APC AP9617 User Manual 2

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Contents

Introduction--1

Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Internal Management Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Watchdog Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Control Console--8

How To Log On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

How to Recover from a Lost Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Control Console Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Web Interface--18

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to Log On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Navigation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Network Menu--28

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

System Menu--35

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

DC Power Plant & Device Manager Menus--41

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Status Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Event-Related Menus--66

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Event Actions (Web Interface only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Event Recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

E-mail Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

How to Configure Individual Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Data Menu (Web Interface Only)--81

Log Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuration Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Security--83

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Troubleshooting--86

Management Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Product Information--88

Warranty and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Life-Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Index--93

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Introduction

Product Description

Features

The APC AP9617 Network Management Card EX is a web-based management product that uses multiple, open standards such as Telnet, HTTP, and SNMP to provide full management of supported devices:

• The following is a list of some of this Management Card’s features:

– Provides a Data Log accessible by FTP or a Web browser.

– Provides an Event Log accessible by Telnet, FTP, or a Web browser

– Detects connection speed of 10/100 MB per second.

– Generates e-mail notifications for DC Power Plant events and

system events.

– Limits SNMP traps and e-mail notifications based on the severity

level of the DC Power Plant or system events

– For Magnum models, can be managed through InfraStruXure Manager.

Initial set-up

You must define three TCP/IP settings for the Network Management Card before it can operate on the network.

• IP address of the Management Card

• Subnet mask

• IP address of the default gateway

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To configure the TCP/IP settings, see the Network Management Card Quick-Start Manual (.\doc\en\Qckguide), provided in printed form, and in PDF on the APC Network Management Card utility CD.

Network management features

The Management Card can perform a variety of tasks. The figure that follows identifies and briefly describes the network management applications that can work with a DC Power Plant that connects to the network through the Management Card.

The APC Management Card Wizard identified in the following figure can be used to configure multiple Management Cards, either serially or over the network. It cannot be used to download firmware upgrades.

UDP

FTP

HTTP

SNMP

DC Power

Plant

The Management Card connects the DC Power Plant to the network.

SNMP

HTTP

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MIB Browser

Web Browser

FTP

Management Card Wizard

Uses SNMP OIDs to provide SETs and G on a DC Power Plant.ETs

Provides a graphical UI to the DC Power Plant through a standard Web browser.

Configures multiple Management Cards over a network.

Internal Management Features

Overview

The Management Card has two internal interfaces (control console and Web interface) which provide menus with options that allow you to manage the DC Power Plant and the Management Card. The Management Card’s SNMP interface also allows you to use an SNMP browser with the

PowerNet Plant.

Management Information Base (MIB) to manage the DC Power

For more information about the Management Card’s internal user interfaces, see Control Console and Web Interface.

To use the PowerNet MIB with an SNMP browser, see the

PowerNet

SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)

See also

Reference Guide (\doc\en\Dcmibgde.pdf), which is provided on the APC Network Management Card utility CD.

Access priority for logging on

Only one user at a time can log onto the Management Card to use its internal user interface features. The priority for access is as follows:

• Local access to the control console from a computer with a direct serial connection to the Management Card always has the highest priority.

• Telnet access to the control console from a remote computer has priority over Web access.

• Web access either directly or through the InfraStruXure Manager (for InfraStruXure-compatible products), has the lowest priority.

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For information about how SNMP access to the Management Card is controlled, see SNMP.

Types of user accounts

The Management Card has two levels of access (Administrator and Device Manager), both of which are protected by Password and User Name requirements.

• An Administrator can use all of the management menus available in the control console and the Web interface. The Administrator’s default

User Name and Password are both apc.

• A Device Manager can use only these menus:

–The Device Manager menu and its sub-menus in the control

console, and all menus in the top section of the navigation panel of the Web Interface (System, Power Modules, Distribution,

Batteries, I/O)

– the Log option in the Events menu and in the Data menu in the

Web interface. (A Device Manager can also access the Event Log in

the control console by pressing A Device Manager cannot access the Network menu or the System menu that are in the second part of the navigation panel in the Web interface and are sub-menus of the main Control Console menu in

CTRL-L)

the control console. The Device Manager’s default User Name is device, and the default

Password is apc.

For information about how to set Administrator and Device Manager User Name and Password settings, see User

Manager.

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Front Panel

Introduction

The front-panel features of the Network Management Card (AP9617) include Status LEDs, a Reset button, and a 10/100Base-T connector.

10/100Base-T

Features

Feature Description

Reset button Resets the Management Card while power remains on.

10/100 Base-T connector Connects the Management Card to the Ethernet network.

Link-RX/TX (

Status LEDs See Status LEDs.

Reset

Smart Slot

10/100) LED See Link-RX/TX (10/100) LED.

Link - RX/TX Status

100

AP9617 Network Management Card EX

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Link-RX/TX (

This LED indicates the network status.

Condition Description

Off Either the Management Card is receiving no network traffic, or the

Flashing Green The Management Card is receiving data packets from the network

Flashing Orange The Management Card is receiving data packets from the network

10/100

) LED

device which connects the Management Card to the network is turned off or not operating correctly.

at 10 Megabits per second (Mbps).

at 100 Megabits per second (Mbps).

Status LEDs

These LEDs indicate the Management Card’s status.

Condition Description

Off The Management Card has no power.

Solid Green The Management Card has valid TCP/IP settings.

Flashing Green The Management Card does not have valid TCP/IP settings.

Solid Orange A hardware failure has been detected in the Management Card.

Contact APC Worldwide Customer Support.

Flashing Orange The Management Card is making BOOTP

1.If you do not use a BOOTP server, see the Network Management Card Quick-Start Manual (.\doc\en\Qckguide) provided in printed format and in PDF on the APC Network Management Card utility CD settings.

2.To use a BOOTP server, see the Management Card Addendum (.\doc\Addendum.pdf) on the APC Network Management Card utility CD.

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for information about how to configure the Management Card’s TCP/IP

requests.

Watchdog Features

Overview

To detect internal problems and recover from unanticipated inputs, the Management Card uses internal, system-wide watchdog mechanisms. When it reboots itself to recover from an internal problem, a System:

Warmstart event is recorded in the Event Log.

Network interface watchdog mechanism

The Management Card implements internal watchdog mechanisms to protect itself from becoming inaccessible over the network. For example, if the Management Card 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 reboots itself.

Resetting the network timer

To ensure that the Management Card does not reboot if the network is quiet for 9.5 minutes, the Management Card attempts to contact the Default Gateway every 4.5 minutes. If the gateway is present, it responds to the Management Card, 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 Management Card from rebooting.

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Control Console

How To Log On

Overview

You can use either a local (serial) connection, or a remote (Telnet) connection with a computer on the Management Card’s subnet to access the control console.

Use case-sensitive User Name and Password entries to log in (by default,

apc and apc, for an Administrator, or device and apc, for a Device

Manager).

If you cannot remember your User Name or Password, see

How to Recover from a Lost Password.

Remote access to the control console

You can use Telnet to log into the control console from any computer on the same subnet as the Management Card.

1. At a command prompt, type telnet and the Management Card’s System IP address, and then press

telnet 139.225.6.133

2. Enter your User Name and Password.

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ENTER. For example:

Local access to the control console

You can use a local computer that connects to the Management Card through the Management Card’s serial port. The type of cable to use depends on the location of the Management Card in the DC Power Plant:

• Type 1: The Management Card is an integrated part of the DC System Controller. The DC System Controller front panel has the following connectors:

– A female DB-9 connector for connection to the control console.

– An RJ-45 10/100BaseT connector for connection to the network. For Type 1 equipment, use the straight-through serial cable (940-0085 or 0129-6) supplied with the DC Power Plant.

• Type 2: The Management Card is not a part of the DC System Controller. It is installed separately from the controller. The female DB-9 connector for connection to the control console is next to the Management Card. For Type 2 equipment use a smart-signaling (advanced signaling) cable (940-0024 or 940-1524) supplied with the DC Power Plant.

To connect Type 1 equipment:

1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service that uses that port.

2. Use the Type 1 cable (940-0085 or 0129-6) to connect the selected port to the serial port on the DC System Controller.

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To connect Type 2 equipment:

1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service that uses that port.

2. Use the smart-signaling (advanced signaling) cable (940-0024 or 940-1524) to connect the selected port to the serial port on the mounting bracket of the Management Card.

Do not attach the cable to the serial port on the front panel of the DC System Controller

To continue the procedure for either type of equipment:

3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, and save the changes.

), and configure the

4. Press

5. Enter your user name and, at the Password prompt, your password.

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ENTER to display the User Name prompt.

How to Recover from a Lost Password

You can use a local computer that connects to the Management Card through the serial port at the Management Card’s mounting bracket to access the control console.

1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service which uses that port.

2. Use the type 1 or type 2 serial cable as described in Local access to

the control console to connect the selected port to the Management

Card’s serial port.

3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, and save the changes.

), and configure the

4. Press

5. Press the Reset button on the Management Card, which causes the Management Card to restart, a process that typically takes approximately 15 seconds.

6. Press prompt, then use 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 start the login procedure again at step 4.)

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

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ENTER to display the User Name prompt.

ENTER as many times as necessary to redisplay the User Name

CTRL-C and log off.

Reconnect any cable that you disconnected in step 2 and restart any service that you disabled in step 1.

Main Screen

Example main screen

The following is an example of the screen that appears when you log onto the control console at a Network Management Card (AP9617).

