APC ACRC500 - Manual

3 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Types of user accounts The cooling unit has three levels of access (Administrator, Device User, and Read-Only User), all of which are protected by user name and password requirements. • An Administrator can use all of the management menus available in the contr...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 4 How to Recover from a Lost Password Use a local computer, a computer that connects to the cooling unit 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 t...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 6 Control Console How to Log On Overview You can use either a local (serial) connection, or a remote (Telnet or SSH) connection to access the control console. Use case-sensitive user name and password entries to log on (by default, apc and apc for an Administrato...

7 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Local access to the control console You can use a local computer that connects to the cooling unit through the serial port. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port.2. Use the configuration cable (APC part number...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 8 Main Screen Example main screen The following is an example of the screen that appears when you log on to the control console at the cooling unit. User Name : apcPassword : *** American Power Conversion Network Management Card AOS v x.x.x Copyright 2005 All Rig...

9 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Information and status fields Main screen information fields. Two fields identify the APC operating system (AOS) and application (APP) firmware versions. The application firmware name identifies the type of device that connects to the network. On the example ma...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 10 Main screen status fields. • A Stat field reports the cooling unit status. Stat: P+ N+ A+ Cooling unit status field. The Status field displays the status of the cooling units. Under normal operation this field will read: Cooling Group Status: None Cooling Unit...

11 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Control Console Menus Menu structure The menus in the control console list options by number and name. To use an option, type the option’s number and press E NTER , then follow any on-screen instructions. For menus that allow you to change a setting you must u...

13 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Web Interface How to Log On Overview You can use the cooling unit’s DNS name or System IP address for the URL address of the Web interface. Use your case-sensitive User Name and Password settings to log on. The default user name differs by account type: • apc ...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 14 Common browser error messages at log on • For a DNS name of Web1, the entry would be one of the following: – http://Web1 if HTTP is your access mode – https://Web1 if HTTPS is your access mode • For a System IP address of 139.225.6.133, when the cooling unit u...

15 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Summary Page When you log on to the Web interface at the cooling unit, navigation tabs are displayed at the top of the screen. Below the navigation tabs, a top menu bar lists options related to the selected tab. The status field displays information about the ...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 16 Select a tab to perform a task To do the following, see “Home” on page 18: • View and clear alarms. To do the following, see “Group” on page 18: • View the status of the group.• Set the number of units in the group.• Define the configuration type used by the g...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 18 Cooling Unit Operation Home Overview View a summary of the following: • Active alarms• Group status• Unit status• Recent device events Alarm status View the following alarm information: • Group alarm status showing alarm descriptions and severity level• Unit a...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 20 Unit Overview View information for the various components of each unit in the group, including the following: • Operating mode—On, Standby, or Idle• Maximum Rack Inlet—in degrees F or C• Supply and Return Air Temperatures—in degrees F or C• Supply and Return H...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 22 Service intervals Set the service interval for each of the components, in weeks. The default are: • Air Filter —18 weeks • Humidifier —26 weeks • Heater —52 weeks • Condensate Pump —52 weeks • Fans —52 weeks • Compressor (ACRD500 series and ACRP100 series only...

23 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Configuration Configure the following unit settings, then click Apply to save your changes: • Startup Delay — The delay that begins when power is applied. The unit starts when the delay period ends. This allows you to create a staged restart after a power loss...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 24 Logs Events Log Use this option to view or delete the contents of the event log. The event log displays all events recorded since the log was last deleted or since the log reached its maximum capacity and the older half was deleted automatically. Events are li...

25 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Data Log Use this option to access a log that periodically records cooling unit data. Each entry is listed by the date and time the data was recorded and provides the data in a column format. To view the data log through the Web interface, click log . Click La...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 26 Rotation Use this option to set up a password-protected data log repository on a specified FTP server. Enabling rotation causes a copy of any previously unsaved entries in the data log to be appended to the file you specify by name and location. Updates to thi...

27 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Syslog By default, the cooling unit can send messages to up to four Syslog servers whenever events occur. The Syslog servers, which must be specifically identified by their IP addresses or host names, record the events that occur at network devices in a log th...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 28 Settings Leave the Syslog settings, except the Server IP settings, set to their defaults unless otherwise specified by the Syslog network or system administrator. Setting Definition Message Generation Enables (by default) or disables the Syslog feature. Facili...

29 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Test Use this option to send a test message to the Syslog servers configured through the servers option: 1. Select a severity to assign to the test message.2. Define the test message, using any text that is formatted according to the required message (MSG) fie...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 30 How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve the log files If you are an Administrator or Device User, you can use FTP or SCP to retrieve a tab-delineated event log file (event.txt) or data log file (data.txt) that you can import into a spreadsheet application. • The fil...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 32 Administration: Security Local Users Permission levels Before you configure user access, be sure you understand the capabilities of each account type (Administrator, Device User, and Read-Only User) to use menus, view information, and change settings. Setting ...

33 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Remote Users Authentication Use this option to select how to administer remote access to the cooling unit: Select one of the following: • Local Device Only : RADIUS is disabled. Local authentication is enabled. • RADIUS, then Local Device : RADIUS is enabled, ...

