Avocent EVR1500-AM User Manual

EVR1500

Installer/User Guide

INSTRUCTIONS

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EVR1500

Installer/User Guide

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USA Notification

Canadian Notification

Japanese Approvals

Safety and EMC Standards

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Note: 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.

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Product Overview

Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2: Installation

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mounting the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 11

Installing the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 12

Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . 13

Chapter 3: Basic Operations

Launching the Web Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Launching Through DSView Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Configuring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the Email Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing the Login Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring Digital Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuring Analog Inputs and Internal Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring Digital Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configuring Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring XML Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configuring Delimited Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuring User Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Configuring Email Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring FTP Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring Combination Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring Output Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Configuring Report To File Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Viewing Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations

Setting Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Configuring Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Configuring Timed Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring User Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table of Contents (Continued)

Appendices

Appendix A: Application Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Appendix B: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Appendix C: EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Pinouts . . 67

Appendix D: SNMP Trap MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Appendix E: Customer-Supplied Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Appendix F: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Product Overview

Contents

Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Chapter 1: Product Overview

Features and Benefits

The Avocent EVR1500 environmental monitor and control appliance manages environmental conditions within a rack and/or data center through a standard web browser or the Avocent DSView digital technology, the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance collects data from internal and external sensors, compares it to pre-configured parameters, issues alarms, generates reports and acts on conditions and events. Multiple users can access the appliance locally or remotely.

Access via network connection

Users can access the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance remotely over Ethernet from a web browser or a PC running DSView software. User PCs can be located anywhere a valid network connection exists. No special software or drivers are required on the attached, or host, computers. The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance can be configured on a separate network from your data network, allowing you to view and report your environmental conditions even if your applications network is down. This feature is important because loss of access to the data network could be due to adverse environmental or security conditions.

software. By combining analog and

Web-based GUI

The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides an easy-to-use webbased GUI (Graphical User Interface) that enables you to configure the network, digital and analog sensors, thresholds and alarm reports. The software is a Java™ applet uploaded from the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance to a computer.

User-configurable environmental conditions

Environmental thresholds set through the web GUI trigger alarms that can be automatically reported on the application screen, emailed, sent to a pager or sent to an NMS (Network Management System) using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).

Internal and external sensors

The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides four internal sensors: Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow and Audio. The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance also supports up to eight external analog sensors, six external digital sensors and two digital outputs. The external sensors enable you to monitor precise locations within the rack or data center. See Figure 1.1 and the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features table for details.

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Internal Sensors

Analog Sensors Digital Sensors

Figure 1.1: EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Front and Back Panel

Ethernet Connection

USB Ports

Serial Port

DC Power

EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features

Feature Description

Internal Sensors Four internal sensors (Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow, Audio)

Analog Sensors Eight inputs (RJ-45) with 12 VDC (Volts DC) powering

Digital Sensor Inputs Six, plug-in modules 1 to 6

Digital Sensor Outputs Two, plug-in modules 7 and 8

USB port 1 Reserved for future use

USB port 2 Reserved for future use

Serial port Used for conﬁ guration

DC power connection For power supply (provided by Avocent)

ARI port Not in use

KVM console Not in use

Typical Configuration

Shown in Figure 1.2, a typical configuration consists of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance, a serial connection for setup, an Ethernet connection and a PC running Microsoft DSView software.

Internet Explorer (IE) or Avocent

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External Sensors

Analog Sensors

(up to eight)

Digital Outputs

(up to two)

Digital Inputs

(up to six)

Serial Connection

Internal Sensors

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Air Flow

• Audio

TCP/IP

Web GUI User

Figure 1.2: Typical EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Configuration

DSView Software

User

Safety Precautions

To avoid potential problems when using Avocent products, use only DC power supplied by Avocent.

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CAUTION: The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance contains an internal battery that is used for the real time clock. This battery is not a ﬁ eld replaceable item, and replacement should not be attempted by a user. If real time clock errors occur and the battery is suspected, visit the Avocent web site at http://www.avocent.com/support or contact Avocent Technical Support at (888) 793-8763.

NOTE: The AC power cord is the main disconnect.

Rack and wall mount safety considerations

• Elevated Ambient Temperature: If installed in a closed rack assembly, the operation temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient. Use care not to exceed the rated maximum ambient temperature of the appliance.

