APC AP9312THi - Manuals

Environmental Monitoring Unit Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 1 Managing the Unit Introduction Available interfaces The stand-alone Environmental Monitoring Unit performs continuous temperature and humidity sensing and contact monitoring. You can manage the unit through Web, Control Cons...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 2 Managing the Unit LEDs and the Reset Button Front Panel Features The reset button and two LEDs are on the front panel of the Environmental Monitoring Unit. Descriptions No. No. No. No. Feature Feature Feature Feature Description Description Description D...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 3 Managing the Unit Web Interface System requirements To access the Web interface, you need one of the following supported Web browsers: • Internet Explorer 3.0.2 and later • Netscape 3.0 and later Note: Some Web interface features (data verification, APC ...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 4 Managing the Unit Control Console Options for using the Control Console The Control Console provides comprehensive management of the unit by one of the following modes of access: • Telnet, for remote management • A serial interface for local management A...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 6 Managing the Unit Password-Protected User Accounts Types of accounts The Environmental Monitoring Unit provides two password-protected accounts, Administrator and Device Manager, that allow you to control access to the device. To configure the accounts, ...

Environmental Monitoring Unit Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 7 Menu Items Introduction Interface similarities and differences The information in this section is based on the Web interface. The Control Console interface varies slightly, but offers the same capabilities for managing the E...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 8 Menu Items Environmental Monitoring Purpose Use the Environmental Monitoring menu to configure settings for monitoring contact closures and for obtaining information about the temperature and humidity sensed by up to two probes. Status: probes Continued ...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 9 Menu Items Environmental Monitoring continued Status: contacts Status: firmware version The status section also reports the firmware version of the Environmental Monitoring Unit. Configuration Item Item Item Item Definition Definition Definition Definiti...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 10 Menu Items Events Viewing the Event Log directly The Event Log displays information for the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s last 300 events. To view the Event Log, select the Log option of the Events menu in the Web interface or press C TRL + L in the C...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 11 Menu Items Events continued Deleting the Event Log in the FTP interface To delete the Event Log, type del event.txt . FTP confirms the deletion: Requested file action okay, completed. A new event.txt file is immediately created to record the Deleted Log...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 12 Menu Items Network Purpose The Network menu provides access to the configurable network settings. Only the Administrator can access the Network menu. TCP/IP The TCP/IP section lists the Environmental Monitoring Unit’s start-up settings for network servi...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 14 Menu Items Network continued SNMP The SNMP section displays the SNMP access control and trap receiver Settings. Access Control . The Access Control section of SNMP displays the current settings for all four SNMP channels and lets you configure values fo...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 15 Menu Items Network continued Email (Control Console only) Use the Email option of the Network menu to configure email recipients who will be notified when an event occurs. See Configuring Email Recipients on page 21 . (In the Web interface, use the Reci...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 16 Menu Items System Purpose Use the System menu to configure accounts, system identification, file transfers, and links. Only the Administrator has access to the System menu. User Manager Use this section to configure the properties of the Administrator a...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 17 Menu Items System continued Identification Use this section to display and configure the unit’s system identification values. The following items are configurable: Date/Time Continued on next page Item Item Item Item Definition Definition Definition Def...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 18 Menu Items System continued File Transfer Item Item Item Item Description Description Description Description Display the current transfer settings Display the current transfer settings Display the current transfer settings Display the current transfer ...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 19 Menu Items System continued Tools Links (Web Interface only) Use this section to configure URL links that appear on the Navigation menu at the left. (The APC Links are pre-defined, but can be changed.) Item Item Item Item Description Description Descrip...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 20 Menu Items Help Help options In the Web interface: • The Help menu is at the lower left. • The Contents page provides an overview of parameters that you can display and configure. • To access help about a page, click the ? at the end of the black title ...

Environmental Monitoring Unit Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 21 Configuring and Using Email Notification Configuring Email Recipients Menu options To identify up to four email recipients, use one of the following: • The Recipients option of the Web interface’s Events menu • The Email op...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 22 Configuring and Using Email Notification Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings Requirements for using SMTP To use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email when an event occurs, you must define the following settings: • The IP address of the Do...

Environmental Monitoring Unit Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 23 Managing the Unit with SNMP SNMP Interface Purpose You can use PowerNet MIB OID s to manage (monitor, configure, and control) your Environmental Monitoring Unit. PowerNet MIB OID categories Use your MIB browser to locate th...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 24 Managing the Unit with SNMP Using the OIDs Using monitoring OIDs Use the read-only [mUpsEnviron] OID s to view temperature and humidity values. Using contact OIDs Use the [mUpsContact] OID s to view and configure the current contact sensor values. OID O...

Environmental Monitoring Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 25 Security Security Features Planning and implementing security features As a network device that passes information across the network, the Environmental Monitoring Unit is subject to the same exposure as other devices on the net...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 26 Security Authentication Authentication versus encryption The Environmental Monitoring Unit controls access by providing basic authentication through user names, passwords, and IP addresses, but provides no type of encryption. These basic security featur...

Environmental Monitoring Unit: User’s Guide 27 Security Authentication continued Summary of access methods The following table describes interfaces and its access methods. Interface Interface Interface Interface Security Access Security Access Security Access Security Access Notes Notes Notes Notes ...

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