuration settings (except

TCP/IP

) to their defaults.

BOOTP

Description

DescriptionDescription

Use this section to configure URL links that appear on the Navigat ion menu at the left. (The APC Links are pre-defined, but can be changed.)

Item

Item Definition

ItemItem

Configure the User Links

Configure the User LinksConfigure the User Links

Definition

DefinitionDefinition

Name For each link, the name that will appear on the menu bar. URL The

Name View the names of the URL Define the

HTTP

Configure the APC Links

Configure the APC LinksConfigure the APC Links

link in

URL

of each

URL

form:

http://mysite.com/mypage.com

APC

links.

APC

link.

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Menu Items

Help

Help options

Interactive Assistant

About Card

In the Web interface:

• The

• The Contents page provides an overview of parameters that

• To access help about a page, click the ? at the end of th e black

In the Control Console, type

Interactive Assistant brings APC Customer Serv ice to the Web. When you select Interactive Assistant, the Environmental Monitoring Unit transmits information about the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s management card to APC’s Interactive Assistant server. The server informs you if a newer version of firmware is available and can link you to extensive context-sensitive help.

About Card displays information about the Environmental Monitoring

Unit’s hardware, applicati on module, and APC OS, including the serial number , hardware revision, and the date and time at which the AOS was loaded.

Help menu is at the lower left.

you can display and configure.

title bar of that page.

for help about the current menu.

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Environmental Monitoring Unit

Configuring and Using Email Notification

Configuring Email Recipients

Menu options

Settings

To identify up to four email recipients, use one of the following:

• The

Setting

Setting Description

SettingSetting

To Address

Send via

Recipients Email

Defines the user and domain names of the recipient. To use email for paging, use the email address for the recipient’s

pager gateway account (for example, pager gateway generates the page.

Note:

Lets you choose one of the following methods for routing email:

• Send email through the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s SMTP server. Selecting option, ensures that the email is sent before the unit’s 20-second timeout, and, if necessary, is retried several times.

• Send email directly to the recipient’s remote SMTP server. If you select the server is busy, the timeout ma y prevent some ema il from being sent, With this option, the management card tries to send the email only once.

When the recipient uses the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s SMTP server, this setting has no effect.

option of the Web interface’s

option of the Control Console’s

Description

DescriptionDescription

The recipient’s pager must be able to use text-based messaging.

Local SMTP Server

Recipient’s SMTP Server

myacct100@skytel.com

, which is the recommended

option, and the remote SMTP

Events

Network

). The

Configuring the local SNMP server

Email Generation

When you select the you must do one of the following:

Enables (by default) or disables sending email to the defined recipient.

Local SNMP Server

option for the

Send via

setting,

• Make sure that forwarding is enabled at that server so that the server can route email to external SMTP servers.

Note:

Always see your SMTP-server administrator before changing the configuration of your SMTP server.

• Set up a special email account for the Environmental Monitoring Unit. This account then forwards the Email to an external email account.

Testi n g Em a il

n the Web interface, use the

Email Test

option to send a test email

message to a configured recipient.

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Configuring and Using Email Notification

Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings

Requirements for using SMTP

DNS server

To use the Simpl e Mail T ransfer Pr otocol (SMTP) t o send email whe n an event occurs, you must define the following settings:

• The IP address of the Domain Name Service (DNS) server.

• The DNS name of the settings for

SMTP.

SMTP

server and the

From Address

• The email addresses for a maximum of four recipients.

Note:

To page an email recipient who uses a text-based pager gateway, see the description of the in

Settings on page 21.

To Address

setting

To enable the Environmental Monitoring Unit to send email messages, you must use the

TCP/IP & DNS

(Control Console) in the

Network

option (Web interface) or

menu to identify the Domain Name

DNS

option

Service (DNS) server by its IP address. If the unit does not receive a response from the DNS server within five

seconds, email cannot be sent. Therefore, use a DNS server on the same segment as the unit or on a nearby segment (but not across a WAN).

After you define the DNS serve r’s IP address, verify that DNS is working correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your network to obtain the IP address for that DNS name.

SMTP settings

The

option in the

Network

menu accesses the following SMTP

settings:

Setting

Setting Description

SettingSetting

SMTP Server From Address

The DNS name of the SMTP server. The contents of the

the Environmental Monitoring Unit.

Note:

See the documentation for your SMTP server to determine whether you must you use a valid user account on the server for this setting.

Description

DescriptionDescription

field in the email messages sent by

From

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Environmental Monitoring Unit

Managing the Unit with SNMP

SNMP Interface

Purpose

PowerNet MIB OID

Using the OIDs

Using monitoring OIDs

Using contact OIDs

Use the read-only

[mUpsEnviron]

humidity values.

OID

OID Function

OIDOID

mUpsRelativeHumidity mUpsAmbientTmperature

Use the

[mUpsContact]

sensor values.

OID

OID Function

OIDOID

mUpsContactNumContacts {mUpsContactTable}

OID

s to view temperature and

Function

FunctionFunction

Reports the relative humidity sensed by the probes. Reports the ambient temperature in Celsius, sensed

by the probes.

OID

s to view and configure the current contact

Function

FunctionFunction

Lists how many contact sensors the unit uses. Lists the OIDs for each contact sensor:

contactNumber

which the other OIDs apply.

normalState

condition (unknown, open , or closed).

description

sensor

monitoringStatus

sensor is bei ng monitored

currentStatus

condition (unknown, noFault, or fault).