User Name: apc Password : ***

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : Plant1 Date: 04/15/2004 Contact : Tom_Adams Time: 05:49:30 Location : TestLab User: Administrator Up Time : 1 Day 4 Hours 5 Minutes Stat: P+ N+ A+

DC Power Plant : No Alarms Present

-------- Control Console ------------------------------------------------------

1- Device Manager 2- Network 3- System 4- Logout

<ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log >

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Information and status fields

Main screen information fields.

• Two fields identify the APC operating system (AOS) and application (APP) firmware versions. The application firmware uses a name that identifies the type of DC Power Plant that the Management Card connects to the network. In the Example main screen, the Management Card uses the application firmware for the DC Power Plant.

Network Management Card AOS v1.0.7 MX28B DC APP v1.1.1

• Three fields identify the system Name, Contact, and Location values.

Name : Plant1 Contact : Tom_Adams Location : TestLab

To set the Name, Contact, and Location values, see

System Menu.

•An Up Time field reports how long the Management Card has been running since it was last turned on or reset.

Up Time : 1 Day 4 Hours 5 Minutes

• Two fields identify when you logged on, by Date and Time.

Date : 04/15/2004 Time : 05:49:30

•A User field identifies whether you logged on as an Administrator or

Device Manager.

User : Administrator

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Main screen status fields.

•A Stat field reports the Management Card 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 Management Card failed to connect to the network.

N! Another device is using the Management Card’s IP address.

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 the AOS status is not P+, contact APC Worldwide

Customer Support, even if you can still access the

Management Card.

•A DC model and name field reports the status of the DC Power Plant. For example:

DC Power Plant : No Alarms Present

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Control Console Menus

Overview

The control console dynamically expands to provide options that you use to manage a Management Card and the DC Power Plant.

Main menu

The main Control Console menu has options that provide access to the control console’s management features:

1- Device Manager 2- Network 3- System 4- Logout

When you log on as Device Manager, you can access only the Device Manager menus and the Logout menu.

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Menu structure

The menus in the control console list options by number and name. To use an option, type the option’s number and press screen instructions.

Some options access a new menu; other options allow you to change a setting. Menus that allow you to change a setting have an Accept Changes option which you must use before you exit a menu to save the changes you made.

While in a menu, you can also do the following:

ENTER, then follow any on-

•Type the menu has help available)

• Press

• Press current menu

• Press

? and press ENTER, to access brief menu option descriptions (if

ENTER, to refresh the menu

ESC, to go back to the menu from which you accessed the

CTRL-C, to return to the main (Control Console) menu

CTRL-L, to access the Event Log.

For information about the Event Log, see Event-Related

Menus.

Device Manager option

This option accesses the Device Manager menu. This menu’s options allow you to select the device that you want to manage. For example:

1- DC Power Plant

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Network option

To do any of the following tasks, see Network Menu:

• Configure the Management Card’s TCP/IP settings.

• Use the Ping utility

• Define settings that affect the Management Card’s FTP, Telnet, Web interface, SNMP, e-mail, and DNS features

System option

To do any of the following tasks, see System Menu:

• Control Administrator and Device Manager access

• Define the system Name, Contact, and Location values

• Set the Date and Time used by the Management Card

• Reboot the Management Card

• Reset control console settings to their default values

• Access system information about the Management Card

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Web Interface

Introduction

Overview

The Web interface provides options that you use to manage a Management Card and the DC Power Plant.

Web menu options

Two Web menu options affect access to the Web interface.

• Access: Enables (by default) or disables the Web interface.

• Port: Defines the Web-server port (80, by default) used for the Web interface.

For more information about the Access and Port options, see

FTP Server, and Telnet & Web options.

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Supported Web browsers

As your browser, you can use Microsoft® Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 (and

higher) or Netscape through its Web interface.

Some Web interface features (data verification, Event Log, and Data Log) require that you enable the following for your Web browser:

• JavaScript

•Java

• Cookies

In addition, the Management Card 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:

• Configure the Web browser to disable the use of a proxy server for the Management Card

• Configure the proxy server so that it does not proxy the specific IP

4.0.8 (and higher) to access the Management Card

address of the Management Card

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How to Log On

Overview

You can use a Management Card’s DNS name or System IP address for the URL address of the Web interface. Use your case-sensitive User Name and Password settings to log on (by default, apc and apc, for an Administrator, or device and apc, for a Device Manager).

For information about the Web page that appears when you log onto the Web interface, see Summary Page.

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URL address formats

Type the Management Card’s DNS name or IP address in the Web browser’s URL address field and press http:// is automatically added by the browser.

If the error “You are not authorized to view this page” occurs (Internet Explorer only), someone is logged onto the Web interface or control console. If the error “No Response” (Netscape) or “This page cannot be displayed” (Internet Explorer) occurs, Web access may be disabled, or the Management Card may use a non-default Web-server port that you did not specify correctly in the address.

For more information, see FTP Server, and Telnet & Web

options.

• For a DNS name of Web1, the entry would be:

http://Web1

ENTER. Except as noted below,

• For a System IP address of 158.205.12.114, when the Management Card uses the default port (80) at the Web server, the entry would be:

http://158.205.12.114

• For a System IP address of 158.205.12.114, when the Management Card uses a non-default port (5000, in this example) at the Web server, the entry would be:

http://158.205.12.114:5000

For Internet Explorer, you must type http:// as part of the address when any port other than 80 is used. Omitting http://causes the error “This page cannot be displayed.” For more information, see FTP Server, and Telnet & Web

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options.

Summary Page

Example Web page

The following is an example of the navigation menu (see Navigation Menu) and Summary page that appear when you log onto the Web interface at a Network Management Card.

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Summary page fields

The Summary page has two sections:

•The DC section reports the status of a connected DC Power Plant.

• The Management Card section reports the following information:

–The Name, Contact and Location information for the Management

Card

– The login Date and Time

– Type of User (Administrator or Device Manager)

– How long (Up Time) the Management Card has been continuously

running since it was turned on or reset

–The Status of the Management Card

Help icon on quick status tab

Click on the question mark (?) in the quick status tab in the upper-right corner of any Web interface page to access the online help for that page.

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When you click Help, the Contents for the online help is automatically displayed to provide for easy navigation to a specific online help topic. However, from any of the Web interface pages, you can use the question mark (?) that appears in the quick status bar to link to the section of the online help that covers that page’s content.

The Help menu also has an About System option you use to view information about the Management Card’s Model Number, Serial Number,

Hardware Revision, Manufacture Date, MAC Address, Application Module and APC OS (AOS) Module, including the date and time these

modules were loaded.

In the control console, the About System option, which is a

System menu option, identifies the Flash Type used.

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Links menu

Provides three user-definable URL link options. By default, these links access the following APC Web pages:

• APC’s Web Site accesses the APC home page

• Testdrive Demo accesses a demonstration page where you can use samples of APC web-enabled products

• APC Monitoring accesses the “APC Remote Monitoring Service” page where you can find more information about pay-for-monitoring services available from APC

You can use the following procedure to redefine these links so that they point to other URLs.

1. Click on Links in the System menu.

2. Define any new names for the User Links.

3. Define any new URL addresses that you want the User Links to access.

4. Click Apply.

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Network Menu

Introduction

Overview

The Network menu has the options that you use to do the following tasks:

• Define TCP/IP settings, including BOOTP server settings, when a BOOTP server is used to provide the needed TCP/IP values

• Use the Ping utility

• Define settings that affect the Management Card’s FTP, Telnet, Web interface, SNMP, e-mail, and DNS features

Only an Administrator has access to the Network menu.

Menu options

Unless noted, the following menu options are available in the control console and Web interface:

• TCP/IP

• DNS

• Send DNS Query (Web interface only)

• Ping utility (control console)

• FTP Server, and Telnet & Web options

• SNMP

• Email

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Option Settings

These options are combined in the Web interface (the TCP/IP

& DNS option) but separate in the control console.

TCP/IP

Use this option to enable or disable BOOTP, and when BOOTP is disabled, to define the three TCP/IP settings that the Management Card needs to operate on the network.

• The Management Card’s System IP address

• The subnet mask value

• The IP address of the default gateway

For information about the watchdog role of the default gateway, see Resetting the network timer.

When BOOTP is enabled (by default), you can affect only the BOOTP setting: A BOOTP server will provide the Management Card with its TCP/IP settings whenever the Management Card is turned on, reset, or rebooted.

To use BOOTP, see the Network Management Card Addendum (.\doc\en\addendum.pdf) provided on the APC Network

See also

Current TCP/IP settings fields. The current values for System IP,

Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and the Management Card’s MAC Address are displayed above the TCP/IP settings in the control console

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and Web interface.

Management Card utility CD.

DNS

This control console option is part of the TCP/IP & DNS option in the Web interface.

Configure Domain Name Server Settings fields. Use these fields to

define the IP addresses of the primary and secondary Domain Name Servers (DNS) used by the Management Card’s e-mail feature.

See E-mail Feature and DNS servers.

Send DNS Query (Web interface only). Use this option, available only

through the TCP/IP & DNS menu in the Web interface, to send a DNS query that tests the setup of your DNS servers.

Use the following settings to define the parameters for the test DNS request; you view the result of the test DNS request in the Last Query

Response field (Passed, Failed, or Not Responding).

