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FCC, CE Information

Warning: This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

RoHS

This product is RoHS compliant.

SJ/T 11364-2006

The following contains information that relates to China.

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User Information

Online Registration

Be sure to register your product at our online support center:

International http://support.aten.com

North America http://www.aten-usa.com/product_registration

Telephone Support

For telephone support, call this number:

International 886-2-8692-6959

China 86-10-5255-0110

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United Kingdom 44-8-4481-58923

User Notice

All information, documentation, and specifications contained in this manual are subject to change without prior notification by the manufacturer. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties as to merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any of the manufacturer's software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is. Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not the manufacturer, its distributor, or its dealer), assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.

The manufacturer of this system is not responsible for any radio and/or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this device. It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference.

The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage incurred in the operation of this system if the correct operational voltage setting was not selected prior to operation. PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE VOLTAGE SETTING IS CORRECT BEFORE USE.

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F/W Version: 1.0.064

Manual Date: 2013-08-20

All other brand names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective owners.

Package Contents

The EC1000 / EC2004 package consists of:

1 EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box

1 Power Adapter

1 Mounting Kit

4RJ-45 Cables

1 CD ROM (Manual, eco Sensors Software)

1 User Instructions*

Check to make sure that all of the components are present and in good order. If anything is missing, or was damaged in shipping, contact your dealer.

Read this manual thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully to prevent any damage to the switch or to any other devices on the EC1000 / EC2004 installation.

* Features may have been added to the EC1000 / EC2004 since this manual

was published. Please visit our website to download the most up-to-date version.

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Contents

FCC, CE Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

SJ/T 11364-2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Online Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

User Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Chapter 1.

Introduction

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Door Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Sensor Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

EC1000 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

EC1000 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

EC2004 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

EC2004 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2.

Hardware Setup

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rack Mounting - Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Rack Mounting - Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Rack Mounting - Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Securing the Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Chapter 3.

Front Panel Operation

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Front Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Chapter 4.

EC1000 Browser Operation

Operation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

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eco Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Browser Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The EC1000 Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Page Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Browser Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing the Administrator Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Energy Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Environment Sensor Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Administrator Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The System Log Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Device Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Device Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Service Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

IPv4 Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manual Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Network Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Finishing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Working Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Account Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adding Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Modifying Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Deleting Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Authentication & Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

RADIUS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Importing the Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Firmware File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Backup/Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Chapter 5.

EC2004 Browser Operation

Operation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

eco Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Browser Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

The EC2004 Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Page Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Browser Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Changing the Administrator Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Energy Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Monitor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

User Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Administrator Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

The System Log Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Notification Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Service Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

IPv4 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Event Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Manual Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Network Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Finishing Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Working Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Account Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

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Adding Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Modifying Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Deleting Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Authentication & Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

RADIUS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Importing the Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Firmware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Backup/Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Appendix

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

EC1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

EC2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

IP Address Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Method 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Method 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Method 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Link Local IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Administrator Login Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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About This Manual

This User Manual is provided to help you get the most from your EC1000 / EC2004 system. It covers all aspects of installation, configuration and operation. An overview of the information found in the manual is provided below.

Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces you to the EC1000 / EC2004 System. Its purpose, features and benefits are presented, and its front and back panel components are described.

Chapter 2, Hardware Setup, provides step-by-step instructions for setting up your installation, and explains some basic operation procedures.

Chapter 3, Front Panel Operation, explains how to operate the EC1000 / EC2004 from the local console.

Chapter 4, EC1000 Browser Operation, describes how to login to the EC1000 with a browser, and explains the functions of the icons and buttons that appear on the opening page, and explains the administrative procedures that are employed to configure the EC1000’s working environment.

Chapter 5, EC2004 Browser Operation, describes how to login to the EC2004 with a browser, and explains the functions of the icons and buttons that appear on the opening page, and explains the administrative procedures that are employed to configure the EC2004’s working environment.

An Appendix, at the end of the manual provides technical and troubleshooting information.

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Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions:

Monospaced Indicates text that you should key in.

[ ] Indicates keys you should press. For example, [Enter] means

to press the Enter key. If keys need to be chorded, they appear together in the same bracket with a plus sign between them: [Ctrl+Alt].

1. Numbered lists represent procedures with sequential steps.

♦ Bullet lists provide information, but do not involve sequential

steps.

→ Indicates selecting the option (on a menu or dialog box, for

example), that comes next. For example, Start to open the Start menu, and then select Run.

Indicates critical information.

Product Information

→ Run means

For information about all ATEN products and how they can help you connect without limits, visit ATEN on the Web or contact an ATEN Authorized Reseller. Visit ATEN on the Web for a list of locations and telephone numbers:

International http://www.aten.com

North America http://www.aten-usa.com

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Introduction

Overview

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box solution is the latest evolution of ATEN's energy intelligence product line NRGence™. The EC1000 monitors the electrical current of 4 Energy PDU's, along with room temperature, humidity, and differential pressure using environmental sensors. The EC2004 has 4 ports to monitor the electrical current of two PDUs and the electrical current + voltage of two additional PDUs; and monitors room temperature, humidity and differential pressure using four environmental sensors, plus a 4-pin dry contact Rack Door Sensor port for external sensors to monitor rack door access. Both Energy Boxes provide instant real-time power management and energy-saving control for data centers– allowing you to upgrade and maintain your current IT power resources quickly and cost-effectively.

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box has four RJ-45 ports to connect to four Energy PDUs and four RJ-11 ports to connect external sensors to monitor environmental conditions. Each environmental sensor can provide measured readings of temperature, humidity, and differential pressure from separate areas of a room, giving you a wide range of monitoring and protection.

The EC1000 / EC2004 features real-time status, system logs, threshold alerts, and event notification. The Energy Box logs power and environmental conditions according to customizable minimum/maximum thresholds set for; current, voltage*, temperature, humidity, and differential pressure.

The Energy Box allows the power and environmental data to be monitored by display at the rack or remotely for easy viewing and maintenance. The Energy Box is a standalone unit with over IP monitoring that is controlled by a builtin web GUI or ATEN's eco Sensors software.

Remote monitoring offers secure access with 128bits SSL encryption, and customizable account policies for user management. Remote authentication supports RADIUS and additional management interfaces including HTTP, HTTPS, and SNMPv1&v2&v3 (Read, Write, Trap). Event notifications can be monitored via Syslog/SMTP/SNMP trap and by audible alarm for real-time local and remote alerting.

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The NRGence™ EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box is the intelligent cost effective solution to monitor ATEN's Energy PDUs – to ensure safe and effective energy-saving power management.

*Only available with the EC2004 Energy Box.

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Features

Operation

 Space saving 1U and 0U rack mounting with front, rear, and side mounting  4 RJ-45 Energy Sensor Ports to monitor four Energy PDUs (0A to 32A per

port) electrical currents (EC1000), or 2 electrical currents and 2 electrical

currents + voltage (EC2004)  4 RJ-11 Environmental Sensor Ports to monitor temperature, humidity,

and differential pressure*

 Maximum Amperage Monitor 32A@100V~240V (Energy Box)  3 digit 7 segment front panel LED displays current/sensor/IP address

information

 Threshold monitoring for:

 Current

 Voltage (EC2004)

 Temperature*

 Humidity*

 Differential pressure*  Threshold alerting through:

 Local: audible alarm and LED lights

 Remote: SMTP/SNMP trap/Syslog

Management

 Front panel LED indicators for current, temperature*, humidity*,

differential pressure*, and IP address at the Energy Box  Remote real-time current, voltage (EC2004), temperature*, humidity*,

and differential pressure* monitoring and management  Door Sensor support – allows the monitoring of rack mount enclosure

door access to notify users when a door has been opened (EC2004)  Management through eco Sensors Energy Management Software or 3rd

party SNMP manager

 Supports name assignment for individual Energy PDUs  Multi-language GUI supports: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified

Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French,

Russian

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 Event Logging – 128 line event log  Syslog support  F/W upgradable

Remote Access

 Remote management via TCP/IP using built in 10/100Mbps Ethernet port  Management via built in browser based GUI  Network Interfaces: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, SMTP, DHCP,

NTP, DNS, 10Base-T/100Base-TX, auto sense, Ping

 Supports SNMP Manager V1, V2, V3

Security

 Strong security features include password protection and advanced

encryption technologies – utilizing 128 bit SSL

 RADIUS authorization and authentication

*Requires external sensors (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

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Requirements

 Energy PDU PE1216, PE1324, PE2220, or PE2340  Environmental Sensors EA1140, EA1240, EA1340 to monitor

environmental data

 Door monitoring requires an EA1440 or EA1441 door sensor  One Cat 5e Ethernet cable to connect the EC1000 / EC2004 to the local

area network  Browsers accessing the EC1000 / EC2004 must support SSL 128 bit

encryption.

