APC AP9617 User Manual
Network
Management
Card
AP9617
AP9618
AP9619
Installation and
Quick-Start Manual
®
How to Avoid Equipment Damage
Disconnect UPS
power
You do not need to turn off a Symmetra® or a Silcon™ model
UPS to install the Management Card.
Damage to the UPS or APC Network Management
Card (AP9617 or AP9618) can result if you do not
remove all AC and DC power from a Smart-UPS®
or Matrix-UPS®, Expansion Chassis, or a Triple
Caution
Expansion Chassis before you install the
Management Card.
Smart-UPS
1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.
2. Disconnect the UPS from its AC input source.
3. Press the OFF button on the UPS for approximately five
seconds to turn off the DC (battery) power.
Matrix-UPS
1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.
2. Turn off the circuit breaker on the rear panel of the UPS.
Disconnect
chassis power
Make sure that any Expansion Chassis or Triple Expansion
Chassis is disconnected from all power: disconnect the chassis
cable from the
and, if the AC-to-DC Adapter (AP9505)
UPS
option is used, disconnect the adapter from the chassis.
How to Recover from a Lost Password
You can use a local computer, a computer that connects to the
Management Card through the serial port at the Management
Card’s UPS or expansion chassis, to access the Control
Console.
1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any
service that uses that port.
2. Unless an APC smart-signaling cable (940-0024 or 940-
1524) is already connected to the selected port, connect
the smart-signaling cable that came with the Management
Card to the selected port and to the serial port at the
Management Card’s UPS or chassis.
3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal) and
configure the selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no
parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, and save the
changes.
4. Press
5. Press the reset button on the Management Card.
6. Press
7. Select System in the Control Console menu and User
8. Select Administrator and follow the on-screen
9. Press
E
to display the User Name prompt.
NTER
and use apc for the User Name and
NTER
E
Password. (If you take longer than 30 seconds to log on,
you will need to repeat steps 4 and 5.)
Manager in the System menu.
instructions to change the User Name and Password
settings, both of which are now defined as apc.
and log off.
TRL
C
-C
Note
Reconnect any cable disconnected in step 2,
and restart any service disabled in step 1.
Preliminary Information
New standard
features
Existing features
The AP9617, AP9618, and AP9619 Management Cards
include the following new features:
• Generates system log (Syslog) messages
• Allows using a dynamic host configuration protocol
(DHCP) server to provide the TCP/IP values a Network
Management Card needs for network communication
All Network Management Cards still include the following
standard features:
• Detects 10/100
• Provides a data log accessible by
• Provides
• Provides support for the
Mbps
connection speeds
UPS
scheduling features
FTP
or a Web browser
PowerChute Network
APC
Shutdown utility
• Provides an event log which is accessible by Telnet,
or a Web browser
• Generates Email notifications for
• Limits
traps and Email notifications based on the
SNMP
UPS
or system events
severity level of the events
• Allows using the
Management Card Wizard to
APC
configure multiple Management Cards simultaneously
over the network
• Provides support for
• Provides
UPS
APC
Silcon UPS models
-specific application modules based on the
Management Card’s hardware platform, and the
application module’s
FTP
,
AP9618 features
AP9619 features
The AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM includes
the analog modem and Integrated Environmental Monitor
features described on page 4.
The AP9619 Network Management Card EM includes the
Integrated Environmental Monitor features described on page
4; the AP9619 does not include the analog modem feature.
Preliminary Information
AP9618U and
AP9619U
upgrade kits
Integrated
Environmental
Monitor feature
(AP9618 and
AP9619)
Internal analog
modem feature
(AP9618)
You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX or an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM into an AP9618 Network Management Card EM/
MDM.
You can use an AP9619U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX into an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM.
The AP9618 and AP9619 Management Cards include an
Integrated Environmental Monitor that provides the following
features:
• A temperature/humidly probe
• Two input contacts
• Two-position output relay
In addition to the Integrated Environmental Monitor, an
AP9618 or AP9619 Management Card can still monitor and
manage an external Environmental Monitoring Unit or
Environmental Monitoring Card.
An AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM has an
internal analog modem that provides for the following out-ofband communication:
• Dial-out notifications for APC’s Remote Monitoring
Service (RMS)
• Dial-in access to the Management Card’s Console
Interface
Related
documents
The APC Network Management Card utility CD contains the
following documentation:
• Network Management Card User’s Guide
(.\doc\usrguide.pdf)
• Management Card Addendum (.\doc\addendum.pdf)
• PowerNet
®
Management Information Base (
MIB)
Reference Guide (.\doc\mibguide.pdf)
•
CD-ROM
contents file (.\content.txt)
• Network Management Card Release Notes
(.\relnotes.txt)
• Installation instructions in text format (.\install.txt)
• Troubleshooting documents (.\trouble\*.*)
Installation in a UPS
Overview
Step 1: Turn off
all power
(Smart-UPS or
Matrix-UPS)
You can install the Management Card in a card slot in a
Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, or Symmetra. For a Silcon UPS, the
Management Card installs in a Silcon Triple Expansion
Chassis (AP9604S).
You do not need to turn power off for a Symmetra UPS.
Damage to the
UPS
or Management Card can
result if you do not remove all AC and DC power
Caution
from a Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS model UPS.
Smart-UPS
1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.
2. Disconnect the UPS from its AC input source.
3. Press the OFF button on the UPS for approximately five
seconds to turn off the DC (battery) power.
Matrix-UPS
1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.
2. Turn off the circuit breaker on the rear panel of the UPS.
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