Page 3 - Contents
Contents Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start i Preliminary Information .................................................. 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Additional documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 5 - Preliminary Information; Overview; Installation and Quick Start; Receiving inspection
1 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Preliminary Information Overview The American Power Conversion (APC ® ) Rack Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) is a high-availability switch that provides redundant power to connected equipment and has two input power cords, one for each AC line...
Page 6 - Product inventory
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 2 Product inventory Additional options Note: Install the Rack ATS with front and rear rail segments for increased stability. The front/rear rail segments and cord retention bracket are available on the APC Web site, www.apc.com . Rack Automati...
Page 7 - Front panel
3 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Overview Front panel Item Description Source A and B LEDs Provide information about the input voltage from each source. If the RMS input voltage and the measured frequency are within the selected tolerance range, the corresponding indicator ...
Page 9 - Installation; Mounting options; Horizontal mounting.
5 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Installation Mounting options Horizontal mounting. You can mount the Rack ATS in a APC NetShelter ® or other EIA-310-D standard 19-in rack: 1. Choose a mounting position for the Rack ATS with either the digital display or the rear panel facing...
Page 10 - Quick Configuration; User’s Guide; TCP/IP Configuration Methods; Device IP Configuration Wizard; Utility
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 6 Quick Configuration Note: Disregard the procedures in this section if you have APC InfraStruXure ® Central or InfraStruXure Manager as part of your system. See the InfraStruXure devices documentation for more information. Overview You must con...
Page 11 - BOOTP & DHCP configuration
7 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Note: Most software firewalls must be temporarily disabled for the Wizard to discover unconfigured Rack ATSs. 1. Insert the APC Automatic Transfer Switch Utility CD into a computer on your network. 2. If autorun is enabled, the user interface ...
Page 12 - Local access to the control console
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 8 DHCP. You can use an RFC2131/RFC2132-compliant DHCP server to configure the TCP/IP settings for the Rack ATS. This section summarizes the Rack ATS communication with a DHCP server. For more detail about how a DHCP server is used to configure t...
Page 13 - Remote access to the control console; About ATS
9 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Remote access to the control console From any computer on the same network as the Rack ATS, you can use ARP and Ping to assign an IP address to the Rack ATS and then use Telnet to access the control console of that Rack ATS and configure the o...
Page 14 - Control console
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 10 Control console After you log on at the control console, as described in “Local access to the control console” on page 8 or “Remote access to the control console” on page 9: 1. Choose Network from the Control Console menu. 2. Choose TCP/IP fr...
Page 15 - How to Access the Rack ATS Interfaces; Web interface; apc; Telnet and SSH; Network
11 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start How to Access the Rack ATS Interfaces Overview After the Rack ATS is running on your network, you can use the interfaces summarized here to access the unit. For more information on the interfaces, see the User’s Guide . Web interface Use Micr...
Page 16 - Telnet for basic access.; telnet; SNMP
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 12 Telnet for basic access. Telnet provides the basic security of authentication by user name and password, but not the high-security benefits of encryption. To use Telnet to access the Rack ATS control console from any computer on the same netw...
Page 17 - FTP and SCP; Managing the security of your system; Security Handbook
13 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start FTP and SCP You can use FTP (enabled by default) or Secure CoPy (SCP) to transfer downloaded firmware to the ATS, or to access a copy of the event or data logs of the ATS. To use an InfraStruXure Central or InfraStruXure Manager to manage the...
Page 18 - Configuring the Rack ATS; Configuring sensitivity
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 14 Configuring the Rack ATS Configuring sensitivity The sensitivity setting controls how tolerant the Rack ATS is of fluctuations in power before it switches to the secondary power source. Configure the sensitivity range for your Rack ATS using ...
Page 19 - Recovering From A Lost Password
15 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start Recovering From A Lost Password You can use a local computer (a computer that connects to the ATS 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 por...
Page 20 - Warranty; The limited warranty provided by American Power Conversion (APC; Terms of warranty
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 16 Warranty The limited warranty provided by American Power Conversion (APC ® ) in this Statement of Limited Factory Warranty applies only to Products you purchase for your commercial or industrial use in the ordinary course of your business. Te...
Page 21 - Warranty claims; . Select your country from the country
17 Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start IN NO EVENT SHALL APC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES OR EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY FORM OF INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE, SERVICE OR INSTALLATION, OF THE PRODUCTS, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARI...
Page 22 - General policy; • In direct patient care.; Examples of life-support devices; The term
Automatic Transfer Switch—Installation and Quick Start 18 Life-Support Policy General policy American Power Conversion (APC) does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations: • In life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the APC product can be reasonably...
Page 23 - Radio Frequency Interference; USA — FCC; This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.; Japan — VCCI; VCCI; Australia and New Zealand
Radio Frequency Interference Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. USA — FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, purs...
Page 24 - APC Worldwide Customer Support
10/2007 990-3074A-001 *990-3074A-001* APC Worldwide Customer Support Customer support for this or any other APC product is available at no charge in any of the following ways: • Visit the APC Web site to access documents in the APC Knowledge Base and to submit customer support requests.– www.apc.com...