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Optional Accessories

Sensors

Sensors are optional accessories. You can use the EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box without sensors. However, if you want to have complete energy management of your data center with the full use of the EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box, you would need to use eco Sensors software and install 4 sensors for each of the racks to generate more complete energy-efficient data and charts. Sensors help you maintain a safe and highly efficient data center by monitoring environmental conditions. Higher sensor density installations help to generate more accurate and precise data. Available sensors are show in the table, below:

Sensor Part Number

Temperature EA1140

Temperature / Humidity EA1240

Differential Pressure / Temperature EA1340

Door Sensor

The EC2004 features a 4-pin dry contact port for door sensors that support the monitoring of rack mount enclosure door access to notify users when a door has been opened. See the table below for information about the two available door sensors. Please contact your ATEN dealer for purchasing information:

Port Part Number Sensor

Door Sensor EA1440 Photo Sensor

EA1441 Inductive Proximity Sensor

Sensor Management

Sensors can be managed via the EC1000 / EC2004’s browser based graphical user interface (GUI) or with NRGence™ eco Sensors software that can be downloaded from the ATEN website. The download link can be found on the software CD provided with the EC1000 / EC2004 package.

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Components

EC1000 Front View

Chapter 1. Introduction

No. Component Description

1 Readout Section

 The first single-digit LED indicates the port selected:

 Energy Sensor (1-4)

 Environmental Sensor (1-4)

 IP Address (1)

 The second 3-digit LED displays information related to

the first LED:

 Current

 Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure

 IP Address

2 Energy and

Environmental Sensor LEDs

3 Selection LED Lights (Green) to indicate the selection (Energy,

4 Select Button Press the Select button to cycle through the selections

5 Reset Switch This switch must be pushed with a thin object, such as

Lights (Orange) for connected Energy Sensors and (Green) for Environmental Sensors, currently connected to a port and taking readings.

Environment, IP) that the Readout is currently displaying.

(Energy, Environment, IP) to display their data readout on the 3-digit LED.

the end of a paper clip.

 Press and release to reboot the device.  Press and hold for more then three seconds to

reset the Energy Box to its factory default settings

6 Power LED Lights (Green) when the Energy Box is powered up and

ready to operate.

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EC1000 Rear View

No. Component Description

1 Grounding Terminal The wire used to ground the Energy Box attaches here.

2 Energy Sensor Ports The four RJ-45 cables that connect the Energy Box to

3 Environmental Sensor

Ports

4 Power Jack The power adapter cable plugs into this jack.

5 LAN Port The cable that connects the Energy Box to the LAN

your Energy PDUs, plug in here.

External sensors plug into these four RJ-11 ports.*

plugs in here.

*External sensors are sold separately (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

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EC2004 Front View

No. Component Description

1 Readout Section

2 Energy and

Environmental Sensor LEDs

3 Selection LED Lights (Green) to indicate the selection (Energy,

4 Select Button Press the Select button to cycle through the selections

5 Reset Switch This switch is recessed and must be pushed with a thin

6 Door Sensor Door sensor: Lights Red when the door is open.

7 Power LED Lights (Green) when the Energy Box is powered up and

 The first single-digit LED indicates the port selected:

 Energy Sensor (1-4)

 Environmental Sensor (1-4)

 IP Address (1)

 The second 3-digit LED displays information related to

the first LED:

 Current

 Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure

 IP Address

Lights (Orange) for connected Energy Sensors and (Green) for Environmental Sensors, currently connected to a port and taking readings.

Environment, IP) that the Readout is currently displaying.

(Energy, Environment, IP) to display their data readout on the 3-digit LED.

object, such as the end of a paper clip.

 Press and release to reboot the device.  Press and hold for more then three seconds to

reset the Energy Box to its factory default settings

See Door Sensor, page 6, for details.

ready to operate.

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EC2004 Rear View

No. Component Description

1 Grounding Terminal The wire used to ground the Energy Box attaches here.

2 Energy Sensor Ports The four RJ-45 cables that connect the Energy Box to

your Energy PDUs, plug in here. The electrical measurements are as follows:

 Port 1 Voltage / Amps  Port 2 Amps  Port 3 Voltage / Amps  Port 4 Amps

3 Environmental Sensor

Ports

4 Power Jack The power adapter cable plugs into this jack.

5 LAN Port The cable that connects the Energy Box to the LAN

6 Door Sensor Port This 4-pin dry contact port is for a door sensor which

External sensors plug into these four RJ-11 ports.*

plugs in here.

allows the monitoring of a rack mounted enclosure’s door access to notify users when a door has been opened. See Door Sensor, page 6, for details.

*External sensors are sold separately (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

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Chapter 2

1. Important safety information regarding the placement of this device is provided on page 91. Please review it before proceeding.

Hardware Setup

Rack Mounting

The EC1000 / EC2004 can be mounted in a 19” (1U) rack or in an 0U configuration mounted to the side of the rack. To rack mount the device, use the rack mounting brackets that came with your device. The brackets are screwed to the front, rear or middle sides of the device, depending on the installation type and then the unit can slide into the front of the rack, or mount to the side of the rack, as shown in the diagrams below:

Rack Mounting - Front

1. Use 3 M3 x 8 Phillips hex head screws supplied with the rack mounting kit to screw the rack mounting brackets into the sides near the front of the unit.

2. Position the unit in the front of the rack and align the holes in the mounting brackets with the holes in the rack.

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3. Screw the mounting brackets to the rack.

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Rack Mounting - Rear

1. Use the M3 x 8 Phillips hex head screws supplied with the rack mounting kit to screw the rack mounting brackets into the sides near the rear of the unit.

2. Position the unit in the front of the rack and align the holes in the mounting brackets with the holes in the rack.

3. Screw the mounting brackets to the rack.

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Rack Mounting - Side

1. Use 2 M3 x 8 Phillips hex head screws supplied with the rack mounting kit to screw the rack mounting brackets onto the sides at the middle of the unit.

2. Position the unit on the outer front of the rack and align the holes in the mounting brackets with the holes in the rack.

3. Screw the mounting brackets to the rack.

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Installation

To set up your EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box installation, refer to the installation diagram on the next page (the numbers in the diagram correspond to the numbered steps), and do the following:

1. Use a grounding wire to ground the Energy Box by connecting one end of

the wire to its grounding terminal, and the other end of the wire to a suitable grounded object.

Note: Do not omit this step. Proper grounding helps to prevent damage to

the unit from surges or static electricity.

2. For each Energy PDU you want to connect, use an RJ-45 cable included

with the package to connect the Energy Box to the Energy PDU.

3. Plug the cable that connects the Energy Box to the LAN, into the LAN

port.

4. (Optional) If you are using environmental sensors with your Energy Box

installation, connect them to the rear environmental sensor ports, and see Securing the Sensors, page 17 for sensor installation.

Note: Sensors are optional. Please see Optional Accessories, page 6.

5. (Optional) If you are using a door sensor with your installation, connect it

to the 4-pin dry sensor port on the unit’s rear panel (EC2004 only), and follow the installation instructions provided with the door sensor.

Note: See Door Sensor, page 6, for further information

6. Connect the power adapter to an AC power source.

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Installation Diagram

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Securing the Sensors

Connect the sensors to the EC1000 Energy Box’s rear environmental sensor ports and secure them using sensor mounts, tie wraps, and adhesive cable tie holders. If you use a tie wrap to secure the sensor, tighten the tie wrap over the recessed channel on the sensor, as shown in the following diagram:

Note: 1. The sensors shown in the above diagram are for reference purposes

only. The sensors for the EC1000 / EC2004 may look slightly different.