35 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Configuring the RADIUS Server You must configure your RADIUS server to work with the cooling unit. The following procedure summarizes the steps to perform. Summary of the configuration procedure 1. Add the IP address of the cooling unit to the RADIUS server cl...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 36 Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX ® , with shadow passwords If UNIX shadow password files are used (/etc/passwd) in conjunction with the RADIUS dictionary files, the following two methods can be used to authenticate users: • If all UNIX users have administra...

37 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Administration: Network TCP/IP and communication settings TCP/IP settings The TCP/IP option on the left navigation menu, selected by default when you choose Network on the top menu bar, displays the current TCP/IP settings of the cooling unit (the IP address, ...

39 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide DHCP response options Each valid DHCP response contains options that provide the TCP/IP settings that the cooling unit needs to operate on a network, and other information that affects the cooling unit’s operation. Vendor specific information (option 43). The ...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 40 TCP/IP options. The Management Card uses the following options within a valid DHCP response to define its TCP/IP settings. All of these options except the first are described in RFC2132 . • IP Address (from the yiaddr field of the DHCP response, described in R...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 42 Web Use the options under Web on the left navigation menu to configure the following: Option Description access To activate changes to any of the following access selections, log off from and back on to the cooling unit:• Disable : Disables all access to the W...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 44 Console Use the options under Console on the left navigation menu to configure the following: Option Description access Choose one of the following:• Disable : Disables all access to the control console. • Enable Telnet (the default setting): Telnet transmits ...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 46 SNMP SNMPv1. All user names, passwords, and community names for SNMP are transferred over the network as plain text. If your network requires the high security of encryption, disable SNMP access or set the access for each community to Read. (A community with R...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 48 FTP server The FTP server settings enable (by default) or disable access to the FTP server and specify the TCP/IP port (21 by default) that the FTP server uses for communication with the cooling unit. The FTP server uses both the specified port and the port on...

49 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Administration: Notification Event Actions Types of notification You can configure event actions to occur in response to an event or a group of events. These actions notify users of the event in any of several ways: • Active, automatic notification. The specif...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 54 SNMP traps Trap receivers. View trap receivers by NMS IP/Host Name. You can configure up to six trap receivers. • To open the page for configuring a new trap receiver, click Add Trap Receiver . • To modify or delete a trap receiver, first click its IP address ...

55 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Administration: General Options Information about the Cooling Unit Identification Use this option to define the System Name , Contact , and Location values used to identify the cooling unit. For example, you might configure Name as Test Lab, Contact (whom to c...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 56 Selecting a date format. Select the numerical format in which to display all dates in this User Interface. In the selections, each letter m (for month), d (for day), and y (for year) represents one digit. Single-digit days and months are displayed with a leadi...

59 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide APC Device IP Configuration Wizard Capabilities, Requirements, and Installation Use the Wizard to configure basic TCP/IP settings The APC Device IP Configuration Wizard configures the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway of one or more cooling units. Y...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 60 Use the Wizard Launch the Wizard The installation creates a shortcut link in the Start menu to launch the Wizard. Configure the basic TCP/IP settings remotely Prepare to configure the settings. Before you run the Wizard: 1. Contact your network administrator t...

61 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Configure or reconfigure the TCP/IP settings locally To configure a single cooling unit through a serial connection: 1. Contact your network administrator to obtain valid TCP/IP settings.2. Connect the provided serial configuration cable from an available comm...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 62 How to Export Configuration Settings Retrieving and Exporting the .ini File Summary of the procedure An Administrator can retrieve the .ini file of the cooling unit and export that file to another cooling unit or to multiple cooling units. 1. Configure the coo...

63 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Detailed procedures Use the following procedures to retrieve the settings of one cooling unit and export them to one or more cooling units. Retrieving. To set up and retrieve an .ini file to export: 1. Configure the cooling unit with the settings you want to e...

65 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide The Upload Event and Error Messages The event and its error messages The following event occurs when the receiving cooling unit completes using the .ini file to update its settings. Configuration file upload complete, with number valid values If a keyword, sec...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 66 File Transfers How to Upgrade Firmware Benefits of upgrading firmware Upgrading the firmware on the cooling unit has the following benefits: • New firmware has the latest bug fixes and performance improvements.• New features become available for immediate use....

67 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Manual upgrades, primarily for Linux systems. If computers on your network are running Linux, you must upgrade the firmware of the cooling units manually by using the separate APC firmware modules (AOS module and application module). You can obtain the individ...

InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide 68 Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one cooling unit Instructions for using FTP. For you to be able to use FTP to upgrade a single cooling unit over the network: • The cooling unit must be connected to the network.• The FTP server must be enabled at the cooling unit.• T...

69 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Instructions for using SCP. To use Secure CoPy (SCP) to upgrade the firmware for one cooling unit: 1. Identify and locate the firmware modules described in the preceding instructions for FTP.2. Use an SCP command line to transfer the AOS firmware module to the...

71 InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide Verifying Upgrades and Updates Overview To verify that the firmware upgrade was successful, see the Last Transfer Result message, available through the FTP Server option of the Network menu (in the control console only), or use an SNMP GET to the mfiletransfer...

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