• Use the Query Type setting to select the method to use for the DNS query:

– The URL name of the server (By Name)

– The IP address of the server (By IP)

– The Mail Exchange used by the server (By MX)

• Use the Query Question text field to specify the value to be used for the selected Query Type:

–For Name, specify the URL

–For IP, specify the IP address

–For MX, specify the Mail Exchange address

• Use the DNS Server to Query to select whether you want to query the

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Primary DNS Server or Secondary DNS Server.

Ping utility (control console)

Select this option, available only in the control console, to check the Management Card’s network connection by testing whether a defined IP address responds to the Ping network utility.

By default, the default gateway IP address (see TCP/IP) is used. However, you can use the IP address of any device known to be running on the network.

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FTP Server, and Telnet & Web options

The Telnet and Web options are combined in the Web interface but separate in the control console.

Each of these options has a setting which enables (by default) or disables

Access, and a Port setting that identifies the TCP/IP port used for

communications with the Management Card. The default Port settings are 21 (FTP), 23 (Telnet), and 80 (Web interface).

To enhance the protection provided by User Name and Password settings, change the Port setting to a unique port number from 5000 to 65535. After this change, when you log on, you must add a colon (:) and the non-default Port number to the IP address used. The following examples show the FTP, Telnet, and Web interface commands needed when the Port numbers have been changed to 5000 for FTP, 59401 for Telnet, and 65002 for HTTP at a management card with a System IP address of 159.215.12.114:

ftp 159.215.12.114:5000 telnet 159.215.12.114:59401 http://159.215.12.114:65002

To use FTP to download configuration files, see the Management Card Addendum (.\doc\en\addendum.pdf) on the APC Network

See also

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Management Card utility CD.

To use FTP to access a text version of the Management Card’s Event Log or Data Log, see How to use FTP to retrieve log files.

SNMP

An Access option (the Settings option in the control console) enables (by default) or disables SNMP. When SNMP is enabled, the Access Control settings allow you to control how each of the four available SNMP channels is used.

To define up to four NMSs to serve as trap receivers, see

Trap Receiver settings.

Setting Definition

Community Name

NMS IP Limits access to the NMS or NMSs specified by the format used for the

Defines the password (maximum of 15 characters) which an NMS that is defined by the NMS IP setting below uses to access the channel.

IP address.

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

• 162.245.12.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162.245.12 segment.

• 162.245.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162.245 segment.

• 162.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162 segment.

• 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS.

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Setting Definition

Access Type

Selects how the NMS defined by the NMS IP setting can use the channel, when that NMS uses the correct Community Name.

Read The NMS can use GETs at any time, but it can never use

SETs.

Write The NMS can use GETs at any time, and can use SETs

when no one is logged onto either the control console or Web interface.

Disabled The NMS cannot use GETs or SETs.

Write+ The NMS can use GETs and SETs at any time, even

when someone is logged onto the control console or Web interface.

Email

Use this option to define two SMTP settings (SMTP Server and From

Address) used by the Management Card’s e-mail feature.

For more information about these settings, see SMTP settings; for more information about e-mail as it relates to the Management Card, see E-mail

Feature.

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System Menu

Introduction

Overview

The System menu has the options that you use to do the following tasks:

• Configure system identification, date and time settings, and Administrator and Device Manager access

• Synchronize the Management Card’s real-time clock with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server

• Download configuration files

• Reset or reboot the Management Card

• Define the URL links available in the Web interface

• Access hardware and firmware information about the Management Card

• Set the units (Fahrenheit or Celsius) used for temperature displays

Only an Administrator has access to the System menu.

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Menu options

Unless noted, the following menu options are available in the control console and Web interface:

• User Manager

• Identification

• Date & Time

• Too ls

• Preferences (Web interface)

• Links (Web interface)

• About System

The About System option is a Help menu option in the Web interface.

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Option Settings

User Manager

Use this option to define the access values shared by the control console and the Web interface.

Setting Definition

Auto Logout The number of minutes (3, by default), before a user is

automatically logged off because of inactivity.

Administrator and Device Manager User

User Name Defines the case-sensitive name (maximum of 10 characters) used

to log onto the control console or Web interface (apc, by default, for

Administrator, and device, by default, for Device Manager User).

Password Defines the case-sensitive password (maximum of 10 characters).

apc is the default for both Password settings.

Identification

Use this option to define the System Name, Contact, and Location values used by the Management Card’s SNMP agent. The option’s settings provide the values used for the MIB-II sysName, sysContact, and

sysLocation Object Identifications (OIDs).

For more information about the MIB-II OIDs, see the PowerNet® SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) Reference Guide

See also

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(.\doc\en\Dcmibgde.pdf) provided on the APC Network Management Card utility CD.

Date & Time

Use this option to set the time and date used by the Management Card. The option displays the current settings, and allows you to change those settings manually, or through a Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server.

Set Manually. Use this option in the Web interface, or Manual in the

control console, to set Date and Time for the Management Card.

An Apply Local Computer Time to Network Management

Card option, which is available in the Web interface only,

sets these values to match the date and time settings of the computer you are using to access the Web interface.

Synchronize with Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server

which is called Network Time Protocol (NTP) in the control console, to have an NTP Server automatically update the Date and Time settings for the Management Card.

In the control console, use the NTP Client option to enable or disable (the default) the NTP Server updates. In the Web interface, use the Set Manually option to disable the updates.

Setting Definition

Primary NTP Server Identifies the IP address of the primary NTP server.

Secondary NTP Server Identifies the IP address of the secondary NTP server,

when a secondary server is available.

TIme Zone Defines the offset to be used from Greenwich Mean TIme

(GMT) based on the Management Card’s time zone.

Update Interval Defines how often, in weeks, the Management Card will

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access the NTP Server for an update (1 week minimum,

52 weeks maximum). Use Update Using NTP Now to

initiate an immediate update as well.

. Use this option,

Tools

Use this option to reboot the Management Card or to reset some or all of its configuration settings to their original, default values.

Action Definition

Reboot Restarts the Management Card.

Reset to Defaults Resets all configuration settings.

Reset to Defaults Except TCP/IP

XMODEM (control console only)

Resets all configuration settings except the TCP/IP settings.

Allows you to download firmware using a terminalemulation program when you use a local connection to the control console only. To connect to the control console locally, see Local access to the control console.

Preferences (Web interface)

Use this option to define whether temperature values are displayed as

Fahrenheit or Celsius in the Web interface and the control console.

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Links (Web interface)

Use this option to modify the links to APC Web pages.

Setting Definition

User Links

Name Defines the link names that appear in the Links menu (by default,

APC’s Web Site, Testdrive Demo, and Remote Monitoring).

URL Defines the URL addresses used by the links. By default, the

following URL addresses are used:

• http://www.apc.com (APC’s Web Site)

• http://testdrive.apc.com (Testdrive Demo)

• http://rms.apc.com (Remote Monitoring)

OTE:For information about these pages see Links menu.

Access Links

APC Home Page Defines the URL address used by the APC logo at the top of all Web

interface pages (by default, http://www.apc.com).

About System

This option identifies hardware information for the Management Card, including its Model Number, Serial Number, Hardware Revision,

Manufacture Date, MAC Address, and Flash Type.

This information is set at the factory and cannot be changed.

In the Web interface, except for Flash Type, this hardware information is reported by the About System option in the

Help menu.

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DC Power Plant & Device Manager Menus

Status Options

System and battery status

To display system and battery status, do either of the following:

• In the Web interface, select the DC Parameters option of the first menu item (System)

• In the control console, select, in order, Device Manager, DC Power

Plant, DC System, and DC System Parameters.

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Web interface. The Web interface displays the DC Power Plant page.

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Control Console. The DC Power Plant screen displays the same status

information as the DC Power Plant page of the Web interface.

DC System Voltage (V) : -54.30 DC System Current (A) : 0.21 DC System Temperature(degC) : 32.90 Battery Current (A) : 0.014 Battery Temperature (degC) : 30.11 Battery Float Voltage (V) : -58.00 Battery Max Recharge (A) : 50.00

In the control console only, you can set alarm thresholds for the last two values. See the description of the first two menu items on the Battery

Thresholds submenu: 1- Float Voltage and 2- Max Recharge. (For the Battery Thresholds submenu, select, in order, Device Manager, DC Power Plant, DC System, Batteries.)

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Management Options

DC Power Plant options

Control Console and Web Interface. To access the following menu

options to manage the DC Power Plant:

• In the control console, select Device Manager and DC Power Plant.

• In the Web interface, use the menus in the top section of the navigation panel.

Control Console Web interface Link to Description

1 - DC System System>DC

Parameters

2 - Power Modules Power Modules Power Modules: Rectifiers and

3 - Distribution Distribution Distribution: Breakers and Fuses

4 - Batteries Batteries>Parameters Batteries: Status, Thresholds and

5 - Relays I/O Relays: Output Relays and Input

6 - LVD Batteries>LVD LVD (Low Voltage Disconnect)

7 - Power Plant

Alarms/ Internal Log

8 - About DC

Power System

In the Web interface, you display Power Plant alarms by

System>Active Alarms (Internal Log

not available)

not available About DC Power Plant System

DC System: DC System Parameters & OEM Parameters

Converters

Alarms

Relays

Power Plant Alarms/Internal Log

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selecting Active Alarms from the first menu (System) in the navigation panel.