2. Depending on the model and type of sensor, sensor mounts, tie wraps, and adhesive cable tie holders may or may not be provided in the package.

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Port LED

Selection

LED

Port

Selection

Data

LED

1.96

Front Panel Operation

Overview

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box displays real-time energy, environment, and IP information locally via the front panel display, for monitoring at the rack. This chapter discusses the front panel operation and monitoring.

Detailed management is done remotely over a standard TCP/IP connection via graphical user interface (GUI) using a web browser or by ATEN's eco Sensor software. Over-IP operation is discussed in Chapter 4, EC1000 Browser Operation, and Chapter 5, EC2004 Browser Operation.

Front Panel Operation

The EC1000 / EC2004 front panel display is controlled by the Select pushbutton. The Select pushbutton cycles through the energy ports, environmental ports, and IP Address in order, displaying relevant information for each selection in the Port LED, and Data LED displays.

The Port LED displays the port (1-4) you are viewing for each selection type: Energy, Environment, or IP Address.

The Data LED displays relevant information about the port you are viewing. The table on the next page explains the different information displayed for each section.

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Selection

LED

Energy 1-4 Current Displays the power current of the

Environment 1-4 Temperature

IP 1 IP Address Displays the IP address of the EC1000

Port

Data LED Displays Data LED Description

LEDs

Energy PDU connected to Energy Sensor port 1, 2, 3, or 4.

The data range is 0–20 A.

When an Energy port is selected the EC1000 / EC2004 displays real-time data for that port until you manual switch to another port.

Displays the Temperature, Humidity,

Humidity

Differential Pressure

and Differential Pressure of the sensor connected to Environmental Sensor port 1, 2, 3, or 4.

When an Environmental Sensor port is selected the Data LED will switch between the readings, flashing a letter first to represent the data to be displayed, then displays the data reading. The letter and data ranges are:

(T) Temperature: -20–60ºC

(H) Humidity: 15–95

(D) Differential Pressure: -250–250*

After the environmental data is displayed, the EC1000 / EC2004 automatically switches back to Energy Sensor port 1.

*The Differential Pressure only shows absolute values due to the displays limitation of 3 digits.

/ EC2004, switching between each of the four octets that make up the full IP address.

After the IP address is displayed twice, the EC1000 / EC2004 automatically switches back to Energy Sensor port

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Operation Methods

The NRGence™ EC1000 Energy Box provides three methods to access and manage your installation: Browser, eco Sensors (Energy PDU Management Software), and SNMP. The EC2004 Browser Operation is discussed in Chapter 5.

Note: The following sections of this chapter contain information concerning

Browser operation. For eco Sensors operation, please reference the separate eco Sensors User Manual. The eco Sensors software and User Manual can be downloaded from the ATEN website.

Browser

The EC1000 Energy Box can be accessed and controlled via any supported Internet browser from any platform. See Browser Operation, page 25, and the following sections in this chapter, for full details.

eco Sensors

The EC1000 Energy Box supports NRGence™ eco Sensors (eco PDU Manager Software). NRGence™ eco Sensors provides you with an easy method for managing multiple devices, offering an intuitive and user-friendly Graphical User Interface that allows you to configure a PDU device and monitor power status of the equipment connected to it. NRGence™ eco Sensors can be downloaded from the ATEN website, along with a separate eco Sensors User Manual.

SNMP

The EC1000 supports any 3rd party V1, V2, or V3 SNMP Manager Software. SNMP Management Information Database (MIB) files for the EC1000 can be found on the software CD provided with the EC1000 package.

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Browser Login

The Energy Box can be accessed via Internet browser from any OS platform.

Note: Browsers must support SSL 128 bit encryption.

To access the Energy Box, do the following:

1. Open your browser and specify the IP address of the EC1000 you want to access in the browser's URL location bar.

Note: You can get the IP address by selecting IP from the front panel, or

see IP Address Determination, page 97, for information about setting it up yourself.

2. If a Security Alert dialog box appears, accept the certificate – it can be trusted. The Login page appears:

3. Provide a valid Username and Password (see First Time Setup, page 25), and select your language.

4. Click Login to bring up the Main Page.

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The EC1000 Main Page

After you have successfully logged in, the EC1000’s Main Page comes up with the Access Connections page displayed:

Note: The screen depicts an Administrator’s page. Depending on a user’s type

and permissions, not all of these elements appear.

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Page Components

The web page screen components are described in the table, below:

No. Item Description

1 Tab Bar The tab bar contains the main operation categories.

2 Menu Bar The menu bar contains operational sub-categories

3 Sidebar The Sidebar provides a tree view listing of outlets

4 Help Connects to on-line help at the ATEN website for the

5 Logout Click this button to log out of your web session.

6 Interactive Display Panel This is your main work area. The screens that

The items that appear in the tab bar are determined by the user’s type, and the authorization options that were selected when the user’s account was created.

that pertain to the item selected in the tab bar. The items that appear in the menu bar are determined by the user’s type, and the authorization options that were selected when the user’s account was created.

that relate to the various tab bar and menu bar selections.

device’s configuration and operation.

appear reflect your menu choices and Sidebar selection.

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Browser Operation

First Time Setup

Once the Energy Box installation has been cabled up, the next task the Administrator needs to perform involves configuring the network parameters, changing the default Administrator login settings, and adding users.

To accomplish this you must login over the network with a browser (See Browser Login, page 22, for details).

Note: 1. Since this is the first time you are logging in, use the default

Username: administrator; and the default Password: password. For security purposes we recommend changing them to something unique (see Changing the Administrator Login, page 27).

2. For remote methods of getting logged in, use the Select button from the front panel of the EC1000 to obtain the IP address and enter it into a web browser to access the Energy Box; or see IP Address Determination, page 97.

After you successfully log in, the Access/Connections page appears:

Note: Operation details are discussed in Access, page 28.

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Network Configuration

To set up the network, do the following:

1. Click the Device Management tab.

2. The interface displays the Device Configuration page. A screen similar to the one below appears:

3. Fill in the fields according to the information provided under Device Configuration, page 35.

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Changing the Administrator Login

To change the default Administrator username and password, do the following:

1. Click the User Management tab.

The User Management page has a detailed list of administrator and user login information.

2. In the Administrator Information section, reset the name and password

fields to something unique, then click Save (at the bottom of the page.)

Note: If you forget the Administrator’s name or password, short the

mainboard jumper to restore the default Administrator account. See Administrator Login Failure, page 101 in the Appendix for full details.

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Access

Connections

When you login to the EC1000, the interface opens with its default selection of the Access tab; on the Connections menu. The contents of the Energy Sensor Status and Environmental Sensor Status sections are displayed in the main panel.

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Energy Sensor Status

The EC1000 Energy Box supports the monitoring of four Energy PDUs. The Energy Sensor Status section allows you to view power status and set up a power management configuration for each Energy PDU:

 Energy Sensor

This field displays the Energy Sensor port number that the Energy PDU is connected to.

 Energy Sensor Name

This field displays the custom name created for the Energy sensor port (see Configuration, page 31).

 Measurement

This field displays the real-time power current reading of an Energy PDU.

 Threshold Settings

This field is used to set the maximum threshold settings for the Energy PDU’s current. If a range exceeds the maximum setting an alarm is triggered.

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Environment Sensor Status

The EC1000 Energy Box supports the monitoring from four environmental sensors*. The Environment Sensor Status section allows you to view the status and set up environmental management configurations for each sensor device:

 Measurement

This field displays the measurement type (Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure) and real-time reading of each sensor.

 Threshold Settings

These fields are used to set the maximum, and minimum threshold settings for Temperature, Humidity, and Differential Pressure. If a range falls below the minimum setting, or exceeds the maximum setting an alarm is triggered.

Note: Sensors are optional accessories. see Optional Accessories, page 6.

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Configuration

The Configuration page is used to set custom names for the Energy Sensor ports of each Energy PDU:

Each Energy Sensor port can be given a distinctive name. The maximum number of characters is 15.