• Reduced Air Flow: Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of airﬂ ow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.

• Mechanical Loading: Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading.

• Circuit Overloading: Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring. Consider equipment nameplate ratings for maximum current.

• Reliable Earthing: Reliable earthing of rack mounted equipment should be maintained. Pay particular attention to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit (for example, use of power strips).

Installation

Contents

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mounting the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 11

Installing the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 12

Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . 13

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Chapter 2: Installation

Getting Started

Before installing your EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance, refer to the following lists to ensure that you have all the items that shipped with the appliance as well as other items necessary for proper installation.

Supplied with the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance

The following items are supplied with the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

• EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance

• One DC power supply

• One serial null modem cable (Avocent part number 042-0063)

• Wall mounting brackets and screws

• EVR1500 Installer/User Guide

• EVR1500 Quick Installation Guide

Additional items needed

For the mount shelf rack option, order the 1U Mount Shelf Rack kit (Avocent part number 790200).

Hardware requirements

The following hardware requirements are necessary for a PC connecting to the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

• 300 MHz processor

• 128 Mb or more of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)

Software requirements

The following software requirements are necessary for a PC connecting to the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

• Microsoft Professional SP1a

• J2SE™ Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or later

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 SP2 or IE 6 SP1

Windows® 2000 Professional SP3 or Microsoft Windows XP

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NOTE: You can download the J2SE Runtime Environment from the Sun Microsystems™ web site by typing http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html in the web browser address bar. If you do not have the J2SE Runtime Environment installed on your PC when you ﬁ rst connect to the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance with a web browser, the appliance will redirect your browser to the java.sun.com web site so that you can download and install the correct J2SE Runtime Environment ﬁ les on your PC.

CAUTION: Downloading the newest version of Java J2SE may affect other Java-accessible devices. If devices are affected, check them for the most recent version of code.

Verification of Ethernet and sensor conditions

The LEDs on the front and back panels of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance show the status of the appliance and the Ethernet connection. LEDs on the front panel also indicate the status of the internal sensors. Refer to the following table for descriptions of the LEDs on the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance.

Front Panel LEDs

LED Label Color Description

PWR Green When illuminated, indicates the appliance

LINK Green When illuminated, indicates an active

10/100 Amber When illuminated, indicates communication at

TEMP Green When illuminated green, temperature is normal.

HUM Green When illuminated green, humidity is normal.

A/F (Air Flow) Green

AUDIO Green When illuminated green, audio is normal.

is powered.

connection to the network.

the 100 Mb rate. When not illuminated, indicates 10 Mb rate.

Red When illuminated red, temperature is over/under threshold.

Red When illuminated red, humidity is over/ under threshold.

When illuminated green, air ﬂ ow is normal. Red over/under threshold.

Red

When illuminated red, air ﬂ ow is

When illuminated red, audio is over/under threshold.

NOTE: TEMP, HUM, A/F and AUDIO LEDs are controlled by the GUI conﬁ guration for each speciﬁ c sensor.

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Back Panel LEDs

LED Label Color Description

CF (Compact FLASH) Amber Blinks to indicate activity to the Compact FLASH

PWR Green Illuminates to indicate the appliance is powered

LINK Green Illuminates to indicate an active connection

to the network

TX Amber Blinks to indicate network activity

Mounting the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance

You can wall mount your EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance using the supplied wall mounting kit. You also can rack mount your appliance on a standard shelf or the 1U Rack Mount Shelf (supplied separately: Avocent part number 790200) using the instructions provided with the kit. See Figure 2.1 for the wall mounting option.

Figure 2.1: EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Wall Mounting Diagram

To wall mount the environmental monitor appliance:

1. Using the screws supplied with the wall mounting brackets, place the brackets on the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance.

2. While holding the appliance in the preferred mounting position, mark the holes needed for the wall plugs.

NOTE: For proper operation of the internal sensors, mount the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance with the Avocent logo in the “up” position, as shown in Figure 2.1.

3. Install the wall plugs.

4. Install the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance and fasten the screws to hold the appliance in place.

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Installing the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance

Figure 2.2 illustrates one possible configuration for your EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance. Follow the detailed set of procedures following Figure 2.2 to successfully install the appliance.

