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In st al lat ion an d Quick S t art Rack Automatic T ransfe r Switch[...]
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This man ual i s avai la ble i n Engl ish on the enclose d C D. Dieses Handbuch is t in Deuts ch auf der beilie gend en CD-ROM verfügba r . Este manua l está disponi ble en español en el CD-ROM adjunt o. Ce m anuel est d isponi ble e n fra nçais sur l e CD-ROM ci -inclu s. Quest o manuale è di sponib ile in itali an o nel CD-ROM alle ga to. ?[...]
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Cont ent s Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t i Prelimina r y Informatio n ......... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ... 1 Ov ervie w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ad diti onal do cum enta tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t ii Conf iguring the Ra ck ATS ....... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 13 Co nfigu rin g se ns itivit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Co nfigu rin g vo lta ge tran sfe r ra nge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 [...]
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1 Autom atic Tran sfer Swi tc h—Install ation an d Qui ck Start Preliminar y Infor mation Ov ervi ew The Americ an P ower Conversio n (APC ® ) Ra ck Autom atic T r ansfer Switc h (A TS) is a high-a vaila bili ty switch that pr ovides redunda nt power to connected equipmen t and has two input power cords , one for each AC l ine . The Rack A TS su[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 2 Produc t inventory Additio nal options Note: Insta ll the Rack A TS with f ront a nd re ar r ail s egmen ts for increase d s tabili ty . The front/ rea r rail seg ments and cord retentio n brack et are availab le on the APC W eb site, www .ap c .co m . Rack A u tom atic Trans fer[...]
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3 Autom atic Tran sfer Swi tc h—Install ation an d Qui ck Start Overview Front panel Item D escri ption Source A and B LEDs Provi de inform ation ab out th e input volt ag e from each source . If the R MS i nput vol tage and the mea sured freque nc y are within the se lecte d tol era nce ra nge, the c orre spondin g i ndicat or will li ght. I[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 4 Ser ial port Access int ernal m enus by connec ting thi s port (an RJ - 11 modula r port) to a serial por t on your comput er , using the suppl ie d com munic ation ca ble. Ethe rnet port Connec ts the A TS to your networ k usi ng a CA T 5 ne twork cab l e. S tatus LED In[...]
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5 Autom atic Tran sfer Swi tc h—Install ation an d Qui ck Start Inst allation Mounti ng options Hori zo nt a l mou nting . Y ou can mount th e Rac k A TS i n a APC NetS helte r ® or othe r EIA-310- D standar d 19-in r ack: 1. Choose a mounting position f or the Rack A TS with either the digit al display or the rear panel f acing out of the e ncl[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 6 Quick Conf igu ration Not e: Disregar d the procedures in this section if you have APC InfraS tr uXure ® Central or Infr aS truXur e Manager as par t of your syst em. See the I nfraS truXur e devic es documen tation for more infor mati on. Over view Y ou must config ure the followin[...]
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7 Autom atic Tran sfer Swi tc h—Install ation an d Qui ck Start Not e: Most softwar e firewalls must be temporarily dis abl ed for the Wi zar d to discove r unconfi gured Rac k A TSs. 1. Insert the AP C Autom atic T r ansfer Switc h Util ity CD into a computer on your networ k. 2. If autorun is enabl ed, the user inter f ace of the CD s tarts w h[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 8 DHCP . Y ou ca n u se an R FC2131/ RFC2132-compl iant DHCP se rve r to confi gure the TCP/IP setti ngs for the Rack A TS. This section sum mariz es the Rack A TS communicat ion with a DHCP s erver . For more deta il about how a DHCP se rver is used t o c onfigur e t he ne twork set t[...]