When you have finished making your changes, click Save.

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User Management

When you select the User Management tab the screen comes up with Administrator Information and User Information displayed in the main panel.

The EC1000 supports one Administrator account and up to eight User accounts.

Note: 1. Each account can support 2 login sessions.

2. The EC1000 supports a total of 3 concurrent login sessions.

Administrator Information

This section is used to set the Administrator name and password for browser login, SNMPv3 accounts, and SNMPv1/v2c community settings. Only Administrators can view this section. For details, see Changing the Administrator Login, page 27.

User Information

To add a user, do the following:

1. Set the Management field to Enable.

2. Key in a name and password in the Name and Password fields.

3. Set the sensor-by-sensor permissions of the user in the Energy Sensor field.

4. Click Save to save your settings.

Note: Correct values must be entered in both the Name and Password

fields to enable an account. For account policies see page 44.

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The various options are explained in more detail in the following table:

Field Description

Management The Management field allows you to Enable or Disable a

user’s account:

 Enable – stores the user account  Disable – disables the user account

Name From 1 to 16 characters are allowed depending on the

Password From 1 to 16 characters are allowed depending on the

Energy Sensor This field allows you to set the Energy sensor-by-sensor

Account Policy settings. See Account Policy, page 44.

permissions of the user. Click on the user/port icon to cycle through the three permissions options, as follows:

User has complete access to this sensor port.

User has read-only access to this sensor port.

User has no access to this sensor port.

Save Click this button to save your operation or changes

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Log

The EC1000 keeps a record of transactions that take place on its installation, and stores up to 128 events at one time. The System Log page provides a powerful array of filters and functions that allow you to view and export the log file data, as well as be informed by email of specified events as they occur. If you need to log more then 128 events at a time, a syslog server can be used (see Syslog Server, page 40).

The System Log Event List

 Clicking on a device in the Sidebar displays its log events in the main

panel’s log event list.

 Clicking the Refresh button brings the log list up to date with the latest

events.

 The entry box to the right of the Refresh button lets you set the number of

events to display per page. Simply key in the number of your choice.

 The top right of the main panel shows the total number of pages in the log

file, and what page you are currently viewing.

 The buttons on the bottom row function as follows:

 Clear – click to erase the contents of the log event list  First Page – click to go to the first page of the log event list  Previous Page – click to move to the previous page of the log event

list

 Next Page – click to move to the next page of the log event list  Last Page – click to move to the last page of the log event list  Save – click to save the contents of the log event list to a Csv or Txt

type file.

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Device Management

The Device Management page allows administrators to configure and control overall EC1000 operations.

Device Configuration

This page provides information about the EC1000, as described in the following sections:

General

Item Meaning

Energy Box Name This field lets you give the device a unique name. Simply delete

whatever is in the text box and key in the name of your choice. Click Save (located at the bottom of the page) to save the new name.

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Item Meaning

MAC Address This item displays the EC1000’s MAC address.

Firmware Version This item displays the current firmware version number. You can

reference it to see if there are newer versions available on the ATEN website.

Rack Location Name

This field lets you give the rack location a unique name for easy reference.

Service Ports

As a security measure, if a firewall is being used, the Administrator can specify the port numbers that the firewall will allow. If a port other than the default is used, users must specify the port number as part of the IP address when they login. If an invalid port number (or no port number) is specified, the EC1000 will not be found.

An explanation of the fields is given in the table below:

Field Explanation

Only HTTPs Select this button to use HTTPs service port connections.

HTTP / HTTPs Select this button to use both HTTP and HTTPs service port

HTTP The port number for a browser login. The default is 80.

HTTPS The port number for a secure browser login. The default is 443.

connections.

Note: 1. Valid entries for all of the Service Ports are from 1–65535.

2. The service ports cannot have the same value. You must set a different value for each one.

3. If there is no firewall (on an Intranet, for example), it doesn’t matter what these numbers are set to, since they have no effect.

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IPv4 Configuration

The EC1000’s IPv4 IP and DNS addresses (the traditional method of specifying IP addresses) can either be assigned dynamically (DHCP), or a fixed IP address can be specified.

 For dynamic IP address assignment, select the Obtain IP address

automatically radio button. (This is the default setting.)

 To specify a fixed IP address, select the Set IP address manually radio

button and fill in the IP address with values appropriate for your network.

 For automatic DNS Server address assignment, select the Obtain DNS

Server address automatically radio button.

 To specify the DNS Server address manually, select the Set DNS server

address manually radio button, and fill in the addresses for the Preferred

and Alternate DNS servers with values appropriate for your network.

Note: 1. If you choose Obtain IP address automatically, when the device starts

up it waits to get its IP address from the DHCP server. If it hasn’t obtained the address after one minute, it automatically reverts to its factory default IP address (192.168.0.60.)

2. If the device is on a network that uses DHCP to assign network addresses, see IP Address Determination, page 97, for information.

3. Specifying the Alternate DNS Server address is optional.

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Event Notification

The Event Notification section is divided into three sections: SMTP Server; SNMP Trap Receivers; and Syslog Server. Each section is described below.

 SMTP Server

To have the EC1000 email reports from the SMTP server to you, do the following:

1. Select Enable report from the following SMTP server, and key in the IP address of your SMTP server.

2. If your server requires authentication, select the My server requires authentication checkbox.

3. Key in the appropriate account information in the Account Name,

Password, and From fields.

Note: Only one email address is allowed in the From fields, and it cannot

exceed 64 characters.)

4. Key in the email address (addresses) of where you want the event reports sent to in the To field.

Note: If you are sending the report to more than one email address,

separate the addresses with a comma, or semicolon. The use of a comma or semicolon to separate the email address will depend on your mail servers settings.The total cannot exceed 256 characters.

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Up to four SNMP management stations can be specified. If you want to use SNMP trap notifications, do the following:

1. Select Enable SNMP Trap.

2. Select the type: SNMPv3, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv1.

3. For SNMPv3 key in the Receiver IP(s), User name(s), Auth-

password(s), Priv-password(s) and Service Port number(s) of the computer(s) to be notified of SNMP trap events. The valid port range is 1–65535. The default port number is 162.

4. For SNMPv2c and SNMPv1 key in the Receiver IP(s), Community(s),

and Service Port number(s) of the computer(s) to be notified of SNMP trap events. The valid port range is 1–65535. The default port number is 162.

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 Syslog Server

To record all the events that take place on EC1000 devices and write them to the Syslog server, do the following:

1. Check Enable Syslog Server.

2. Key in the Server IP and the Service Port of the Syslog server. The valid port range is 1-65535. The default port number is 514.

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Date/Time

The Date/Time dialog page sets the EC1000 Energy Box time parameters:

Set the parameters according to the information described below.

Time Zone

 To establish the time zone that the EC1000 is located in, drop down the

Time Zone list and choose the city that most closely corresponds to where it is at.

 If your country or region employs Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time),

check the corresponding checkbox.

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Manual Input

Use this section to specify the EC1000’s date and time manually.

 Click the calendar icon and click the calendar entry for the date.  Key the time into the Time field, using the HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes,

seconds) format.

Note: This section is only enabled when auto adjustment (in the Network Time

section) is disabled (the checkbox is unchecked).

As an alternative to specifying the date and time by entering them into the date and time fields, you can click to put a check in the Sync with PC checkbox, in which case the EC1000 will take its date and time settings from the locally connected PC.

Network Time

To have the time automatically synchronized to a network time server, do the following:

1. Check the Enable auto adjustment checkbox.

2. Drop down the time server list to select your preferred time server – or –

Check the Preferred custom server IP checkbox, and key in the IP address of the time server of your choice.

3. If you want to configure an alternate time server, check the Alternate time server checkbox, and repeat step 2 for the alternate time server entries.

4. Key in your choice for the number of days between synchronization procedures.

Finishing Up

When you have finished making your settings on this page, click Save.

After you have saved your changes, if you want to synchronize immediately, click Adjust Time Now.

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Security

The Security page controls access to the EC1000.

