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APC AP9617 manual

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  • Page 1

    ® Network Management Car d AP9617 AP9618 AP9619 Ins tallat ion and Quic k-St art M anua l[...]

  • Page 2

    How to Avoid E q uipment Damage Disconnec t U PS power Y ou do not need to turn off a Symmetra ® or a S ilcon ™ model UPS to ins tall th e Mana gem ent Ca rd. Smart-UPS 1. T urn off the eq uipment that connects to the U PS. 2. Disconn ect the UP S from its AC i nput so urce. 3. Press t he OFF b utton on t he UPS f or approximat ely five seconds [...]

  • Page 3

    How to Recover from a Lost Passwor d Y ou can us e a local computer , a computer th at connects to the Management Card through the serial port at the Mana gement Card’ s UPS or ex pansion chas sis, to access the Contro l Console. 1. Select a serial port at the local co mputer and dis able any service that uses th at port. 2. Unless an APC smart-s[...]

  • Page 4

    Pr eliminar y Information New stand ard features The AP9617 , AP9618, and AP96 19 Management Cards include the following new f eat ures: • Generates system log (Syslog) messages • Allows using a dynamic ho st configuration protocol (DHCP) server to pro vide the TCP/IP values a Netwo rk Management Card needs for net work communi cation Existing [...]

  • Page 5

    Preliminary Informati on AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits Y ou can us e an AP9618U kit t o convert an AP9617 Ne twork Mana gem ent Ca rd EX or an AP96 19 Network Mana gement Card EM into an AP9618 Netwo rk Management Card EM/ MDM . Y ou can us e an AP9619U kit t o convert an AP9617 Ne twork Mana gem ent Ca rd EX into an AP 9619 Network Man agement [...]

  • Page 6

    Installation in a UPS Overview Y ou can install the Manage ment Card in a card slot in a Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, or Symmetra. For a Silcon UPS, the Management Card installs in a Silco n T riple Expan sion Chassis (AP9604S). Step 1: T urn off all powe r (Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS) Y ou do not n eed t o tu rn po wer off f or a Symm etra UPS. Smart-UPS 1[...]

  • Page 7

    Installatio n in a UPS Step 2: Inst all the Network Management Card If you are installing the Man agement Card in a Sy mmetra UPS that uses more than one APC managemen t product, see Installation of M ultiple Mana gement Cards , a copy of which came with the Management C ard. Y ou must ins tall the APC management pro ducts in the correct order for [...]

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    Expansion/T riple Chassis Installati on Overview Use an Expansi on Chassis or a T riple Expa nsion Chas sis if the UPS has no card slot availab le. The Management Ca rd installs in the chassis and communicates with the UPS through the cable connection between the chassis and th e UPS . When to use the AC adapt er (AP9 505) Use the optional AC adapt[...]

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    Expansi on/Tr ipl e Chas sis Instal lation Step 2: Inst all the Network Management Card If the UPS uses mo re than one APC management pro duct, see Installation of M ultiple Mana gement Cards , a copy of which came with the Management C ard. Y ou must ins tall the APC management pro ducts in the correct order for th em to operate prope rly . 1. If [...]

  • Page 10

    Quick Configuration Overview Y ou must configure the following TCP/IP set tings before the Manag em ent Card c an oper ate on a ne two rk: •T h e IP address of the Man agement Card • The subn et mask • The def ault gateway TCP/ IP configuration methods Use one of the following methods to define the TCP/IP settings needed by t he Manage ment C[...]

  • Page 11

    Quick Configura tion APC Management Ca rd W i z a rd Y ou can us e the APC Management Card W izard at a W indows 95, W indows 98, W indows NT 4. 0, or W indow s 2000 computer to co nfigure a Management Card. 1. Follow the on-screen in structions to install the W i zard from th e APC Network Management Card utility CD. 2. Launch the W izard, w hen p[...]

  • Page 12

    Quick Configura tion BOOTP . Y ou can us e an RFC951-compliant BOOTP server to configure the TCP/IP settings the Management Card needs. 1. Enter the Management Card’ s MAC and IP addresses, th e subnet mask, and default gateway s ettings, and an op tional Bootup File Name in the BOOTP T AB file of the BOOTP serve r . 2. When the Manag ement Card [...]

  • Page 13

    Quick Configura tion DHCP . Y ou can us e a RFC2131/RFC213 2-complia nt DHCP server to configure the TCP/IP settings the Management Card needs. 1. A M anag eme nt Ca rd se nds o ut a DHC P re quest that use the following to identify itsel f: – A V endor Class Iden t ifier ( APC by def ault) – A Client Iden tifier (by default, t he Management Ca[...]

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    Quick Configura tion Local ac cess to the control conso le Y ou can us e a local computer , a computer th at connects to the Management Card through the serial port at the Mana gement Card’ s UPS or ex pansion chas sis, to access the Contro l Console. 1. Select a serial port at the local co mputer and dis able any service that uses th at port. 2.[...]

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    Quick Configura tion Remote access to the contr ol conso le From any computer o n the same subnet as the Managem ent Card, you can use ARP and Ping in a pro cess known as gleaning, to assign an IP addr ess to a Management Car d, and then use T elnet to access that Management Card’ s control console and configure the needed TCP/IP settings. 1. Use[...]

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    Quick Configura tion Control console After you log on at the cont rol conso le, as descri bed in either “Local access to the con trol console” on page 14 or “Remote access to the contro l console” on p age 15: 1. Choo se Net work fro m the Control Console menu. 2. Choo se TCP/IP from the Netwo rk menu. 3. If necess ary , chan ge the Boot Mo[...]

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    How to Access a Configur e d Network Manageme nt Car d Overview Once the Manag ement Card i s runn ing on your network, you can use several d i fferent interf aces to access the Manage ment Card. We b i n t e r f a c e Y ou can us e Internet Explorer 5.0 (and higher) or Netscape ® 4.0.8 (and higher) browsers t o config ure Management Card options,[...]

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    How to Access a Con figured Net work Manage ment Card FT P Y ou can us e FTP ( enab led by de fau lt) to do wnl oad ne w firmware to a Managem ent C ard, or to access a copy of a Management Card’ s event or data logs. 1. At a command prompt, type ftp address and press E NTER , where address is the Management C ard’ s IP address. 2. Enter the Us[...]

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    Radio Fr eq uency Int erference This equi pment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rul es. These l imits are des igned to p rovide reasona ble protection against harm ful interference when the equipment is operated in a co mmercial environment. This equipment generates, u[...]