: Identifies the contact sensor for

: Defines the contact sensor’s normal

: Defines the purpose of the contact

: Defines whether the contact

: Identifies the sensor’s current

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Environmental Monitoring

Security

Security Features

Planning and implementing security features

Port assignments

User names, passwords, community names

As a network device that passes information across the network, the Environmental Monitoring Unit is subject to the same exposure as other devices on the network.

Use the information in this section to plan and implement the security features appropriate for your environment.

FT P

If a Telnet, specify the port when using the client interface, such as a Web browser. The non-standard port address becomes an extra “password,” hiding the server to provide an additional level of security.

TCP

The initially set at the standard “well known ports” for the protocols.To hide the interfaces, use any port numbers from

For an example of how to access a client interface for which the por t is non-standard, see

All user names, passwords, and community names for transferred over the network as plain te xt. A user who is capable of monitoring the network traffic can determine the user names and passwords required to log into the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s Control Console or Web interface as an Administr a tor or Device Manager . This security limitation of the protocols aff ects any device using Telnet, a Web server, or an

, or Web server uses a non-standard port , a user must

ports for which the Telnet,

Access to the Web interface on page 3.

FTP

, and Web servers listen are

5000 to 65535

SNMP

version 1 agent.

SNMP

are

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 25

Security

Authentication

Authentication versus encryption

MD5 authentication (Web interface)

The Environmental Monitoring Unit contr o ls access by providing basic authentication through user names, passwords, and provides no type of encryption. These basic securi ty features are sufficient for most environments, in which sensitive data is not being transferred. To ensure that data and communication between the Environmental Monitoring Unit and the client interfaces, such as Telnet and the Web browser, cannot be captured, you can provide a greater level of security by enabling See

MD5 authentication (Web interface) on this page.

The Web interface option for of access security than the basic

MD5

scheme is similar to

Enabling

MD5

implements the following security features:

• The Web server requests a user name and a password phrase (distinct from the password). The user name and password phrase are not transmitted over the network, as they are in basic authentication. Instead, a Java login applet combines the user name, password phrase, and a unique session challenge number to calculate an number is returned to the server to verify that the user has the correct login information; the login information.

• In addition to the login authentication, each form post for configuration or control operati ons is authenticated with a unique challenge and hash response.

• After the authentication login, subsequent page access is restricted by must have cookies enabled in your browser.) Pages are transmitted in their plain-text form, with no encryption.

MD5

authentication for the Web interface.

MD5

authentication enables a higher level

HTTP

authentication scheme. The

CHAP

addresses and a hidden session cookie. (You

PAP

and

MD5

remote access protocols.

hash number. Only the hash

authentication does not reveal

addresses, but

MD5

authentication, which is availab le onl y for the Web

SNMP

, you can disable write-only access so that read

RFC

document #

MD5

authentication provides a much higher le vel of security

1321

CHAP

at the Web site of the

RFC

, see

document #

FTP

, and

1994

Firewalls

If you use interface, disable the less secure interfaces, including Telnet,

SNMP

. For

access and trap facilities are st ill available. For additional in formation on

MD5

authentication, see

Internet Engineering Task Force. For

Although than the plain-text access methods, complet e protection from security breaches is almost impossible to achieve. Well-configured firewalls are an essential element in an overall security scheme.

Continued on next page

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 26

Security

Authentication

Summary of access methods

continued

The following table describes interfaces and its access methods.

Interface

Interface Security Access

InterfaceInterface

Serial Control Console

Te lnet Control Console

SNMP

Access is by user name and password.

These methods are available:

Security Access Notes

Security AccessSecurity Access

Always enabled.

The user name and password

• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

• Community Name

NMS IP

•

• Agent Enable/Disable

• Four access communities with

filters

read/write/disable capability

are transmitted as plain text.

The NMS IP filters allow access from designated IP addresses.

• 159.215.12.1 allows only the NMS with that IP address to have access.

• 159.215.12.255 allows access for any NMS on the

159.215.12 segment.

• 159.215.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the

159.215 segment.

• 159.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 159 segment.

• 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS.

Notes

NotesNotes

FTP Server

Web Se rver

These methods are available:

• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

These methods are available:

• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

MD5

Authentication option

•

Only the Administrator account has access.

In basic mode, the user name and password are transm itte d b as e64 encoded (with no encryption). mode uses a user name and password phrase.

HTTP

authentication

MD5

authentication

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(Corporate Headquarters)

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APC AP9312THi, AP9312TH User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

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

Menu Items

Introduction

Interface similarities and differences

Contents of this section

Environmental Monitoring

Purpose

Status: probes

Status: contacts

Status: firmware version

Configuration

Events

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)

Network

Purpose

TCP/IP

TFTP/FTP

Telnet/Web

SNMP

Email (Control Console only)

System

Purpose

User Manager

Identification

Date/Time

File Transfer

Tools

Links (Web Interface only)

Help

Help options

Interactive Assistant

About Card

Configuring and Using Email Notification

Configuring Email Recipients

Menu options

Settings

Configuring the local SNMP server

Testi n g Em a il

Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings

DNS server

SMTP settings

Managing the Unit with SNMP

SNMP Interface

Purpose

Using the OIDs

Using monitoring OIDs

Using contact OIDs

Security

Security Features

Planning and implementing security features

Port assignments

User names, passwords, community names

Authentication