Login Failures

 Allowed sets the number of consecutive failed login attempts that are

permitted from a remote user.

 Timeout sets the amount of time a remote user must wait before

attempting to login again after exceeding the number of allowed failures.

Working Mode

 If ICMP is enabled, the EC1000 Energy Box can be pinged. If it is not

enabled, the device cannot be pinged. The default is Enabled.

When you have finished making your settings on this page, click Save.

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Account Policy

The Account Policy section governs policies in regard to usernames and passwords.

Check a policy and enter the required information in the appropriate fields.

Item Description

Minimum Username Length Sets the minimum number of characters required for

Minimum Password Length Sets the minimum number of characters required for

Password Must Contain At Least Checking any of these items requires users to include

Disable Duplicate Login Check this to prevent users from logging in with the

a username. Acceptable values are from 1–16.

a password. Acceptable values are from 1–16.

at least one of the specified items in their password.

Note: This policy does not affect existing user accounts. Only new user accounts created after this policy has been enabled, and users required to change their passwords are affected.

same account at the same time.

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Login String / IP Filter / Mac Filter

 Login String

The Login String entry field is used to specify a login string (in addition to the IP address) that users must include when accessing the EC1000 device with a browser. For example:

192.168.0.126/abcdefg

 The following characters are allowed:

0–9 a–z A–Z ~ ! @ $ * ( ) _ ‘ ,

 The following characters are not allowed:

& ^ { } ‘ ’ < > | " % ” : / ? # \ [Space] + - = [ ] ;

Compound characters (É Ç ñ ... etc.)

Note: 1. There must be a forward slash between the IP address and the string.

2. If no login string is specified here, anyone will be able to access the EC1000 login page using the IP address alone. This makes your installation less secure.

3. For security purposes, we recommend that you change this string occasionally

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 IP Filter / MAC Filter

If any filters have been configured, they appear in the IP Filter and/or MAC Filter list boxes.

IP and MAC Filters control access to the EC1000 based on the IP and/or MAC addresses of the client computers attempting to connect. A maximum of 5 IP filters and 5 MAC filters are allowed.

To enable IP and/or MAC filtering, click to put a check mark in the IP Filter Enable and/or MAC Filter Enable checkbox.

 If the Include button is checked, all the addresses within the filter range

are allowed access; all other addresses are denied access.

 If the Exclude button is checked, all the addresses within the filter range

are denied access; all other addresses are allowed access.

Adding Filters

To add an IP filter, do the following:

1. Click Add. A dialog box similar to the one below appears:

2. Enter the start and end filter addresses in the dialog boxes (for example,

192.168.0.200), then click OK.

3. To filter a single IP address, key in the same IP address for the start and end IP. To filter a continuous range of addresses, key in the last number of the range (for example, 192.168.0.225).

4. After filling in the address, click OK.

Repeat these steps for any additional IP addresses you want to filter.

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To add a MAC filter, do the following:

1. Click Add. A dialog box similar to the one below appears:

2. Specify the MAC address in the dialog box (for example, 001074670000),

then click OK.

Repeat these steps for any additional MAC addresses you want to filter.

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict

If there is a conflict between an IP filter and a MAC filter – for example, where a computer’s IP address is allowed by the IP filter but its MAC address is excluded by the MAC filter – then that computer’s access is blocked.

In other words, if either filter blocks a computer, then the computer is blocked, no matter what the other filter is set to.

Modifying Filters

To modify a filter, select it in the IP Filter or MAC Filter list box and click Modify. The Modify dialog box is similar to the Add dialog box. When it comes up, simply delete the old address(es) and replace it with the new one(s).

Deleting Filters

To delete a filter, select it in the IP Filter or MAC Filter list box and click Delete.

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Authentication & Authorization

The Authentication & Authorization page is used to set up login authentication and authorization management from external sources.

RADIUS Settings

To allow authentication and authorization for the EC1000 device through a RADIUS server, do the following:

1. Check Enable RADIUS.

2. Fill in the Preferred RADIUS Server IP, Preferred RADIUS Service

Port, and (optional) Alternate RADIUS Server IP and Preferred RADIUS Service Port. The default port number for the Preferred server is

1812; the default port number for the Alternate server is 1645.

Note: Make sure that the port numbers you specify here match the port

numbers used by the RADIUS servers.

3. In the Timeout field, set the time in seconds that the EC1000 waits for a RADIUS server reply before it times out.

4. In the Retries field, set the number of allowed retries for attempting to connect to the RADIUS server.

5. In the Shared Secret field, key in the character string that you want to use for authentication between the EC1000 and the RADIUS Server.

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6. On the RADIUS server, set the entry for each user as follows:

su/xxxx

Where xxxx represents the Username given to the user when the account was created on the EC1000. The user’s access rights are the ones assigned for the EC1000, as well. (See User Information, page 32.)

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Private Certificate

When logging in over a secure (SSL) connection, a signed certificate is used to verify that the user is logging in to the intended site. For enhanced security, the Private Certificate section allows you to use your own private encryption key and signed certificate, rather than the default ATEN certificate.

There are two methods for establishing your private certificate: generating a self-signed certificate; and importing a third-party certificate authority (CA) signed certificate.

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate

If you wish to create your own self-signed certificate, a free utility – openssl.exe – is available for download over the web.

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate

For the greatest security, we recommend using a third party certificate authority (CA) signed certificate. To obtain a third party signed certificate, go to a CA (Certificate Authority) website to apply for an SSL certificate. After the CA sends you the certificate and private encryption key, save them to a convenient location on your computer.

Importing the Private Certificate

To import the private certificate, do the following:

1. Click Browse to the right of Private Key; browse to where your private encryption key file is located; and select it.

2. Click Browse to the right of Certificate; browse to where your certificate file is located; and select it.

3. Click Upload to complete the procedure.

Note: 1. Clicking Restore Default returns the device to using the default

ATEN certificate.

2. Both the private encryption key and the signed certificate must be imported at the same time.

When you have finished making your settings on this page, click Save.

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Maintenance

The Maintenance function is used to upgrade the EC1000’s firmware, and to backup and restore the device’s configuration settings.

Firmware File

When you click the Maintenance tab, the Firmware File section is displayed at the top of the page:

A description of the items shown in this panel are given in the table, below:

Item Description

Check Main Firmware Version

Name Lists the name of the EC1000 Energy Box.

If you enable Check Main Firmware Version, the EC1000’s current firmware level is compared with that of the upgrade file. If the current version is equal to or higher than the upgrade version, a popup message appears, to inform you of the situation and stops the upgrade procedure.

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Item Description

F/W Version Displays the EC1000 ‘s current firmware version.

Filename As new versions of the firmware become available, they are

Upgrade Click this button to upgrade the firmware of the selected devices.

posted on our website and can be downloaded to a convenient location on your computer. Click the Browse button to select the downloaded upgrade file.

 Upgrading the Firmware

To upgrade the firmware refer to the screen shot on the preceding page, and do the following:

1. Go to our website and download the new firmware file to a convenient location on your computer.

2. Click the Browse button; navigate to where the firmware file is located and select it.

3. Click Upgrade to start the upgrade procedure.  If you enabled Check Main Firmware Version the current firmware

level is compared with that of the upgrade file. If the current version is equal to or higher than the upgrade version, a popup message appears, to inform you of the situation and stops the upgrade procedure.

 If you didn't enable Check Main Firmware Version, the upgrade file

is installed without checking what its level is.

 Once the upgrade completes successfully, the EC1000 resets itself.

4. Login again, and check the firmware version to be sure it is the new one.

 Firmware Upgrade Recovery

Should the EC1000’s firmware upgrade procedure fail, and the device becomes unusable, the following firmware upgrade recovery procedure will resolve the problem:

1. Power off the device.

2. Press and hold the Reset Switch (see page 7).

3. While holding the Reset Switch in, power the switch back on.

This causes the Energy Box to use the original factory installed main firmware version. Once the EC1000 is operational, you can try upgrading the main firmware again.