DC System: DC System Parameters & OEM Parameters

Web Interface. DC System Parameters are displayed at the bottom of the

DC Power Plant page, which you access by selecting DC Parameters at

the first menu (System) in the navigation panel. At the bottom of the page are two links:

• To configure the DC System Parameters, click Configure.

• To display OEM Parameters, click View OEM Parameters.

For descriptions of the parameters, see Control Console.

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Control Console. From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power

Plant, then type

1 again to select DC System. The following options are

displayed.

1- DC System Parameters 2- OEM Parameters

From the DC System menu, type 1 to select DC System Parameters, which displays the following menu items:

Menu Item Description

1- Description1 Descriptions related to your DC Power Plant system.

2- Description2

3- Description3

4- High Temperature

5- High Temperature Alarm

6- Low Temperature

Low

Temperature Alarm

Standard alarm selections

•Major activates the major relay.

•Minor activates the minor relay.

•Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

•Ignore ignores the alarm.

Maximum per field: 16 characters.

The ambient high temperature threshold.

Minimum: 0 ° Celsius Maximum: 100.00° Celsius

The alarm action to occur when the ambient high temperature threshold (item 4 above) is violated.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection.

The ambient low temperature threshold.

Minimum: – 100.00° Celsius Maximum: 100.00° Celsius

The alarm action to occur when the ambient low temperature threshold (item 6 above) is violated.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection.

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Menu Item Description

8- Hardware Temperature Alarm

9- Remote Configurability

Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

Standard alarm selections

•Major activates the major relay.

•Minor activates the minor relay.

•Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

•Ignore ignores the alarm.

The alarm action to occur in response to any of the following

• No temperature probe cable is connected

• A faulty temperature probe cable is connected

• The temperature probe itself is faulty.

This alarm action occurs only if temperature compensation is enabled. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection.

Disables remote write access to the DC Power Plant. You can reenable access only from the DC Power Plant’s front panel.

From the DC System menu, type 2 to select OEM Parameters, which displays the following calibration parameters, which are set at the factory and cannot be changed:

Menu Item Description

Rectifier Offset Rectifier offset adjustment in volts.

Rectifier Gain Rectifier measurement gain adjustment.

Converter Offset

Converter Gain Converter measurement gain adjustment.

Shunt Offset Battery shunt offset adjustment in amps.

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Shunt Gain Battery shunt measurement gain adjustment.

Converter offset adjustment in volts.

Power Modules: Rectifiers and Converters

From the Device Manager menu, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then

2 to select Power Modules. The following options are displayed.

type

1- Rectifiers 2- Converters

Each option has sub-menus for parameters, alarms, and status.

Rectifiers. From the Rectifiers sub-menu, type 1 for configurable Rectifier

Parameters.

Rectifier Parameters Description

1- High Voltage Threshold (V) If rectifier voltage exceeds this value, a rectifier high

voltage alarm occurs. To set the alarm action, see

Rectifier Alarms.

2- Low Voltage Threshold (V) If rectifier voltage drops below this value, a rectifier low

voltage alarm occurs. To set the alarm action, see

Rectifier Alarms.

3- Fail Safe (V) The value sent to rectifier controllers to use if

communication is lost with the master controller or if the master controller board fails.

4- Communications Fail (sec) The time in seconds (60 by default) that a rectifier

waits for communication with the master controller before resetting all its values to their defaults.

5- Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

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From the Rectifiers sub-menu, type 2 for configurable Rectifier Alarms:

Rectifier Alarms Description

1- High Voltage Alarm

2- Low Voltage Alarm

3- Configuration Alarm

4- 1 of N Alarm The alarm action that occurs if one rectifier fails in a DC Power

5- 2 of N Alarm The alarm action that occurs if two or more rectifiers fail.

6- Diagnostic Alarm

The alarm action that occurs if the High Voltage Threshold has been violated. See Rectifier Parameters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if the Low Voltage Threshold has been violated. See Rectifier Parameters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if a new rectifier is detected that was not present when the system was rebooted or powered on.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Plant with multiple rectifiers

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs in response to a diagnostic alarm for the rectifier controller.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

or n of Nb.

7- Imbalance Alarm

Standard alarm selections:

• Major activates the major relay.

• Minor activates the minor relay.

• Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

• Ignore ignores the alarm.

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n of N activates the alarm setting for menu item 4 (1 of N) if one rectifier fails, or

activates the alarm setting for menu item 5 (2 of N) if two or more rectifiers fail.

The alarm action that occurs for rectifier imbalance.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

or n of Nb.

Rectifier Alarms Description

8- Current Limit Alarm

9- Standby Alarm The alarm action that occurs if the control unit is holding one or

10- Fan Failure Alarm

11- Failure Alarm The alarm action that occurs if the output of one or more rectifiers

12- Hardware Voltage Alarm

13- Accept Changes

Standard alarm selections:

• Major activates the major relay.

• Minor activates the minor relay.

• Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

• Ignore ignores the alarm.

n of N activates the alarm setting for menu item 4 (1 of N) if one rectifier fails, or

activates the alarm setting for menu item 5 (2 of N) if two or more rectifiers fail.

The alarm action that occurs if one or more rectifiers have been forced into the “current limited” mode.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

more rectifiers in the standby mode.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if the fan fails in one or more rectifiers.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

fails.

The alarm action that occurs if rectifier voltage is outside reasonable limits or if a voltage measurement failure occurs.

Note: There is a single rectifier voltage for all rectifiers.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Use this option to save your changes.

or n of Nb.

or n of N

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From the Rectifiers sub-menu, type 3 for Rectifier Status. Then at the prompt, enter the number of a rectifier for a report of its status.

Status Field Description

Device Type The device type of the rectifier, including voltage and amperage.

All rectifiers in a DC Power Plant must be the same type.

In Standby Reports Yes if the control unit is holding the rectifier in standby

mode.

Firmware Version The firmware revision of the rectifier device.

Rect Fail Alarm Reports Yes if the rectifier has failed.

PCB Serial No. The PCB (Printed Circuit Board) serial number of the rectifier.

Rect Voltage The system-level rectifier voltage.

Self Test Result Reports whether the rectifier has passed or failed its diagnostic

testing.

Rect Current The DC output current in amps.

Fan Fail Reports Yes if the rectifier fan has failed.

Current Limit Reports Yes if the rectifier has been forced into its current-limited

mode.

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Converters. From the Converters sub-menu, type 1 for configurable

Converter Parameters.

Converter Parameters Description

1- High Voltage Threshold (V)

2- Low Voltage Threshold (V)

3- Fail Safe (V) The value sent to the converter controllers to use if

4- Set Point (V) The initial set point used in the voltage control loop.

5- Fail Max (V) The value sent to the converter controllers to define the

6- Fail Min (V) The value sent to the converter controllers to define the

7- Communications Fail (sec)

If converter voltage exceeds this value, a converter high voltage alarm occurs. To set the alarm action, see Converter

Alarms.

If converter voltage drops below this value, a converter low voltage alarm occurs. To set the alarm action, see Converter

Alarms.

communication is lost with the master controller or if the master controller board fails.

maximum set point allowed (the converter fail maximum limit).

minimum set point allowed (the converter fail minimum limit).

The time in seconds (60 by default) that a converter waits for communication with the master controller before resetting all its values to their defaults.

8- Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

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From the Converters sub-menu, type 2 for configurable Converter

Alarms.

Converter Alarms Description

1- High Voltage Alarm

2- Low Voltage Alarm

3- Configuration Alarm

4- 1 of N Alarm The alarm action that occurs if one converter fails in a DC Power

5- 2 of N Alarm The alarm action that occurs if two or more converters fail.

6- Diagnostic Alarm The alarm action that occurs in response to a diagnostic alarm

The alarm action that occurs if the High Voltage Threshold has been violated. See Converter Parameters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if the Low Voltage Threshold has been violated. See Converter Parameters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if a new converter is detected.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Plant

with multiple converters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

for the converter controller.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

or n of Nb.

7- Imbalance Alarm The alarm action that occurs for converter imbalance.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Standard alarm selections:

Major activates the major relay. Minor activates the minor relay. Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified. Ignore ignores the alarm.

n of N activates the alarm setting for menu item 4 (1 of N) if one converter fails, or

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activates the alarm setting for menu item 5 (2 of N) if two or more converters fail.

or n of Nb.

Converter Alarms Description

8- Current Limit Alarm

9- Standby Alarm The alarm action that occurs if one or more of the converters are

10- Fan Failure Alarm

11- Failure Alarm The alarm action that occurs if the output of one or more

12- Hardware Voltage Alarm:

13- Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

Standard alarm selections:

The alarm action that occurs if one or more converters have been forced into the “current limited” mode.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

in standby mode.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if the fan fails in one or more converters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

converters fails.

The alarm action that occurs if converter voltage is outside reasonable limits or if a voltage measurement failure occurs.

Note: There is a single converter voltage for all converters.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

or n of Nb.

Major activates the major relay. Minor activates the minor relay. Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified. Ignore ignores the alarm.

n of N activates the alarm setting for menu item 4 (1 of N) if one converter fails, or

activates the alarm setting for menu item 5 (2 of N) if two or more converters fail.

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From the Converters sub-menu, type 3 for Converter Status. Then at the prompt, enter the number of a converter for a report of its status.

Status Field Description

Device Type The device type of the converter.

In Standby Reports Yes if the control unit is holding the converter in standby

mode.

