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    Switche d Rac k Power D istribution Un it AP7902 AP7911 Installation and Quick Start[...]

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    Contents Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t i Produ ct Descript ion and Inventor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AP7902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AP7911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Additional documen tation . . . . . [...]

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    ii Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t How to Dow nload Firmwa re Updat es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 AP7902/AP7 911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 Warrant y and Service . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 1 Pr oduct Description and Inventory AP7902 and AP79 1 1 are Switched Rack Powe r Distri bution Unit s (Rack PDUs) that dis tribute powe r to devices in the ra ck. The us er can tu rn on, turn off , or recycl e power bac k to the i ndividual ly contr olled outlet s. The Rack PDUs a lso have a sensor[...]

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    Product Descripti on and In ventory 2 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Additiona l documentatio n The Rack PDU Us er’ s Gui de and the Rac k PDU Addendum a re avail able on the su pplied CD and on the APC W eb site: www .apc.co m . The User’ s Guide (.doceng usrg uide.pdf) cont ains additi onal informat ion about the fo llowin[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 3 How to Install the Rack PDU Installation guidelines • For a Ra ck PDU inst alled i n an enc losed co mmunicati ons rac k, the recommen ded maximum ambie nt tempera ture is 45° C ( 1 13º F). • Instal l the Rack PDU so that i t does not reduce th e air fl ow requir ed for saf e operati on of t[...]

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    How to Install the Rack PDU 4 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Attach cor ds to the tray Attach a cord to t he tray by loop ing th e cord and s ecuring i t to the tray , using a wi re tie ( provided) . Cords fro m both banks o f outlet s may be secured to the bot tom tray , or you may a ttach an a dditional t ray (shown on the pr ece[...]

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    How to Install the Rack PDU Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 5 For a r ecessed placement : use four flat -head scr ews (provid ed) through t he last four ho les of ea ch bracket . 2. Insert caged nut s (provi ded with t he ra ck) on the vertic al mountin g rails above a number at the st art of two U-spa ces in your encl osure and b[...]

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    6 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Q uick Start Operation Disp lay inte rfac e Link - Rx/Tx 10 / 100 Status Serial Port Rese t - W ar ning - OK - Overl oad      B2 B1 TOT AL Amps Amps Amps Switch ed Rack PDU     Line Indicator LED: In dicates normal (green), warning (yellow), and alarm (red) conditions for bank 1 (B1), [...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 7 Quick Configuration Over v iew Y ou must configur e the fol lowing TCP/IP settin gs before the Rac k PDU can oper ate on a net work: • IP address o f the Rack PDU • Subnet mask • De fault g atewa y TCP/IP configuration methods Use one of the foll owing methods to define the TCP/IP settings: [...]

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    Quick Configuration 8 Switched Rack PDU Installation and Quick Start APC Manageme nt Car d Wizar d Y ou can use the APC Management Card Wizard at a W indows ® 98, W indows NT ® 4.0, W indows 2000, or W indows XP computer to configure a Rack PD U. 1. Insert the APC Switche d Rack PDU Utility CD into a computer on your network. 2. Launch the W izar[...]

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    Quick Configur ation Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 9 BOOTP . Y ou can use an RFC951-compli ant BOOTP serve r to configu re the TCP/I P settings f or the Rack PDU. If the BOOTP serv er is pro perly configur ed, the Rac k PDU’ s default setting ( DHCP & BOOTP ) fo r BOOT Mode causes it t o discove r the BOOTP server . 1. Ent[...]

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    Quick Configuratio n 10 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt DHCP . Y ou can use a RFC2131/RFC2132-c ompliant DHCP s erver to configur e the TCP/I P settin gs for the Rack PDU. 1. The Rack PDU se nds a DHCP reque st that u ses the f ollowing to ident ify its elf: – V endor Class Identifi er (APC by default ) – Client Ide ntifier (b[...]

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    Quick Configur ation Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 11 Local access to the contr ol console Y ou can use a l ocal comput er to conn ect to th e Rack PDU to ac cess the control console. 1. Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice which uses that por t. 2. Use the c onfig uration c able (940 -0144) to[...]

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    Quick Configuratio n 12 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt 3. U se T el net t o acc ess t he Ra ck PD U at its ne wl y assi gne d I P addr ess. F or e xampl e: telnet 156.205.14.141 4. Use apc for bot h user name and pas sword. 5. See “Contr ol consol e” on this page to f inish the configur ation. Contr ol console After yo u log [...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 13 How to Access a Config ur ed Rack PDU Over v iew After t he Rack PDU is runn ing on yo ur network, you can use the interf aces summari zed he re to acce ss the uni t. W eb i nterf ace As your br owser , you can use Microsoft ® I nternet Ex plorer 5. 0 (and higher) or Netsca pe ® 4.0.8 (an d hig[...]

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    How to Access a Configured Rack PDU 14 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt T elnet/ SSH Y ou can acces s the cont rol consol e through T elne t or Secur e SHell (SSH), depe nding on whic h is enabl ed. An Administ rator c an enable these ac cess metho ds through the T e lnet/S SH option of the Network menu. By defa ult, T elnet is ena[...]

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    How to Access a Configu red Rack PDU Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 15 FT P / S C P Y ou can use FTP (ena bled by def ault) or Secure CoPy ( SCP) to tr ansfer new firmwar e to the Rack PDU, o r to acce ss a copy of th e Rack PDU’ s event l ogs. SCP provi des the hi gher secur ity of encr ypted data transmi ssion and i s automat[...]

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    16 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt How to Recover Fr om a Lost Passwor d Y ou can use a local computer , a computer that connects to t he Rack PDU or other device t hrough the serial p ort to ac cess the c ontrol c onsole. 1. Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice that us es that po rt. 2. Connect [...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 17 How to Download Firmwar e Updates Y ou can use a l ocal comput er that co nnects to the Rack PDU through th e serial port on t he front o f the unit. 1. Select a serial port at t he local computer , and dis able any s ervice that us es that po rt. 2. Use the c onfig uration c able (940 -0144) to [...]

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    18 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt Specifications AP79 02/AP7 911 Electrical AP790 2 AP791 1 Nominal input voltage 120 V 208 V Acceptable input voltage ± 10% Nominal inp ut voltage Maxi mum inpu t curr ent 24 A Input frequency 47 – 63 H z Cord l ength 12 ft Input connectors NEMA L5-30 plug NEMA L6-30 plug Output connectors S ix[...]

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    Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Star t 19 W arranty and Service Limi ted w arr anty APC warrant s the Rack PDU to be free fr om defects in ma terials and workmanshi p for a per iod of two y ears fro m the date o f purchase . Its obligat ion under this warr anty is l imited to repairing or replaci ng, at it s own sole op tion, any s uch d[...]

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    20 Switched Ra ck PDU Insta llation and Quick Sta rt Life-Support Policy General po licy American Power Conversion (APC) doe s not recommend th e use of any of its p rodu cts in the follow ing situat ions: • In lif e-support applica tions wher e failur e or malfun ction of t he APC product can be rea sonably exp ected to cause fai lure of t he li[...]

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    Radio Fr equency Interfer ence USA — FCC This equi pment has be en teste d and found t o comply wit h the limits for a Class A d igital devic e, pursu ant to part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limit s are designed to pro vide reas onable pro tection against h armful interfe rence when the equi pment is ope rated in a commercial environme nt. This e[...]

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    *990-1664* APC W orldwide Customer Support Customer support for this or any other AP C product is available at no char ge in any of the following ways: • V isit the APC W e b site to find answers to frequently asked questions (F AQs), to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base, and to submit customer support requests. – www .apc.com (Corpora[...]