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Backup/Restore

Using Backup/Restore from the Maintenance tab gives you the ability to back up the EC1000’s configuration and user profile information:

Backup

To backup the device’s settings do the following:

1. In the Password field, key in a password for the file.

Note: Entering a password is optional. If you do enter a password, make a

note of it, since you will need it to be able to restore the file.

2. Click Save.

3. When the browser asks what you want to do with the file, select Save to

disk; then save it in a convenient location.

Restore

To restore a previous backup, do the following:

1. Click Browse; navigate to the file and select it.

2. In the Password field, key in the same password that you used to save the

file.

Note: If you didn’t set a password for the file, you can omit this step.

3. Click Restore.

After the file is restored, a message appears to inform you that the procedure succeeded, and you are automatically logged off the Energy Box.

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Operation Methods

The NRGence™ EC2004 Energy Box provides three methods to access and manage your installation: Browser, eco Sensors (Energy PDU Management Software), and SNMP. The EC1000 Browser Operation is discussed in Chapter 4.

Note: The following sections of this chapter contain information concerning

Browser operation. For eco Sensors operation, please reference the separate eco Sensors User Manual. The eco Sensors software and User Manual can be downloaded from the ATEN website.

Browser

The EC2004 Energy Box can be accessed and controlled via any supported Internet browser from any platform. See Browser Operation, page 59, and the following sections in this chapter, for full details.

eco Sensors

The EC2004 Energy Box supports NRGence™ eco Sensors (eco PDU Manager Software). NRGence™ eco Sensors provides you with an easy method for managing multiple devices, offering an intuitive and user-friendly Graphical User Interface that allows you to configure a PDU device and monitor power status of the equipment connected to it. NRGence™ eco Sensors can be downloaded from the ATEN website, along with a separate eco Sensors User Manual.

SNMP

The EC2004 supports any 3rd party V1, V2, or V3 SNMP Manager Software. SNMP Management Information Database (MIB) files for the EC2004 can be found on the software CD provided with the EC2004 package.

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Browser Login

The Energy Box can be accessed via Internet browser from any OS platform.

Note: Browsers must support SSL 128 bit encryption.

To access the Energy Box, do the following:

1. Open your browser and specify the IP address of the EC2004 you want to access in the browser's URL location bar.

Note: You can get the IP address by selecting IP from the front panel, or

see IP Address Determination, page 97, for information about setting it up yourself.

2. If a Security Alert dialog box appears, accept the certificate – it can be trusted. The Login page appears:

3. Provide a valid Username and Password (see First Time Setup, page 59), and select your language.

4. Click Login to bring up the Main Page.

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The EC2004 Main Page

After you have successfully logged in, the EC2004’s Main Page comes up with the Access Connections page displayed:

Note: The screen depicts an Administrator’s page. Depending on a user’s type

and permissions, not all of these elements appear.

Page Components

The web page screen components are described in the table, below:

No. Item Description

1 Tab Bar The tab bar contains the main operation categories.

2 Menu Bar The menu bar contains operational sub-categories

3 Sidebar The Sidebar provides a tree view listing of outlets

The items that appear in the tab bar are determined by the user’s type, and the authorization options that were selected when the user’s account was created.

that relate to the various tab bar and menu bar selections.

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No. Item Description

4 Help / Logout Help: Connects to on-line help at the ATEN website

5 Interactive Display Panel This is your main work area. The screens that

for the device’s configuration and operation.

Logout: Click this button to log out of your web session.

appear reflect your menu choices and Sidebar selection.

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Browser Operation

First Time Setup

To accomplish this you must login over the network with a browser (See Browser Login, page 56, for details).

Note: 1. Since this is the first time you are logging in, use the default

Username: administrator; and the default Password: password. For security purposes we recommend changing them to something unique (see Changing the Administrator Login, page 61).

2. For remote methods of getting logged in, use the Select button from the front panel of the EC2004 to obtain the IP address and enter it into a web browser to access the Energy Box; or see IP Address Determination, page 97.

After you successfully login, the Access/Connections page appears:

Note: Operation details are discussed in Access, page 62.

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Network Configuration

To set up the network, do the following:

1. Click the Setup tab.

2. The interface displays the Device Configuration page. A screen similar to the one below appears:

3. Fill in the fields according to the information provided under Device Configuration, page 70.

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Changing the Administrator Login

The User page has a detailed list of administrator and user login information. To change the default Administrator username and password, do the following:

1. Click the User tab.

2. In the Administrator Information section, reset the name and password

fields to something unique, then click Save (at the bottom of the page.)

Note: If you forget the Administrator’s name or password, short the

mainboard jumper to restore the default Administrator account. See Administrator Login Failure, page 101 in the Appendix for details.

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Access

Connections

When you login to the EC2004, the interface opens with its default selection of the Access tab; on the Connections menu. The contents of the Energy Sensor Status and Monitor Status sections are displayed in the main panel.

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Energy Sensor Status

The EC2004 supports the monitoring of two Energy PDU’s Amps, and two Energy PDU’s Amps + Voltage readings. The Energy Sensor Status section allows you to view the power status and set up power management configurations for each Energy PDU:

 Energy Sensor

This field displays the Energy Sensor port number that the Energy PDU is connected to.

 Energy Sensor Name

This field displays the custom name created for the Energy sensor port (see Configuration, page 65).

 Measurement

This field displays the real-time Current, Voltage, Power, and Power Dissipation of the Energy PDU.

 Threshold Settings

This field is used to set the minimum and maximum threshold settings for the Energy PDU’s measurements. If a range falls below the minimum setting, or exceeds the maximum setting an alarm is triggered.

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Monitor Status

The EC2004 supports PDU device level monitoring, plus monitoring via Door and environmental sensors*. The Monitor Status section allows you to view the status and set up environmental management configurations for each sensor device:

 Measurement

This field displays the real-time measurement from the Environmental Sensors: (Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure), Door Sensor:

(Photo, Inductive Proximity, Reed), and PDU Device: (Aggregate Current, Power, Aggregate Power Dissipation).

 Threshold Settings

These fields are used to set the Door Sensor Type, and Maximum / Minimum threshold settings for Temperature, Humidity, Differential

Pressure, and Maximum thresholds for Aggregate Current, Power, and Aggregate Power Dissipation. If a range falls below the minimum setting,

or exceeds the maximum setting an alarm is triggered.

Note: Sensors are optional accessories. see Optional Accessories, page 6.

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Configuration

The Configuration page, selected from the menu bar, is used to set custom names for the Energy Sensor ports of each Energy PDU:

Each Energy Sensor port can be given a name. The maximum number of characters is 15. When you have finished making your changes, click Save.

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User Management

When you select the User tab the screen comes up with Administrator Information and User Information displayed in the main panel. The EC2004

supports one Administrator account and up to eight User accounts.

Note: 1. Each account can support 2 login sessions.

2. The EC2004 supports a total of 3 concurrent login sessions.

Administrator Information

User Information

To add a user, do the following:

1. Set the Management field to Enable.

2. Key in a name and password in the Name and Password fields.

3. Set the sensor-by-sensor permissions of the user in the Energy Sensor field.

4. Click Save to save your settings.

Note: Correct values must be entered in both the Name and Password

fields to enable an account. For account policies see page 80.

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The various options are explained in more detail in the following table:

Field Description

Management The Management field allows you to Enable or Disable a

user’s account:

 Enable – stores the user account  Disable – disables the user account

Name From 1 to 16 characters are allowed depending on the

Password From 1 to 16 characters are allowed depending on the

Energy Sensor This field allows you to set the Energy sensor-by-sensor

Account Policy settings. See Account Policy, page 80.

permissions of the user. Click on the user/port icon to cycle through the three permissions options, as follows:

User has complete access to this sensor port.

User has read-only access to this sensor port.

User has no access to this sensor port.

Save Click this button to save your operation or changes

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Log

The EC2004 keeps a record of transactions that take place on its installation, and stores up to 128 events at one time. The System Log page provides a powerful array of filters and functions that allow you to view and export the log file data, as well as be informed by email of specified events as they occur. If you need to log more then 128 events at a time, a syslog server can be used (see Syslog Server, page 76). In addition, from the Notification Settings page, you can configure notification settings to be sent via Syslog, E-mail, or SNMP.