Firmware Version

Conv Fail Alarm

PCB Serial No. The PCB (Printed Circuit Board) serial number of the converter.

Conv Voltage The system-level converter voltage.

Self Test Result Reports whether the converter has passed or failed its diagnostic

Conv Current The DC output current in amps.

Fan Fail Reports Yes if the converter fan has failed.

Current Limit Reports Yes if the converter has been forced into its current-limited

The firmware revision of the converter device.

Reports Yes if the converter has failed.

testing.

mode.

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Distribution: Breakers and Fuses

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 3 to select Distribution. The following options are displayed.

1- Breakers (range of numbers) 2- Fuses (range of numbers)

From the Distribution sub-menu, type 1 for Breakers or 2 for Fuses. Then at the prompt, enter the number of a distribution breaker or fuse to display its state (open or closed), its configurable name, and its configurable alarm setting.

• The name can be up to 16 characters.

• You can specify any of the standard alarm settings:

– Major activates the major relay.

– Minor activates the minor relay

– Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

– Ignore ignores the alarm.

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Batteries: Status, Thresholds and Alarms

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 4 to select Batteries. The following options are displayed.

1- Battery Status 2- Battery Thresholds 3- Battery Alarms

Battery Status. From the Batteries sub-menu, type 1 for Battery Status:

Menu Item Description

Float Voltage (V) The DC Power Plant voltage, in volts. To set this value, see

Battery Thresholds.

Maximum Recharge (A) The battery maximum recharge rate, in amps. To set this

value, see Battery Thresholds.

Amp/Hour Capacity (AHr) Battery amp-hour size. To set this value, see Battery

Thresholds.

Compensation Temp Coefficient (mV/degC/cell)

High Knee Temperature (0V/degC/cell)

Low Knee Temperature (0V/degC/cell)

Current (A) The battery current, in amps.

Temperature The battery temperature, in degrees Celsius.

Current Sane Indicates, by yes or no, whether battery current is within an

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Temperature Sane Indicates, by yes or no, whether battery temperature is within

Compensation temperature coefficient, in millivolts. To set this value, see Battery Thresholds.

The temperature (in Celsius) above which Float Voltage no longer changes to compensate for increase in temperature. To set this value, see Battery Thresholds.

The temperature (in Celsius) below which Float Voltage no longer changes to compensate for decrease in temperature. To set this value, see Battery Thresholds.

acceptable range.

an acceptable range.

Battery Thresholds. From the Batteries sub-menu, type 2 to display and

configure Battery Thresholds:

Menu Item Description

1-Float Voltage (V) The DC Power Plant voltage, in volts

Minimum: – 58.00 Maximum: – 40.00

2- Max Recharge (A) The battery maximum recharge rate, in amps.

Minimum: 0 Maximum: The maximum possible output power of your

specific DC Power Plant model.

3- Discharge Threshold (A) If battery output current exceeds this threshold (in

amps), the battery discharge alarm occurs.

Minimum: 0 Maximum: 200.00

4- High Voltage Threshold (V) If system battery voltage exceeds this threshold (in

volts), the battery high voltage alarm occurs.

Minimum: – 60.00 Maximum: – 40.00

5- Low Voltage Threshold (V) If system battery voltage drops below this threshold (in

volts, the battery low voltage alarm occurs.

Minimum: – 60.00 Maximum: – 30.00

6- High Temperature Threshold

7- Low Temperature Threshold

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If system battery temperature in Celsius exceeds this threshold, the battery high temperature alarm occurs.

Minimum: – 100.00 Maximum:

If system battery temperature in Celsius drops below this threshold, the battery low temperature alarm occurs.

Minimum: – 100.00 Maximum: 200.00

200.00

Menu Item Description

8- Amp Hours (AHr) The battery amp-hour size, in amp-hours.

9- Compensation Method On enables and

compensation.

10- Comp Temp Coefficient (mV/degC/cell)

11- High Knee Temperature (mV/degC/cell)

12- Low Knee Temperature (mV/degC/cell)

13- Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

The compensation temperature coefficient, in millivolts.

Minimum: – 4.99 Maximum: 0

The temperature (in Celsius) above which Float Voltage no longer changes to compensate for increase in temperature.

Minimum: 0 Maximum: 100.00

The temperature (in Celsius) below which Float Voltage no longer changes to compensate for decrease in temperature.

Minimum: – 100.00 Maximum: 100.00

Off disables battery temperature

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Battery Alarms. From the Batteries sub-menu, type 3 to display and

configure Battery Alarms:

Menu Item Description

1- Discharge Alarm

2- High Voltage Alarm

3- Low Voltage Alarm

4- High Temperature Alarm

5- Low Temperature Alarm

6- Hardware Current Alarm

The alarm action that occurs if battery output current exceeds the Discharge Threshold. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if system battery voltage exceeds the High Voltage Threshold. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if system battery voltage drops below the Low Voltage Threshold. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if system battery temperature exceeds the High Temperature Threshold. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if system battery temperature drops below the Low Temperature Threshold. See Battery Thresholds.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

The alarm action that occurs if the battery current is outside reasonable limits or if a measurement fault occurs.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

7- Hardware Temperature Alarm

Standard alarm selections:

• Major activates the major relay.

• Minor activates the minor relay.

• Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

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• Ignore ignores the alarm.

The alarm action that occurs if the battery temperature is outside reasonable limits or if a measurement fault occurs.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Menu Item Description

8- Accept Changes

Standard alarm selections:

• Major activates the major relay.

• Minor activates the minor relay.

• Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

• Ignore ignores the alarm.

Use this option to save your changes.

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Relays: Output Relays and Input Relays

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 5 to select Relays. The following options are displayed.

1- Input Relays 2- Output Relays

Type 1 for a menu of Input Relays, or type 2 for a menu of Output Relays, including the Minor and Major Relay.

From either menu, to display the status (On or Off) and the following configurable options of a relay, type the menu option number for that relay.

Menu Item Description

1- Name The name of the relay.

Maximum: 16 characters

2- Alarm Delay (sec)

3- Alarm Allowed values: any standard alarm selection:

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4- Accept Changes

If the condition causing the alarm clears before this delay expires, the Management Card does not initiate the action associated with the alarm.

Minimum: 0 seconds Maximum: 60.00 seconds

Note: If menu item 3- Alarm is set to M

configure an alarm delay

Major activates the major relay.

Minor activates the minor relay.

Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified.

Ignore ignores the alarm.

Note: You cannot change this value for the Major or Minor Relay.

Use this option to save your changes.

AJOR or Minor, you cannot

LVD (Low Voltage Disconnect)

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 6 to select LVD.

At the prompt, enter the number of a Low Voltage Disconnect (LVD) on your system to view the status (Opened or Closed) and to configure options for that LVD. The following table uses LVD 1 as an example.

Menu Item (for LVD 1) Description

1- LVD 1 Name The name of the low voltage disconnect (LVD).

Maximum: 16 characters

2- LVD 1 Enable Enabled (the default) turns on the LVD. Use Disabled if no

LVD is installed.

3- LVD 1 Trip (V) Voltage above this threshold trips (opens) the LVD.

Minimum: – 58.00 Volts Maximum:–

4- LVD 1 Reset (V) Voltage above this threshold resets (closes) the LVD.

30.00 Volts

Minimum: – 58.00 Volts Maximum: – 30.00 Volts

5- LVD 1 Open Alarm Alarm condition indicating that the LVD is tripped (Opened).

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

6- LVD 1 Hardware Alarm

7- Accept Changes Use this option to save your changes.

Standard alarm selections:

Major activates the major relay.

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Minor activates the minor relay. Relay 1 through Relay 6 activates the relay specified. Ignore ignores the alarm.

Alarm condition indicating that a conflict exists between the commanded position and sensed position of the LVD.

Allowed values: any standard alarm selection

Power Plant Alarms/Internal Log

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 7 to select Power Plant Alarms/Internal Log. The following options are displayed:

1- Power Plant Status 2- Power Plant Internal Log

Alarm Status. From the Power Plant Alarms/Internal Log sub-menu,

type

1 for Power Plant Status to display the status of all DC Power Plant

alarms.

Interpret an alarm status item as follows:

• For the meaning of each active alarm status item, see the descriptions of the alarms displayed on the Control Unit menus, as listed in your DC Power Plant product manual.

• The last character of an alarm item is one of the following:

– The number of the relay that the alarm has activated

– m for a minor alarm

– M for a major alarm

In the following example, item 1 indicates that the System Low Voltage Alarm is on and is a major alarm, item 3 indicates the System Low Temperature Alarm is on and is a minor alarm, and item 4 indicates that the Battery Low Voltage alarm is on and has activated relay 2.

1: Sys LV Alm On M 2: Load LV Alm On M 3: Sys LT Alm On m 4: Batt LV Alm On 2 5: Hdwr Batt T Alm 4

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Power Plant Internal Log. From the Power Plant Alarms/Internal Log

sub-menu, type Power Plant events and the date and time at which each event occurred. Press ENTER to scroll through earlier events. You can view this DC Power Plant event log only in the control console, and you cannot clear this DC Power Plant event log.

2 to display, on the first screen, the ten most recent DC

About DC Power Plant System

From Device Manager, type 1 to select DC Power Plant. Then type 8 to select About DC Power System.

The screen displays the model, hardware revision, and firmware revision of the DC Power Plant.

You cannot view this information in the Web interface.

