American Power Conversion AP7610 manual

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    Rack Power Distribution Unit — AP7610 Pr oduct Description and Inventory Description The AP7610 Rack PDU mount s horizon tally i n any standa rd 19-inc h EIA-310-c ompliant r ack or enclosure . This Rack PDU i s metered — equipped wi th a senso r that mea sures the current being use d by the Rac k PDU and any de vices connected t o it. The v al[...]

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    Product Descript ion an d Inventory 2 Rack Power Dist r ib ution Unit — AP7610 AP7610 -compat ible Rack PDUs The AP7610 Mete red Rac k PDU require s connecti on to an ad ditio nal Rack PDU. T he fol lowing APC R ack P D Us ar e c omp at ible w ith th e AP7610: Power co r d a vailable f or pur chase The followin g power cord can be p urchased f ro[...]

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    Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP761 0 3 Safety and Gr o unding Read the f ol lowi ng i nf orma ti on be for e i ns talling or o perat ing your APC AP7610 Rack PDU: • The Rack PDU is inte nded only f or use with four -wire grounded connecti ons on APC Unint errupti ble Power Su pplies (UPS ). Do not plug the Rack PDU into a wal l outlet or oth[...]

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    4 Rack Power Dist r ib ution Unit — AP7610 How to Install the PDU Over vi ew Inst all the AP7610 Rack PDU in the re ar , top two U-spaces of a r ack or enclosur e for ove rhead wiri ng, or i n the rea r , bottom two U-sp aces for under -floor wiring. T o instal l the Rack PDU in a Net Shelter ® St an d a r d Enclosur e: 1. Attach a br ac ket t o[...]

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    How to Install the PDU Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP7610 5 1. Insert caged n uts (p rovided wit h the encl osure ) on the ve rtic al mounting r ails abov e a not ched hole a t the sta rt of th e top tw o U-spaces in your enc losure a nd below t he notche d hole at t he lower end of the two U-sp aces. 2. Align the mountin g holes on t he brac[...]

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    6 Rack Power Dis t rib ution Unit — AP7610 Operation Disp lay i n terf ace  Contro l butto n: • Press to chan ge the phas e of the cu rrent disp layed on th e digital disp lay . • Press and hold for five seconds to view the orientation; hold for an additional five seconds to change the orientation.  Display of the curren t used by the R[...]

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    Ope rat ion Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP7610 7 Rear of AP76 10 Alarm con ditions Configur e warning an d alarm li mits thro ugh the internal menus, usin g a serial port connectio n. The Rack PDU sho ws warni ng and alar m conditio ns as foll ows:  Serial port: Access internal menus by connecting this port (RJ-1 1 modular port) to a seria[...]

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    8 Rack Power Dis t rib ution Unit — AP7610 Rack PDU Configuration How to co nfigur e through a seria l port connection 1. Connect a n a vaila ble se rial port on your c omputer to th e seri al po rt on the Rack PDU (shown bel ow), using t he suppli ed confi gurat ion cable ( 940-0144). 2. Run a ter minal emulat ion progr am such as W indows ® Hy[...]

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    Rac k PDU Co nfig urati on Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP7610 9 Using t he menus T o view a menu, type th e assoc iated number a nd pres s E NTER . Users ca n view all data, bu t only admi nistrat ors ca n configur e para meters . The main menu has the followin g optio ns: Status In formation option S tatus Info rmation, main menu option 1, d[...]

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    Rack PDU Co nfigurat ion 10 Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP76 10 Rack PDU Config uration option Rack PDU Configur ation , main menu opti on 2 , provi des th e fo llowin g options : Setting s are displayed for ea ch phas e. • T o change a warni ng and alar m threshol d, type th e number o f the setti ng, press E NTER , type the ne w value, an[...]

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    Rac k PDU Co nfig urati on Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP7610 11 T o change as set ting: 1. T ype 1 , and press E NTER to move the arrow cur sor to the next setti ng. 2. T ype 2 , and press E NTER to change the se lected s etting. 3. T ype the new valu e, and pres s E NTER . Factory Data option Factory Dat a , main menu opt ion 4, dis plays t[...]

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    12 Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP76 10 How to Download Firmwar e to a Rack PDU 1. Go to www .apc.com/too ls/download / to see if ther e is a mo re recent firmware ve rsion for your t ype of Rack PDU. 2. Access t he Rack PDU inte rnal menus throug h a ser ial port connecti on. 3. Log on to t he Rack PDU as a n Administr ator . 4. T ype 6 (for [...]

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    Rack Power Dis tribution Unit — AP7610 13 Specifications AP76 10 Electrical Input connector NEMA L21-20 plug Output connector s Three NEMA L5-20 o ut let ; Three N EMA L6-2 0 out let Nomina l input voltage 208 (3 PH) Acceptable inpu t voltage 100–125/20 0–250 V AC Maximum I nput Cur rent (per phase) 16 A Load Capacity 7200 Physical Size ( H x[...]

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    Radio Fr equency Interfer ence This equip ment has been te sted and found to co mply with the limit s for a Class A di gital de vice, purs uant to par t 15 of the FCC Rul es. The se limits are desig ned to p rovide reasonabl e protec tion a gainst ha rmful interf erenc e when the eq uipment is ope rated in a commer cial environme nt. This equipment[...]

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    *990-1474* APC W orld w ide Customer S upport Cust omer su pport f or th i s or any other APC product is available at n o charg e in any of the following ways: • V isit the AP C W eb site to find ans wers to frequen tly as ked ques tions ( FA Q s), to access documents in the APC Knowle dge Base , and to subm it custo mer suppor t request s. – w[...]