The System Log Event List

 Clicking on a device in the Sidebar displays its log events in the main

panel’s log event list.

 Clicking the Refresh button brings the log list up to date with the latest

events.

 The entry box to the right of the Refresh button lets you set the number of

events to display per page. Simply key in the number of your choice.

 The top right of the main panel shows the total number of pages in the log

file, and what page you are currently viewing.

 The buttons on the bottom row function as follows:

list

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type file.

Notification Settings

The Notification Settings page lets you decide which events trigger a notification, and how the notifications are sent out:

Notifications can be sent via E-mail, SNMP, or written to the SysLog file, or any combination of the three. A check mark (

√ ) indicates that notification of

the event is permitted for the method specified in the column heading; an empty box indicates that notification is not restricted.

To view all log options, you can expand the Event Lists: Enable all system

events, Enable all Authentication events, Enable all User Management events, or Enable all Device Management events, using icon below.

Note: In any of the columns, you can select the top heading to select a group

of events. Clicking permit/restrict on a group heading causes all of them to change in unison.

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Setup

The Setup page allows administrators to set the EC2004’s device configurations and security.

Device Configuration

This page provides information about the EC2004, as described in the following sections:

General

Item Meaning

Energy Box Name This field lets you give the device a unique name. Simply delete

whatever is in the text box and key in the name of your choice. Click Save (located at the bottom of the page) to save the new name.

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Item Meaning

MAC Address This item displays the EC2004’s MAC address.

Firmware Version This item displays the current firmware version number. You can

reference it to see if there are newer versions available on the ATEN website.

Rack Location Name

This field lets you give the rack location a unique name for easy reference.

Service Ports

An explanation of the fields is given in the table below:

Field Explanation

Only HTTPs Select this button to only use HTTPs service port connections.

HTTP / HTTPs Select this button to use both HTTP and HTTPs service port

connections.

HTTP The port number for a browser login. The default is 80.

HTTPS The port number for a secure browser login. The default is 443.

Note: 1. Valid entries for all of the Service Ports are from 1–65535.

2. The service ports cannot have the same value. You must set a different value for each one.

3. If there is no firewall (on an Intranet, for example), it doesn’t matter what these numbers are set to, since they have no effect.

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IPv4 Configuration

The EC2004’s IPv4 IP and DNS addresses (the traditional method of specifying IP addresses) can either be assigned dynamically (DHCP), or a fixed IP address can be specified.

 For dynamic IP address assignment, select the Obtain IP address

automatically radio button. (This is the default setting.)

 To specify a fixed IP address, select the Set IP address manually radio

button and fill in the IP address with values appropriate for your network.

 For automatic DNS Server address assignment, select the Obtain DNS

Server address automatically radio button.

 To specify the DNS Server address manually, select the Set DNS server

address manually radio button, and fill in the addresses for the Preferred

and Alternate DNS servers with values appropriate for your network.

Note: 1. If you choose Obtain IP address automatically, when the device starts

up it waits to get its IP address from the DHCP server. If it hasn’t obtained the address after one minute, it automatically reverts to its factory default IP address (192.168.0.60.)

2. If the device is on a network that uses DHCP to assign network addresses, and you need to ascertain its IP address, see IP Address Determination, page 97, for information.

3. Specifying the Alternate DNS Server address is optional.

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IPv6 Configuration

IPv6 is the new (128-bit) format for specifying IP addresses* (See IPv6, page 99 for further information).

Note: At present, the EC2004 does not support IPv6 but we intend to enable

this feature in the near future. For more information, please check our website for the latest EC2004 firmware updates.

 For auto IP address assignment, select the Enable autoconfiguration radio

button.

 To specify a fixed IP address, select the Set configuration manually radio

button and fill in the IP address with values appropriate for your network.

 For automatic DNS Server address assignment, select the Use DHCPv6 to

obtain DNS Server Addresses radio button.

 To specify the DNS Server address manually, select the Set DNS server

address manually radio button, and fill in the addresses for the Preferred

and Alternate DNS servers with values appropriate for your network.

Note: 1. If the device is on a network that uses DHCP to assign network

addresses, and you need to ascertain its IP address, see IP Address Determination, page 97, for information.

2. Specifying the Alternate DNS Server address is optional.

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Event Notification

The Event Notification section is divided into three sections: SMTP Server; SNMP Trap Receivers; and Syslog Server. Each section is described below.

 SMTP Server

To have the EC2004 email reports from the SMTP server to you, do the following:

1. Select Enable report from the following SMTP Server, and key in the IP address of your SMTP server.

2. If your server requires authentication, select the My server requires authentication checkbox.

3. Key in the appropriate account information in the Account Name,

Password, and From fields.

Note: Only one email address is allowed in the From fields, and it cannot

exceed 64 characters.)

4. Key in the email address (addresses) of where you want the event reports sent to in the To field.

Note: If you are sending the report to more than one email address,

separate the addresses with a comma or semicolon. The use of a comma or semicolon to separate the email address will depend on your mail servers settings.The total cannot exceed 256 characters.

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Up to four SNMP management stations can be specified. If you want to use SNMP trap notifications, do the following:

1. Check Enable SNMP Trap.

2. Select the type: SNMPv3, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv1.

3. For SNMPv3 key in the Receiver IP(s), User name(s), Auth-

password(s), Priv-password(s) and Service Port number(s) of the computer(s) to be notified of SNMP trap events. The valid port range is 1–65535. The default port number is 162.

4. For SNMPv2c and SNMPv1 key in the Receiver IP(s), Community(s),

and Service Port number(s) of the computer(s) to be notified of SNMP trap events. The valid port range is 1–65535. The default port number is 162.

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 Syslog Server

To record all the events that take place on EC2004 devices and write them to the Syslog server, do the following:

1. Check Enable Syslog Server.

2. Key in the Server IP and the Service Port of the Syslog server. The valid port range is 1-65535. The default port number is 514.

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Date/Time

The Date/Time dialog page sets the EC2004 time parameters:

Set the parameters according to the information described below.

Time Zone

 To establish the time zone that the EC2004 is located in, drop down the

Time Zone list and choose the city that most closely corresponds to where it is at.

 If your country or region employs Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time),

check the corresponding checkbox.

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Manual Input

Use this section to specify the EC2004’s date and time manually.

 Click the calendar icon and click the calendar entry for the date.  Key the time into the Time field, using the HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes,

seconds) format.

Note: This section is only enabled when auto adjustment (in the Network Time

section) is disabled (the checkbox is unchecked).

As an alternative to specifying the date and time by entering them into the date and time fields, you can click to put a check in the Sync with PC checkbox, in which case the EC2004 will take its date and time settings from the locally connected PC.

Network Time

To have the time automatically synchronized to a network time server, do the following:

1. Check the Enable auto adjustment checkbox.

2. Drop down the time server list to select your preferred time server – or –

Check the Preferred custom server IP checkbox, and key in the IP address of the time server of your choice.

3. If you want to configure an alternate time server, check the Alternate time server checkbox, and repeat step 2 for the alternate time server entries.

4. Key in your choice for the number of days between synchronization procedures.

Finishing Up

When you have finished making your settings on this page, click Save.

After you have saved your changes, if you want to synchronize immediately, click Adjust Time Now.

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Security

The Security page controls access to the EC2004.

Login Failures

 Allowed sets the number of consecutive failed login attempts that are

permitted from a remote user.

 Timeout sets the amount of time a remote user must wait before

attempting to login again after exceeding the number of allowed failures.

Working Mode

 If ICMP is enabled, the EC1000 Energy Box can be pinged. If it is not

enabled, the device cannot be pinged. The default is Enabled.

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Account Policy

The Account Policy section governs policies in regard to usernames and passwords.

Check a policy and enter the required information in the appropriate fields.

Item Description

Minimum Username Length Sets the minimum number of characters required for

a username. Acceptable values are from 1–16.

Minimum Password Length Sets the minimum number of characters required for

Password Must Contain At Least Checking any of these items requires users to include

Disable Duplicate Login Check this to prevent users from logging in with the

a password. Acceptable values are from 1–16.

at least one of the specified items in their password.

