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Network
Management
Card
AP9617
AP9618
AP9619
Installation and
Quick-Start Manual
®
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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 5 Receiving a
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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 modem (AP961
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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 ® or Matrix-UPS , Expansion Chassis, or a Triple Caution Expansion Chassis before you install the Management Card. Smart-UPS 1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS. 2. Disconnect the UPS from its
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How to Recover from a Lost Password You can use a local computer, a computer that connects to the Management Card through the serial port at the Management Card’s UPS, Expansion Chassis, or Triple Expansion Chassis, to access the control console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port. 2. Unless an APC smart-signaling cable (940-0024 or 940- 1524) is already connected to the selected port, connect the smart-signaling cable that came with th
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Preliminary Information New standard The AP9617, AP9618, and AP9619 Management Cards features include the following new features: Generates system log (Syslog) messages Allows using a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to provide the TCP/IP values a Network Management Card needs for network communication Existing features All Network Management Cards still include the following standard features: Detects 10/100 Mbps connection speeds Provides a data log accessible by F
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Preliminary Information You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network AP9618U and 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 fea
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Preliminary Information The Management Card package includes the following items: Inventory 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 procedure
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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 eq
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Installation in a UPS If you are installing the Management Card in a Symmetra UPS Step 2: Install 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 whi
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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 to
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Expansion/Triple Chassis Installation If the UPS uses more than one APC management product, see Step 2: Install 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 more of these electrost
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Quick Configuration Overview You must configure the following TCP/IP settings before the Management Card can operate on a network: The IP address of the Management Card The subnet mask The default gateway If a default gateway is unavailable, use the IP address of a computer located on the same subnet as the Management Card that is usually running. The Management Card uses the default gateway to test the network when traffic is very light. See “Watchdog Features” in the “Introduction
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Quick Configuration You can use the APC Management Card Wizard at a Windows APC Management 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 Card Wizard computer to configure a Management Card. To configure multiple Management Cards, or to configure a Management Card from a configuration file, see the Management Card Addendum (.\doc\addendum.pdf). 1. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Wizard from the APC Network Management Card utility CD. 2. Launch the Wizard, when prompted,
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Quick Configuration BOOTP. You can use 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, the subnet mask, and default gateway settings, and an optional Bootup File Name in the BOOTPTAB file of the BOOTP server. See the Network Management Card Quality Assurance slip for the MAC address. 2. When the Management Card reboots, the BOOTP server provides it with the TCP/IP settings. – If you specified
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Quick Configuration DHCP. You can use a RFC2131/RFC2132-compliant DHCP server to configure the TCP/IP settings the Management Card needs. This section briefly summarizes the Management Card communication with a DHCP server. For more detail about how a DHCP server is used to configure the network settings for a Management Card, see “DHCP Configuration” in the Network Management Card User’s Guide (.\doc\usrguide.pdf). 1. A Management Card sends out a DHCP request that use the following to
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Quick Configuration You can use a local computer, a computer that connects to the Local access to the control Management Card through the serial port at the Management console Card’s UPS, Expansion Chassis, or Triple Expansion Chassis, to access the control console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port. 2. Unless an APC smart-signaling cable (940-0024 or 940- 1524) is already connected to the selected port, connect the smart-signaling ca
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Quick Configuration From any computer on the same subnet as the Management Remote access to the control Card, you can use ARP and Ping in a process known as console gleaning, to assign an IP address to a Management Card, and then use Telnet to access that Management Card’s control console and configure the needed TCP/IP settings. After a Management Card has its IP address configured, you can use Telnet, without first using ARP and Ping, to access that Management Card. Note 1. Use ARP to
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Quick Configuration After you log on at the control console, as described in either Control console “Local access to the control console” on page 14 or “Remote access to the control console” on page 15: 1. Choose Network from the Control Console menu. 2. Choose TCP/IP from the Network menu. 3. If necessary, change the Boot Mode setting to Manual. 4. Set the System IP, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway address values. 5. Press CTRL-C to exit to the Control Console menu. 6. Log out (option 4 in t