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9 Autom atic Tran sfer Swi tc h—Install ation an d Qui ck Start Rem ote acces s to the c ontrol co nsole From any computer on the same network as the Rack A TS , you can use ARP and Ping to assign an IP address to the Rack A TS and then use T elnet to acc ess the control co nsole of that Rac k A TS and configur e the other TCP/IP settings. Not e:[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 10 Co ntr ol c onsole After yo u log on at the contr ol co nsole, as de scrib ed in “ Local acc ess to the contr ol consol e” on page 8 or “Remote access to the control con sole” on page 9: 1. Choose Networ k from the Control Con sole menu. 2. Choose TC P /IP from the Net work [...]
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11 Aut omatic Tran sfer Switc h—Inst allat ion an d Q uick Star t How to Access t he Rack A TS Interf aces Ov ervi ew After the Rack A TS is running on your network , you can use the interf aces summariz ed here to access the un it. For more in format ion on t he int erface s, se e th e User ’ s Guide . W eb in te rfac e Use Microsoft Internet [...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 12 T eln et for b asic a ccess. T elnet provid es the basic sec urity of authenticatio n by user name and password, bu t not t he high- securit y be nefit s of encrypti on. T o use T elnet to ac cess t he Rack A TS control console f rom any c ompute r on the s ame networ k: 1. At a c o[...]
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13 Aut omatic Tran sfer Switc h—Inst allat ion an d Q uick Star t FTP and SCP Y ou can use FTP (enable d by default) or Secure CoPy (SCP) to tra nsfer downloa ded fi rmware to the A TS, or to access a copy of the e vent or da ta l ogs of the A TS. T o use an InfraS truXur e Central or Infr aS truXur e Manager to manage the A TS, you must have FTP[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 14 Config uring t he Rack A TS Configu ring se nsitivity The sensi tivit y s et ting controls how tole ran t the Rack A TS is of fluctua tio ns i n p ower befor e it swi tc hes to the secondar y power source. Confi gure the sen siti vity range for your Rack A TS using the Sw itc h Conf[...]
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15 Aut omatic Tran sfer Switc h—Inst allat ion an d Q uick Star t Reco verin g From A Lost Pas s word Y ou can use a local c omputer (a comput er that co nnects to the A TS thro ugh the serial por t) to acc ess the control cons ole. 1. Select a s erial por t at th e loc al c omputer and d isa ble any se rvice tha t uses t hat por t. 2. Connect th[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 16 Wa r r a n t y The limited warra nty provide d by American Power Conversi on (APC ® ) in this St at ement of Limite d Factory W arranty ap plies only to Products you purchas e for your commercial or industri al use in the ordinar y cour se of your bu siness. Te r m s o f w a r r a [...]
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17 Aut omatic Tran sfer Switc h—Inst allat ion an d Q uick Star t IN NO EVENT SHALL A P C, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILI A TES O R EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FO R ANY FOR M OF INDIRECT , SPECIAL, CO NSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING O UT OF THE US E, SER VI CE OR I NST AL LA TION, OF THE PRODUCTS, W H ETHER SU CH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT OR TO[...]
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Automati c T ransfer Swi tch—Insta llati on and Quick St ar t 18 Li fe-Sup por t Policy Ge nera l p olicy American Power Conver sion (APC) does not rec ommend the use of any of its products in the following situat ions: • I n li fe-suppo rt appli cati ons wh ere f ailure or malf unction of t he APC product can be reasona bly expect ed to cause [...]
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Radio Freque ncy Interfe rence Changes or modific ation s to this u nit not exp ressly ap pr oved by the party r esponsi ble for compliance could void the user’ s auth ority to opera te this equipmen t. USA — FCC This e quipment has been teste d and fo und t o comply wi th the li mits f or a Class A di gita l de vice, pursu ant to part 15 of th[...]
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10/20 07 99 0-3 074 A-0 01 *990- 3074A-0 01* APC W orldw i de Custome r Support Customer suppor t for this or any other APC product is available at no char ge in any of the following wa ys: • V isit t he APC W eb s ite t o a ccess documents in the APC Knowl edg e Base and to submit cus tomer suppor t re quests. – www .apc.com (Corpo rate He adq[...]