AC Power Cord

DC Power Module

Serial Port

USB Ports

Analog Sensors Digital Inputs/

Figure 2.2: Basic EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Configuration

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to your equipment-

- Plug the power cord into a grounded (earthed) outlet that is easily accessible at all times.

- Disconnect the power from the appliance by unplugging the power cord from either the electrical outlet or the DC power supply.

Outputs

To install the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

1. Using an Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) CAT 5 cable, connect the network port on the back of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance to your LAN.

2. On the back of the appliance, under Analog Sensors, insert sensor cables supplied by Avocent or a third party into any of the RJ-45 ports. Place the sensor in the desired location. See Appendix C for pinout information.

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3. On the back of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance, insert into plug-in modules 1 to 6, 2-wire digital sensors supplied by Avocent or a third party. Place the sensor in the desired location. See Appendix C for pinout information.

NOTE: Plug-in modules 7 and 8 are digital output ports.

4. With the small white ridge of the power connector facing up, plug the supplied power cord into the back of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance. Connect the appliance by plugging one end of the AC power cord into the switching power supply. Plug the other end of the power cord into the appropriate AC power source.

5. When power is applied, the appliance performs a boot sequence for approximately 60 seconds. After the boot sequence is complete, press the Enter key to display the login prompt on the Terminal screen. To manually set the IP address follow the instructions in the next section, Conﬁ guring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance.

NOTE: The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance is factory conﬁ gured to use the DHCP (Dynamic Host Conﬁ guration Protocol) to obtain an IP address from the network. If your appliance does not have a MAC address on the bottom of the appliance, you can obtain a MAC address from the CLI (Command Line Interface) using the ifconﬁ g command as shown in Figure 2.3.

6. Using Internet Explorer, launch the web GUI by typing the IP address conﬁ gured in the Conﬁ guring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance section.

NOTE: You can download this application from the Sun Microsystems web site by typing http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html in the web browser address bar.

Once the IP address has been set through the Terminal screen, changes to the IP address can be made through the web GUI. Refer to Conﬁ guring the Network in Chapter 3 for instructions.

7. Finally, conﬁ gure the sensors. Refer to Chapter 3 for instructions on conﬁ guring the sensors.

Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance

The initial configuration of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance must be performed using terminal emulation software (such as

HyperTerminal through a terminal connection or through the web GUI. See Configuring the Network in Chapter 3 for instructions on configuring the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance through the web GUI.

). After the initial conﬁ guration, you can make changes

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To use a terminal or terminal emulation program:

1. After mounting the appliance, connect a terminal or PC running terminal emulation software to the serial port on the back panel of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance using the supplied null modem cable. Conﬁ gure your terminal or terminal emulation program as follows:

Baud rate 38.4K

Bits per character 8 bits Parity None Stop bits 1 stop bit Flow control None

2. On the Terminal screen, enter root as the default username and root as the default password.

3. Verify the current IP address by entering ifconﬁ g. As shown in Figure 2.3, the following default IP parameters display: [IP ADDRESS] [NETMASK] [GATEWAY]

Figure 2.3: IP Parameter Summary

4. If you wish to change the IP address, enter setip on the Terminal screen. The following setup options display, as shown in Figure 2.4: setip DHCP setip IP ipaddress netmask [gateway]

NOTE: Using DHCP enables you to obtain IP address and network conﬁ guration. Gateway is in brackets on the screen because it is optional.

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Figure 2.4: IP Parameter Setup

5. Obtain the IP address through DHCP by entering setip DHCP.

- or Enter static IP parameters, using the following as an example:

setip IP 192.168.1.53 (space) 255.255.255.0 (space) 192.168.1.1

NOTE: For the DHCP server reservation, locate the MAC address on the bottom of the

EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance or on the IP Parameter Summary window displayed as HWaddr in Figure 2.3.

6. Reboot the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance by entering reboot

on the Terminal screen.

7. After you have rebooted the appliance, at the login prompt, enter root as the username and root as the password.

8. Verify the new IP parameters by entering ifconﬁ g. The IP parameters are displayed as shown in Figure 2.3.

9. Log out of the Terminal screen by entering logout.

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Basic Operations

Contents

Launching the Web Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Launching Through DSView Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Configuring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the Email Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing the Login Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring Digital Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuring Analog Inputs and Internal Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27