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Event-Related Menus

Introduction

Overview

The Events menu provides access to the options that you use to do the following tasks:

• Access the Event Log

• Define the actions to be taken when an event occurs, based on the severity level of that event

– Event logging

– SNMP trap notification

– E-mail notification

You can only use the Web interface to define which events will use which actions, as described in Event Log and How

to Configure Individual Events.

• Define up to four SNMP trap receivers, by NMS-specific IP address, for event notifications by SNMP traps.

• Define up to four recipients for event notifications by email.

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Menu options

In the Web interface, all of the events options are accessed through the

Events menu. In the control console, access the available events-related

options as follows:

• Use the Email option in the Network menu to define the SMTP server and e-mail recipients.

• Use the SNMP option in the Network menu to define the SNMP trap receivers.

• Use Ctrl-L to access the Event Log from any menu.

For information about the settings available for the Events menu options, and for a detailed description of the e-mail feature, see the following descriptions:

• Event Log

• Event Actions (Web Interface only)

• Event Recipients

• E-mail Feature

• How to Configure Individual Events

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Event Log

Overview

The DC Power Plant supports an event-logging capability for all DC Power Plant application firmware modules. This allows you to record and view DC Power Plant and Management Card events. You can use any of the following to view the Event Log:

• Web interface

• Control console

• FTP

Logged events

By default, any event which causes an SNMP trap will be logged, except for SNMP authentication failures. Additionally, the Management Card will log its abnormal internal system events. However, you can use the Actions option in the Web interface’s Events menu to disable the logging of events based on their assigned severity level, as described in Event Actions (Web

Interface only).

Some System (Management Card) events do not have a severity level. Even if you disable the Event Log for all severity levels, events with no severity level will still be logged.

To access a list of the System (Management Card) and DC (DC Power Plant) events, see “Event List” page.

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Web interface

The Log option in the Events menu accesses the Event Log. This log displays all of the events that have been recorded since the log was last deleted, in reverse chronological order. The Delete Log button clears all events from the log.

Control console

When logged on at the control console, press CTRL-L to display up to 300 events from the Event Log, with the most recent events displayed first. Use the SPACE BAR to scroll through the recorded events. While viewing the log, type d and press

After events are deleted, they cannot be retrieved.

ENTER to clear all events from the log.

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How to use FTP to retrieve log files

You can use FTP to retrieve a tab-delineated Event Log (event.txt) or Data Log (data.txt) file that you can import into a spreadsheet application.

• The file reports all of the events (event.txt) or data (data.txt) recorded since the log was last deleted.

• 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, Location, and IP address of the Management

Card

– In the event.txt file, the unique Event Code for each recorded event

The Management Card uses a 4-digit year for log entries. You may need to select a four-digit date format in your spreadsheet application to display all four digits of the year.

To use FTP to retrieve the event.txt or data.txt file:

1. At a command prompt, type ftp and the Management Card’s IP address, and press

Network menu has changed from its default value (21), you must use

the non-default value in the FTP command. For some FTP clients, you must use a colon to add the port number to the end of the IP address. For Windows FTP clients, use the following command (including spaces):

ftp>open ip_address port_number

To use non-default port values to enhance security, see Port

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assignments.

ENTER. If the Port setting for FTP Server in the

2. Use the case-sensitive User Name and Password for either an Administrator or a Device Manager User to log on.

– For Administrator, apc is the default for User Name and Password.

– For Device Manager, device is the default for User Name, and apc

is the default for Password.

3. Use the get command to transmit the text version of the Event Log to your local drive.

ftp>get event.txt

ftp>get data.txt

4. You can use the del command to clear the contents of the Event or Data Log.

ftp>del event.txt

ftp>del data.txt

You will not be asked to confirm the deletion.

– If you clear the Data Log, a Deleted Log event will be recorded in the

Event Log.

– If you clear te Event Log, a new event.txt file will be created to

record the Deleted Log event

5. Type quit at the ftp> prompt to exit from FTP.

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Event Actions (Web Interface only)

Overview

The Actions option is available only in the Web interface’s Events menu. This option allows you to do the following:

• Select which actions will occur for events that have a specified severity level:

– Event Log selects which severity levels cause an event to be

recorded in the Event Log. See Event log action.

– SNMP Traps selects which severity levels cause SNMP traps to be

generated. See SNMP traps action

– Email selects which severity levels cause e-mail notifications to be

sent. See Email action.

• Click Details to access a complete list of the System (Management Card) and DC (DC Power Plant) events that can occur, and then edit the actions that will occur for an individual event, as described in How

to Configure Individual Events. Click Hide Details to return to the

Actions option.

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Severity levels

With the exception of some System (Management Card) events that do not have a severity level assigned, events are assigned a default severity level based on the seriousness of the event.

• Informational: Indicates an event that requires no action, such as a notification of a return from an abnormal condition.

• Warning: Indicates an event that may need to be addressed should the condition continue, but which does not require immediate attention.

• Severe: Indicates an event that requires immediate attention. Unless resolved, severe Device and System events can cause incorrect operation of the DC Power Plant or its Management Card.

Event log action

You can disable the recording of events in the event log. By default, all events are recorded, even events that have no severity level assigned.

Even if you disable the event log action for all severity levels, System (DC Power Plant) events that have no severity level assigned will still be logged.

For more information about this log, see Event Log.

SNMP traps action

By default, the SNMP Traps action is enabled for all events that have a severity level assigned. However, before you can use SNMP traps for event notifications, you must identify the network management stations (NMSs) that will receive the traps by their IP addresses.

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To define up to four NMSs as trap receivers, see Event Recipients.

Email action

By default, the Email action is enabled for all events that have a severity level assigned. However, before you can use e-mail for event notifications, you must define the e-mail recipients. See E-mail Feature.

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Event Recipients

Overview

The Web interface and control console both have options that allow you to define up to four trap receivers and up to four e-mail addresses to be used when an event occurs that has the SNMP traps or e-mail enabled. See

Event Actions (Web Interface only).

Trap Receiver settings

To access the Trap Receiver settings that allow you to define which NMSs will receive traps:

• In the Web interface, use the Recipients option in the Events menu.

• In the control console, use the SNMP option in the Network menu.

Item Definition

Community Name This setting defines the password (maximum of 15

characters) used when traps are sent to the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS IP setting.

Receiver NMS IP Identifies by IP address the NMS that will receive traps.

If this setting is 0.0.0.0 (the default value), traps will not be sent to any NMS.

Generation (Web interface)

Trap Generation (control console)

Authentication Traps Enables or disables the sending of authentication traps

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Email options

See E-mail Feature.

Enables (by default) or disables the sending of any traps to the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS IP setting.

to the NMS identified by the Receiver NMS IP setting.

E-mail Feature

Overview

You can use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to a maximum of four recipients when an event occurs.

To use the E-mail feature, you must define the following settings:

• The IP addresses of the primary and secondary Domain Name Service (DNS) servers, as described in DNS servers

• The DNS name of the SMTP Server and the From Address settings for SMTP, as described in SMTP settings

• The e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients, as described in

Email Recipients

You can use the To Address setting of the Email Recipients option to send e-mail to a text-based pager.

DNS servers

The Management Card cannot send any e-mail messages unless the IP address of the primary DNS server is defined (see DNS).

The Management Card will wait a maximum of 15 seconds for a response from both the primary and (if specified) the secondary DNS servers. If the Management Card does not receive a response within that time, e-mail cannot be sent. Therefore, use DNS servers that are on the same segment as the Management Card or on a nearby segment (but not across a WAN).

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working correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your network to test whether you can look up the IP address for that DNS name.

SMTP settings

The Email option in the Network menu accesses the following settings:

Setting Description

SMTP Server Defines the SMTP server by its DNS name.

OTE:This definition is required only when the SMTP Server option

(see Email Recipients) is set to Local.

From Address Defines the contents of the From field in the e-mail messages sent

by the Management Card.

OTE:The SMTP server’s configuration may require that you use a

valid user account on the server for this setting. See the server’s documentation for more information.

Email Recipients

Web interface. The Recipients option in the Events menu or the

Configure the Email recipients link in the “Email Configuration” page

accesses the settings you use to identify up to four e-mail recipients. Use the Email Test option to send a test message to a configured recipient.

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Control console. The Email option in the Network Menu, accesses the e-

mail recipient settings.

Setting Description

To Address

Use SMTP Server

Defines the user and domain names of the recipient. To use e-mail for paging, use the e-mail address for that recipient’s pager gateway account (for example, the recipient.

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

Selects one of the following methods for routing e-mail:

• Through the Management Card’s SMTP server (the recommended option, Local). This option ensures that the e-mail is sent before the Management Card’s 20-second time-out, and, if necessary, is retried several times. Also do one of the following:

• Enable forwarding at the Management Card’s SMTP server so that it can route e-mail to external SMTP servers. Typically, SMTP servers are not configured to forward e-mail. Always check with the administrator of your SMTP server before changing its configuration to allow forwarding.

• Set up a special e-mail account for the Management Card to forward e-mail to an external mail account.

• Directly to the recipient’s SMTP server (the Recipient’s option). On a busy remote SMTP server, the time-out may prevent some e-mail from being sent, and with this option the Management Card tries to send the e-mail only once.

myacct100@skytel.com). The pager gateway pages

When the recipient uses the Management Card’s SMTP server, this setting has no affect.

