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Network
Management Card
AP9617
AP9618
AP9619
Installation and
Quick Start
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This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD. ❖❖❖ Dieses Handbuch ist in Deutsch auf der beiliegenden CD-ROM verfügbar. ❖❖❖ Este manual está disponible en español en el CD-ROM adjunto. ❖❖❖ Ce manuel est disponible en français sur le CD-ROM ci-inclus. ❖❖❖ Questo manuale è disponibile in italiano nel CD-ROM allegato. ❖❖❖
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Contents How to Avoid Equipment Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disconnect UPS power 1 Disconnect chassis power 1 How to Recover from a Lost Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preliminary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New standard features 3 Existing features 3 AP9618 features 3 AP9619 features 3 AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits 4 Integrated Environmental Monitor feature (AP9618 and AP9619) 4 Internal analog modem feature (AP9618) 4 Related documents 4 Inventory
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Contents Quick Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Overview 10 TCP/IP configuration methods 10 APC Management Card Wizard 11 BOOTP & DHCP configuration 11 Local access to the control console 14 Remote access to the control console 15 Control console 16 How to Access a Configured Network Management Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Overview 17 Web interface 17 Telnet 17 SNMP 17 FTP 18 APC Management Card Wizard 18 Analog mo
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How to Avoid Equipment Damage ® ® Disconnect UPS You do not need to turn off a Symmetra or a Silcon model power UPS to install the Management Card. Damage to the UPS or APC Network Management Card (AP9617 or AP9618) can result if you do not ® remove all AC and DC power from a Smart-UPS ® Caution or Matrix-UPS , an Expansion Chassis, or a Triple Expansion Chassis before you install the Management Card. Smart-UPS 1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS. 2. Disconnect the UPS
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How to Recover from a Lost Password You can use a local computer that connects to the Management Card or other device through the serial port to access the control console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service that uses that port. 2. Connect the serial cable (940-0103) to the selected port on the computer and to the configuration port at the battery manager. ® 3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal ) and configure the selected port as follows:
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Preliminary Information Features All Network Management Cards have standard features that do the following: Detect 10/100 Mbps connection speeds Provide a data log accessible by FTP or a Web browser Provide UPS scheduling features Provide support for the APC PowerChute Network Shutdown utility Provide an event log that is accessible by Telnet, FTP, SCP, or a Web browser Generate system log (Syslog) messages Allow using a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to prov
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Preliminary Information AP9618U and You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network AP9619U Management Card EX or an AP9619 Network Management upgrade kits Card EM into an AP9618 Network Management Card EM/ MDM. You can use an AP9619U kit to convert an AP9617 Network Management Card EX into an AP9619 Network Management Card EM. Integrated The AP9618 and AP9619 Management Cards include an Environmental Integrated Environmental Monitor that provides the following Monitor feature
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Preliminary Information Inventory The Management Card package includes the following items: This Installation and Quick Start Guide Network Management Card APC Network Management Card utility CD Smart-signaling cable Installation of Multiple Management Cards sheet Declaration of Conformity Warranty registration form Network Management Card quality assurance test slip Save the assurance test slip. The slip contains the MAC address that you may need when performing the procedures
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Installation in a UPS Overview You can install the Management Card in a card slot in a Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, or Symmetra. For a Silcon UPS, the Management Card installs in a Silcon Triple Expansion Chassis (AP9604S). Step 1: Turn off You do not need to turn power off for a Symmetra UPS. all power Damage to the UPS or Management Card can (Smart-UPS or result if you do not remove all AC and DC power Matrix-UPS) from a Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS model UPS. Caution Smart-UPS 1. Turn off the
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Installation in a UPS Step 2: Install If you are installing the Management Card in a Symmetra UPS the Network that uses more than one APC management product, see Management Installation of Multiple Management Cards, a copy of which Card came with the Management Card. You must install the APC management products in the correct order for them to operate properly. The Network Management Card is sensitive to static electricity. When handling the Management Card, touch only the end plate Ca
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Expansion/Triple Chassis Installation Overview Use an Expansion Chassis or a Triple Expansion Chassis if the UPS has no card slot available. Use only a Silcon Triple Expansion Chassis (AP9604S) with a Silcon UPS. Note The Management Card installs in the chassis and communicates with the UPS through the cable connection between the chassis and the UPS. When to use the Use the optional AC adapter with a chassis under the following AC adapter circumstances: (AP9505) To connect the chassis
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Expansion/Triple Chassis Installation Step 2: Install If the UPS uses more than one APC management product, see the Network Installation of Multiple Management Cards, a copy of which Management came with the Management Card. You must install the APC Card management products in the correct order for them to operate properly. The Network Management Card is sensitive to static electricity. When handling the Management Card, touch only the end plate while using one or Caution more of these
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Quick Configuration Overview You must configure the following TCP/IP settings before the APC Network Management Card can operate on a network: IP address of the Management Card Subnet mask Default gateway If a default gateway is unavailable, use the IP address of a computer that is located on the same subnet as the Management Card and that is usually running. The Management Card uses Note the default gateway to test the network when traffic is very light. See Watchdog Features in
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Quick Configuration APC You can use the APC Management Card Wizard (if it is Management supported for the firmware release you are using) at a ® ® Card Wizard Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP computer to configure a Management Card. Not all releases support the wizard. To configure multiple Management Cards, or to configure a Management Card, see the Network Management Card Users Guide on the Utility See also CD. 1. Insert the APC Network Management Card utility C
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Quick Configuration BOOTP & DHCP The Boot Mode setting, a TCP/IP option in the Management configuration Cards Network menu, identifies how the TCP/IP settings will be defined. The possible settings are Manual, DHCP only, BOOTP only, and DHCP & BOOTP (the default setting).The DHCP & BOOTP setting assumes that a properly configured DHCP or BOOTP server is available to provide TCP/IP settings to Management Cards. If these servers are unavailable, see APC Management Card Wizard on this pa
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Quick Configuration For the MAC address, look on the bottom of the Management Card or on the Quality Assurance slip included in the package. Note 3. When the Management Card reboots, the BOOTP server provides it with the TCP/IP settings. If you specified a bootup file name, the Management Card attempts to transfer that file from the BOOTP server using TFTP or FTP. The Management Card assumes all settings specified in the bootup file. If you did not specify a bootup file name, the Ma
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Quick Configuration DHCP. You can use a RFC2131/RFC2132-compliant DHCP server to configure the TCP/IP settings for the Management Card. This section briefly summarizes the Management Card communication with a DHCP server. For more detail about how a DHCP server is used to See also configure the network settings for a Management Card, see DHCP Configuration in the Network Management Card Users Guide. 1. A Management Card sends out a DHCP request that uses the following to identify its
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Quick Configuration Local access to You can use a local computer that connects to the serial port on the control the front of the Management Card to access the control console console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service that uses that port. 2. Use the configuration cable (940-0103) to connect the selected port to the serial port on the front panel of the Management Card. 3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal) and configure the selected port f
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Quick Configuration For the MAC address, look on the bottom of the Management Card or on the Quality Assurance slip included in the package. Note 2. Use Ping with a size of 113 bytes to assign the IP address defined by the ARP command. For the IP address defined in step 1, use one of the following Ping commands: Windows command format: ping 156.205.14.141 -l 113 LINUX command format: ping 156.205.14.141 -s 113 3. Use Telnet to access the Management Card at its newly assigned IP addres