Note: This policy does not affect existing user accounts. Only new user accounts created after this policy has been enabled, and users required to change their passwords are affected.

same account at the same time.

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Login String / IP Filter / Mac Filter

 Login String

The Login String entry field is used to specify a login string (in addition to the IP address) that users must include when accessing the EC2004 device with a browser. For example:

192.168.0.126/abcdefg

 The following characters are allowed:

0–9 a–z A–Z ~ ! @ $ * ( ) _ ‘ ,

 The following characters are not allowed:

& ^ { } ‘ ’ < > | " % ” : / ? # \ [Space] + - = [ ] ;

Compound characters (É Ç ñ ... etc.)

Note: 1. There must be a forward slash between the IP address and the string.

2. If no login string is specified here, anyone will be able to access the EC2004 login page using the IP address alone. This makes your installation less secure.

3. For security purposes, we recommend that you change this string occasionally

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 IP Filter / MAC Filter

If any filters have been configured, they appear in the IP Filter and/or MAC Filter list boxes.

IP and MAC Filters control access to the EC2004 based on the IP and/or MAC addresses of the client computers attempting to connect. A maximum of 5 IP filters and 5 MAC filters are allowed.

To enable IP and/or MAC filtering, click to put a check mark in the IP Filter Enable and/or MAC Filter Enable checkbox.

 If the Include button is checked, all the addresses within the filter range

are allowed access; all other addresses are denied access.

 If the Exclude button is checked, all the addresses within the filter range

are denied access; all other addresses are allowed access.

Adding Filters

To add an IP filter, do the following:

1. Click Add. A dialog box similar to the one below appears:

2. Enter the start and end filter addresses in the dialog boxes (for example,

192.168.0.200), then click OK.

3. To filter a single IP address, key in the same IP address for the start and end IP. To filter a continuous range of addresses, key in the last number of the range (for example, 192.168.0.225).

4. After filling in the address, click OK.

Repeat these steps for any additional IP addresses you want to filter.

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To add a MAC filter, do the following:

1. Click Add. A dialog box similar to the one below appears:

2. Specify the MAC address in the dialog box (for example, 001074670000),

then click OK.

Repeat these steps for any additional MAC addresses you want to filter.

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict

In other words, if either filter blocks a computer, then the computer is blocked, no matter what the other filter is set to.

Modifying Filters

Deleting Filters

To delete a filter, select it in the IP Filter or MAC Filter list box and click Delete.

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Authentication & Authorization

The Authentication & Authorization page is used to set up login authentication and authorization management from external sources.

RADIUS Settings

To allow authentication and authorization for the EC2004 device through a RADIUS server, do the following:

1. Check Enable RADIUS.

2. Fill in the Preferred RADIUS Server IP, Preferred RADIUS Service

Port, and (optional) Alternate RADIUS Server IP and Preferred RADIUS Service Port. The default port number for the Preferred server is

1812; the default port number for the Alternate server is 1645.

Note: Make sure that the port numbers you specify here match the port

numbers used by the RADIUS servers.

3. In the Timeout field, set the time in seconds that the EC2004 waits for a RADIUS server reply before it times out.

4. In the Retries field, set the number of allowed retries for attempting to connect to the RADIUS server.

5. In the Shared Secret field, key in the character string that you want to use for authentication between the EC2004 and the RADIUS Server.

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6. On the RADIUS server, set the entry for each user as follows:

su/xxxx

Where xxxx represents the Username given to the user when the account was created on the EC2004. The user’s access rights are the ones assigned for the EC2004, as well. (See User Information, page 66.)

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Private Certificate

There are two methods for establishing your Private Certificate: generating a self-signed certificate; and importing a third-party certificate authority (CA) signed certificate.

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate

If you wish to create your own self-signed certificate, a free utility – openssl.exe – is available for download over the web.

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate

Importing the Private Certificate

To import the private certificate, do the following:

1. Click Browse to the right of Private Key; browse to where your private encryption key file is located; and select it.

2. Click Browse to the right of Certificate; browse to where your certificate file is located; and select it.

3. Click Upload to complete the procedure.

Note: 1. Clicking Restore Default returns the device to using the default

ATEN certificate.

2. Both the private encryption key and the signed certificate must be imported at the same time.

When you have finished making your settings on this page, click Save.

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PDU

The PDU function is used to upgrade the EC2004’s firmware, and to backup and restore the device’s configuration settings.

Firmware File

When you click the PDU tab, Firmware Upgrade File is displayed at the top, which looks similar to the one below:

A description of the items shown in this panel are given in the table, below:

Item Description

Check Main Firmware Version

Energy Box Name Lists the name of the EC2004 Energy Box.

If you enable Check Main Firmware Version, the EC2004’s current firmware level is compared with that of the upgrade file. If the current version is equal to or higher than the upgrade version, a popup message appears, to inform you of the situation and stops the upgrade procedure.

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Item Description

F/W Version Displays the EC2004 ‘s current firmware version.

Filename As new versions of the firmware become available, they are

Upgrade Click this button to upgrade the firmware of the selected devices.

posted on our website and can be downloaded to a convenient location on your computer. Click the Browse button to select the downloaded upgrade file.

 Upgrading the Firmware

To upgrade the firmware refer to the screen shot on the preceding page, and do the following:

1. Go to our website and download the new firmware file to a convenient location on your computer.

2. Click the Browse button; navigate to where the firmware file is located and select it.

3. Click Upgrade to start the upgrade procedure.  If you enabled Check Main Firmware Version the current firmware

 If you didn't enable Check Main Firmware Version, the upgrade file

is installed without checking what its level is.

 Once the upgrade completes successfully, the EC2004 resets itself.

4. Log in again, and check the firmware version to be sure it is the new one.

 Firmware Upgrade Recovery

Should the EC2004’s firmware upgrade procedure fail, and the device becomes unusable, the following firmware upgrade recovery procedure will resolve the problem:

1. Power off the device.

2. Press and hold the Reset Switch (see page 7).

3. While holding the Reset Switch in, power the switch back on.

This causes the switch to use the original factory installed main firmware version. Once the switch is operational, you can try upgrading the main firmware again.

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Backup/Restore

Using Backup/Restore from the PDU tab gives you the ability to back up the EC2004’s configuration and user profile information:

Backup

To backup the device’s settings do the following:

1. In the Password field, key in a password for the file.

Note: Entering a password is optional. If you do enter a password, make a

note of it, since you will need it to be able to restore the file.

2. Click Save.

3. When the browser asks what you want to do with the file, select Save to

disk; then save it in a convenient location.

Restore

To restore a previous backup, do the following:

1. Click Browse; navigate to the file and select it.

2. In the Password field, key in the same password that you used to save the

file.

Note: If you didn’t set a password for the file, you can omit this step.

3. Click Restore.

After the file is restored, a message appears to inform you that the procedure succeeded, and you are automatically logged off the Energy Box.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction

Overview

Sensors

Door Sensor

Sensor Management

EC1000 Front View

EC1000 Rear View

EC2004 Front View

EC2004 Rear View

Hardware Setup

Rack Mounting

Rack Mounting - Front

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Securing the Sensors

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First Time Setup

Network Configuration

Changing the Administrator Login

Connections

Configuration

Administrator Information

User Information

The System Log Event List

Device Configuration

Service Ports

Date/Time

Time Zone

Network Time

Finishing Up

Security

Login Failures

Working Mode

Account Policy

Login String / IP Filter / Mac Filter

Adding Filters

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict

Authentication & Authorization

RADIUS Settings

Private Certificate

Firmware File

Backup/Restore

Backup

Restore

EC2004 Browser Operation

Operation Methods

Browser

eco Sensors

SNMP

Browser Login

Page Components

First Time Setup

Network Configuration

Changing the Administrator Login

Connections

Configuration

Administrator Information

User Information

The System Log Event List

Notification Settings

Device Configuration

Service Ports

Date/Time

Time Zone

Network Time

Finishing Up

Security