Generation Enables (by default) or disables sending e-mail to the recipient.

1.You can bypass the DNS lookup of the mail server’s IP address by using the IP address in brackets instead of the e-mail domain name. For example, use jsmith@[xxx,xxx.x.xxx] instead of jsmith@company.com. This is useful when DNS lookups are not working correctly.

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Setting Description

Format Selects the format used for e-mail messages:

Short: Identifies only the event that occurred. For example:

DC: Communications Lost

Long: Includes information about the Management Card and the DC

Power Plant, as well as the event. For example:

Name : PowerPlant1 Location : Testing Lab Contact : John Winslow http://159.223.55.157

Serial # : JA0217009306 Date: 11/01/2002 Time: 02:42:48 Code: 0x0D02

Severe - DC: Communications Lost

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How to Configure Individual Events

“Event List” page

The Actions option in the Events menu opens the “Event Actions Configuration” page. You use the Details button in this page to access a complete list of the System (Management Card) and DC (DC Power Plant) events that can be reported by your Management Card.

Each event is identified by its unique code, its description, and its assigned severity level, as shown in the following examples.

For information about severity levels and how they define the actions associated with events, see Event Actions (Web

Interface only).

Code Description Severity

0x0008 System: Password changed. Informational

0x0D06 DC: A Minor alarm is active in the DC power plant. Warning

Detailed Event Action Configuration page

The event codes provide a link to a page that allows you to do the following:

• Change the selected event’s severity level

• Enable or disable whether the event uses the Event Log, SNMP traps, or e-mail notifications

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Data Menu (Web Interface Only)

Log Option

Use this option to access a log that stores information about the DC Power Plant and the power input to that DC Power Plant.

The information in the Data Log is sampled and stored based on the log interval defined by the Data menu’s Configuration Option. Each entry is listed by the date and time the data was recorded, and provides the data in a column format.

For descriptions of the recorded data that is specific to the DC Power Plant, see the online help in your Management Card’s Web interface; for information about how you can retrieve the Data Log as a text file, see How to use FTP to

retrieve log files.

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Configuration Option

Use this option to access the “Data Log Configuration” page. This page reports how much data can be stored in the Data Log based on the Log

Interval setting, which defines how often data is sampled and recorded in

the Data Log. If you change the Log Interval, the report updates to reflect the effect of the new setting.

The minimum interval is minutes, 15 seconds.

60 seconds; the maximum interval is 8 hours, 10

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Security

Security Features

Planning and implementing security features

As a network device that passes information across the network, the Network Management Card 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.

Port assignments

If a Telnet, FTP, or Web server uses a non-standard port, a user must 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. The TCP ports for which the Telnet, FTP, and Web servers listen are initially set at the standard “well known ports” for the protocols. To hide the interfaces, use any port numbers from 5000 to 32767.

User names, passwords, community names

All user names, passwords, and community names for SNMP are transferred over the network as plain text. A user who is capable of monitoring the network traffic can determine the user names and passwords required to log in to the accounts of the Control Console or Web interface of the Network Management Card. This security limitation of the

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protocols affects any device using Telnet, a Web server, or an SNMP version 1 agent.

Summary of access methods

Interface Security Access Notes

Serial Control Console

Te lne t Control Console

SNMP These methods are

Access is by user name and password.

These methods are available:

• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

available:

• Community Name

• NMS IP filters

• Agent Enable/Disable

• Four access communities with read/write/disable capability

Always enabled.

The user name and password are transmitted as plain text.

The NMS IP filters allow access from designated

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

• 162.245.12.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162.245.12 segment.

• 162.245.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162.245 segment.

• 162.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS on the 162 segment.

• 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 allows access for any NMS.

IP addresses.

FTP Server These methods are

available:

• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

Web Server These methods are

available:

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• User name and password

• Selectable server port

• Server Enable/Disable

Only the Administrator account has access.

In basic HTTP authentication mode, the user name and password are transmitted base-64 encoded (with no encryption).

Authentication

Authentication versus encryption

The Network Management Card controls access by providing basic authentication through user names, passwords, and IP addresses, but provides no type of encryption. These basic security features are sufficient for most environments, in which sensitive data is not being transferred.

Firewalls

Although some methods of authentication provide a higher level of security than others, complete protection from security breaches is almost impossible to achieve. Well-configured firewalls are an essential element in an overall security scheme.

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Troubleshooting

Management Card

Management Card access problems

For problems that are not described in the following table, see SNMP

issues. If you still cannot resolve the problem, see Warranty and Service.

Problem Solution

Unable to ping the Management Card

Cannot access the Web interface

If the Management Card’s Status LED is green, try to ping another node on the same network segment as the Management Card. If that fails, it is not a problem of the Management Card.

If the Status LED is not green, or if the ping test succeeds, perform the following checks:

• Verify all network connections.

• Verify the IP addresses of the Management Card and the NMS.

• If the NMS is on a different physical network (or subnetwork) from the Management Card, verify the IP address of the default gateway (or router).

• Verify the number of subnet bits for the Management Card’s subnet mask.

• Verify that HTTP access is enabled.

• Verify that you can ping the Management Card.

• Verify that you are using either Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher, or Netscape, version 4.0.8 or higher.

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SNMP issues

Problem Solution

Unable to perform a GET • Verify the read (GET) community name.

Unable to perform a SET • Verify the read/write (SET) community name.

• Use the control console or Web interface to ensure that the NMS has access. See SNMP.

• Use the control console or Web interface to ensure that the NMS has write (SET) access. See SNMP.

Unable to receive traps at the NMS

Traps received at an NMS are not identified

Query the mconfigTrapReceiverTable PowerNet MIB OID to check whether the NMS IP address is listed correctly and whether the community name defined for the NMS matches the community name in the table. Use SETs to the mconfigTrapReceiverTable OIDs, or use the control console or Web interface to make any necessary corrections. See SNMP.

See your NMS documentation to verify that the traps are properly integrated in the alarm/trap database.

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Product Information

Warranty and Service

Limited warranty

APC warrants the Network Management Card to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of purchase. Its obligation under this warranty is limited to repairing or replacing, at its own sole option, any such defective products. This warranty does not apply to equipment that has been damaged by accident, negligence, or misapplication or has been altered or modified in any way. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser.

Warranty limitations

Except as provided herein, APC makes no warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Some jurisdictions do not permit limitation or exclusion

of implied warranties; therefore, the aforesaid limitation(s) or exclusion(s) may not apply to the purchaser.

Except as provided above, in no event will APC be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of this product, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

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Specifically, APC is not liable for any costs, such as lost profits or revenue,

loss of equipment, loss of use of equipment, loss of software, loss of data, costs of substitutes, claims by third parties, or otherwise. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights, which vary according to jurisdiction.

Obtaining Service

If you could not resolve the problem using the information in

Troubleshooting, contact APC Worldwide Customer Support and be ready

to provide the following:

• The Management Card’s serial number. To find the serial number of the Management Card, use the About System menu option.

• The date you obtained the card, either as part of your DC Power Plant or as a replacement for the original card

• A description of the problem

• Information about your service contract.

If phone consultation cannot solve the problem, you need on-site service by an APC technician. See your service contract for information.

Do not attempt to remove the Management Card without prior authorization. The terms of your warranty and service

Warnin

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contract may require that service be performed by an authorized APC technician only.

Life-Support Policy

General policy

American Power Conversion (APC) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations:

• In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the APC product can be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to affect significantly its safety or effectiveness.

• In direct patient care.

APC will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it receives in writing assurances satisfactory to APC that (a) the risks of injury or damage have been minimized, (b) the customer assumes all such risks, and (c) the liability of American Power Conversion is adequately protected under the circumstances.

Examples of life-support devices

The term life-support device includes but is not limited to neonatal oxygen analyzers, nerve stimulators (whether used for anesthesia, pain relief, or other purposes), autotransfusion devices, blood pumps, defibrillators, arrhythmia detectors and alarms, pacemakers, hemodialysis systems, peritoneal dialysis systems, neonatal ventilator incubators, ventilators (for adults and infants), anesthesia ventilators, infusion pumps, and any other devices designated as “critical” by the U.S. FDA.

Hospital-grade wiring devices and leakage current protection may be ordered as options on many APC UPS systems. APC does not claim that units with these modifications are certified or listed as hospital-grade by

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APC or any other organization. Therefore these units do not meet the requirements for use in direct patient care.

Caution

THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT CARD IS SENSITIVE TO STATIC

ELECTRICITY. WHEN HANDLING THE MANAGEMENT CARD, TOUCH ONLY THE END PLATE WHILE USING ONE OR MORE OF THESE ELECTROSTATIC-DISCHARGE DEVICES (ESDS): WRIST STRAPS, HEEL STRAPS, TOE STRAPS, OR CONDUCTIVE SHOES.

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Specifications

Electrical

Item Specification

Acceptable input voltage 19-30 VDC

Maximum total current draw 110 mA

Physical

Item Specification

Size (H × W × D) 1.46 × 4.75 × 4.3 in

Weight .25 lb (.11 kg)

Shipping weight .8 lb (.36 kg)

(3.7 × 12.1 × 10.9 cm)

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Index

Numerics

1 of N alarm

converters 53 rectifiers 49

2 of N alarm

converters 53 rectifiers 49

About DC Power Plant menu 65 About System menu 26, 40 About your DC Power Plant system 65 Access

FTP, Telnet, and Web interface 32 limiting NMS SNMP access by IP address 33 security options for each interface 83 troubleshooting 86

Access Type setting 34 Actions 72 Alarm Delay

for input relay 62 for output relay 62

Alarms

battery

configuring in control console 60

converters 53

failure alarm, status of 55

DC Power Plant 64 input relays

allowed values 62

LVDs

hardware 63

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output relays

allowed values 62

rectifiers 49

failure alarm, status of 50

system 46, 47

interpreting system alarms 64

Amp/Hour Capacity

configuring in control console 59 displaying 57

Amp/Hours (battery threshold) 59 APC OS 26 Apply Local Computer Time 38 Authentication 85

SNMP Traps 75 versus encryption 85

Auto Logout 37

Batteries menu 57 Battery Status

displaying 41

Battery Thresholds, configuring 58 BOOTP

Status LED indicating BOOTP requests 6

Breakers

thresholds for tripping and resetting LVD 63

Browsers, supported 12

Communications failure

converters 52 rectifiers 48

Community Name 75

setting 33 verifying correctness 87

Compensation Method

configuring in control console 59

Compensation Temperature Coefficient

configuring in control console 59 displaying 57

Configuration Alarm

converters 53 rectifiers 49

Configuring

proxy server before using Web interface 19

Contact

identification 37

Control console

Device Manager menu 16 main screen 12 navigating menus 16 refreshing menus 16 security access 83

Conv Current status field 55 Converter Gain 47 Converter Offset 47 Converters

alarms 53 configurable parameters 52 status

displaying in control console 55

as security method 85

Current (battery) status field 57 Current Limit Alarm

converters 54 rectifier 50

Current Limit status

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Current Sane (battery current

acceptable) 57

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Data Log

Configuration 82 Log Interval 82 using FTP to retrieve 70

data.txt file, importing into spreadsheet 70 Date & Time settings 38

Apply Local Computer Time 38 GMT Offset for TIme Zone 38 Manual 38 Network Time Protocol (NTP) 38 Primary NTP Server 38 Secondary NTP Server 38 Set Manually 38 Synchronize with NTP Server 38 Update Interval 38

DC Power Plant

internal log 65 menu options 44

DC System menu

DC System Parameters 46 OEM Parameters 47

Device Manager menu

control console 16

Device Type

for converter 55 for rectifier 51

Diagnostic Alarm

converter 53 rectifiers 49

Disabling

e-mail to a recipient 78 event logging 73 LVDs 63 sending any traps to an NMS 75 sending authentication traps to an NMS 75 use of a proxy server 19

Discharge Alarm (battery) 60 Discharge Threshold (battery) 58 Distribution menu 56

Electrical specifications 92 E-mail

configuring 76 enabled by default for severe events 74 enabling and disabling 78 message format (long or short) 79 reason to use local DNS server 76 setting up an account for the Management

Card

using for paging 78

Email action, configuring for events 74 Email Recipients 77

Events menu option 77 Format 79 Generation 78 Local SMTP Server 78 To Address 78 Use SMTP Server 78

Enabling

e-mail forwarding to external SMTP

servers

e-mail to a recipient 78 LVDs 63 sending any traps to an NMS 75 sending authentication traps to an NMS 75

Error messages 21 Event Log

accessing 16 deleting by typing d in control console 69 disabling 73 displaying the log in control console 69 using FTP del command 71 using FTP to retrieve log files 70

event.txt file

contents 70 importing into spreadsheet 70

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Events menu

Actions 72 Email action (Web interface) 74

Email Recipients (Web interface) 77 Event Log 69, 73 SNMP traps 73

Fail Max, maximum set point allowed for

converters 52

Fail Min, minimum set point allowed for con-

verters 52

Fail Safe value

converters 52 rectifiers 48

Failure Alarm

converters 54 rectifiers 50

Failure status

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Fan Fail status

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Fan Failure Alarm

converters 54 rectifiers 50

Firewalls for added security 85 Firmware

versions

for converter 55 for rectifier 51

versions displayed on main screen 13

Float Voltage

battery threshold 58 status field 57

From Address 77 FTP 32

Server security access 83 to retrieve text version of Event

or Data Log

Generation 78 GET commands, troubleshooting 87

Hardware Current Alarm (battery) 60 Hardware Temperature Alarm

battery 60 system 47

Hardware Voltage Alarm

converters 54 rectifiers 50

Help

About System option (Web interface) 26 on control console 16

High Knee Temperature

configuring in control console 59 displaying 57

High Temperature Alarm

battery 60 system 46

High Temperature Threshold

battery 58 system 46

High Voltage Alarm

battery 60 rectifiers 49

High Voltage Threshold

battery 58 converters 52 rectifiers 48

Hyperlinks, defining 40

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Identification 37

fields on main screen 13 MIB-II variables 37

Imbalance Alarm

converters 53 rectifiers 49

In Standby status

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Input relays

alarm 62 alarm delay 62 name 62

Internal log for DC Power Plant 65 Internet Explorer support 12 IP addresses

of DNS server for e-mail 76 of trap receivers 75 to limit access to specified NMSs 33

Life support 90 Links

redirecting user-definable links 27, 40

Local SMTP Server 78 Location 37 Log option

Events 69

Logging on

error messages for Web interface 21 Web interface 20

control console 13 Web interface 23

Low Knee Temperature

configuring in control console 59 displaying 57

Low Temperature Alarm

battery 60 system 46

Low Temperature Threshold

battery 58

Low Voltage Alarm

battery 60 converters 53 rectifiers 49

Low Voltage Threshold

battery 58 converters 52 rectifiers 48

Main screen

displaying identification 13 firmware values displayed 13 login date and time 13 status 14 Up Time 13 User access identification 13

Management Card

port assignment 83 security 83

Manual option 38 Maximum Recharge

configuring battery threshold 58 displaying status 57

Menus

About DC Power Plant 65 About System 40 Batteries 57 Control Console 15 Data 25, 81 DC System 46 Distribution 56 Events 25, 66 Help 26 Links 40 Network 25, 28 Power Modules 48

USER’S GUIDE

network management card

Power Plant and Internal Log 64 System 26, 35

MIB-II Identification variables 37

Name

of input relay 62 of LVD 63 of output relay 62

Netscape support 12 Network Management Card, See

Management Card

Network menu

Email (control console) 77 FTP Server 32 Telnet 32 Web 32

Network Time Protocol (NTP) 38 NMS

receiving unidentified trap,

troubleshooting

NMS IP setting 33 NTP 38

OEM Parameters

DC System menu (control console) 47

OS, APC 26 Output current

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Output relays

alarm 62 alarm delay 62 name 62

Paging by using e-mail 78 Passwords

default for Administrator account 20 default for Device Manager account 20 for NMS that is a trap receiver 75 User Manager access 37 using non-standards ports as

extra passwords

PCB Serial Number

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Physical specifications 92 Ping utility

for troubleshooting Management Card

access

for troubleshooting Management Cards

network connection

Ports

assigning 83 changing port settings 32 defaults for FTP, Telnet, and Web

interface

Power Modules menu 48 Power Plant and Internal Log menu 64 Primary NTP Server 38 Proxy servers

configuring not to proxy the Management

Card

disabling use of 19

Read access by an NMS 34 Reboot 39

preventing automated reboot for inactivity 7

USER’S GUIDE

network management card

Receiver NMS IP 75 Recipient’s SMTP Server 78

Rect Current status field 51 Rect Voltage status field 51 Rectifiers

configurable parameters 48 rectifier gain 47 rectifier offset 47 Rectifier Parameters 48 status of 51

Remote configurability, disabling and

re-enabling 47

Reset Card

to Defaults 39 to Defaults Except TCP/IP 39

Secondary NTP Server 38 Security

disabling remote write access 47 firewalls 85 options for each interface 83 using non-standards ports as extra

passwords

Self Test status

converters 55 rectifiers 51

Send DNS Query 30 SET commands, Troubleshooting 87 Set Manually 38 Set point, for converters 52 Severity levels (of Events)

events with no severity level 73

Shunt Gain 47 Shunt Offset 47 SMTP

From Address 77 Server 77 SMTP Server 77

SNMP

APC AP9617 User Manual 2

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction

Product Description

Features

Initial set-up

Network management features

Internal Management Features

Overview

Access priority for logging on

Types of user accounts

Front Panel

Introduction

Features

Status LEDs

Watchdog Features

Overview

Network interface watchdog mechanism

Resetting the network timer

Control Console

How To Log On

Overview

Remote access to the control console

Local access to the control console

How to Recover from a Lost Password

Main Screen

Example main screen

Information and status fields

Control Console Menus

Overview

Main menu

Menu structure

Device Manager option

Network option

System option

Web Interface

Introduction

Overview

Web menu options

Supported Web browsers

How to Log On

Overview

URL address formats

Summary Page

Example Web page

Summary page fields

Help icon on quick status tab

Navigation Menu

Overview

Selecting a menu to perform a task

Help menu

Links menu

Network Menu

Introduction

Overview

Menu options

Option Settings

TCP/IP

Ping utility (control console)

FTP Server, and Telnet & Web options

SNMP

Email

System Menu

Introduction

Overview

Menu options

Option Settings

User Manager

Identification

Date & Time

Tools

Preferences (Web interface)

Links (Web interface)

About System

DC Power Plant & Device Manager Menus

Status Options

System and battery status

Management Options