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MasterSwitch Power D istribution Unit AP9211 AP9212 AP9217 AP9218 User s Guide.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide ii Cont ents MasterSwitch Power Distribut ion Unit Introdu ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Product Des cription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide iii Contents Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Accessing a nd Navigati ng the Online Help — 24 APC Interac tive Assi stant — 24 About Card — 24 Configur ing an d Usin g E-mail Noti fication .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide iv Contents Product Info rmatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Warranty Inf ormation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Obtai ning servic e — 43 Warranty ex clusions — 43 Obtaining Cu stomer Suppor t .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 1 MasterSwitch Power Distrib ution Unit Intr oduction Pr oduct Descrip tion Fr ont panel . Continue d on ne xt page ! Reset Button Re-ini tializes the Mast erSwitch PDU wit hout af fect ing th e outlet s tate.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 2 Intr od uction Pr oduct Descrip tion continued LEDs Each outlet has a correspondi ng LED that indic ates t he state of the outlet, and tw o LED s indicate the status o f the entire unit . The followin g table describes t he conditi ons indicated by the LE D s.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 3 Intr od uction Pr oduct Descrip tion continued Rear panel The followi ng table lists the feature s of the MasterSwi tch rear panel shown in t he fi gures on t his pa ge. The followi ng figure shows the MasterSwit ch ( AP921 1 /AP921 7 ) rear panel with NEMA 5 - 15 out lets.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 4 Intr od uction Initial Set up Required network settings Y ou must confi gure the follo wing network settings of t he MasterSwit ch PDU before i.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 5 MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit Managing the MasterS witch PDU Managem ent Interfaces Manageme nt Options After y ou configur e a Mast erS.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 6 Managing the MasterSwitch PDU Managem ent Interfaces continued We b i n t e r f a c e , contin ued 2. Respond to the user name and password prompts. The defau lt for both the Admini strator user name and the Admin istrator password is apc (lowercase ).
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 7 Managing the MasterSwitch PDU Managem ent Interfaces continued Contr ol Console interface, contin ued Serial I nterfa ce.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 8 Managing the MasterSwitch PDU Managem ent Interfaces continued WA P I n t e r f a c e T o access and log on to the W AP (Wirel ess Applicati on Protocol) interf ace of the MasterSwitc h PDU: 1.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 9 Managing the MasterSwitch PDU P a s s w o rd - P ro t e c t e d A c c o u n t s Account acce ss There are up to 16 Outlet User acc ounts, one Administ rator accou nt, and one Device Manager accou nt.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 10 MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit Menu Items Intr oduc tion Manageme nt Options Both the Web and Contr ol Console inter faces provide the c.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 11 Menu Items Outlets Outlet Contr ol Actions Y ou can perfo rm the follo wing Outlet Contro l Actions on i ndividua l outlets or on all accessi ble outlet s as a gr oup (by Ma ster O utl et C ontr ol ) .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 12 Menu Items MasterSwi tch Configure Device Settings Outlet Configuration Ite m Defi ni tion Unit Name The na me of t he Mast erSw itch PD U .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 13 Menu Items Event Log Displaying the Event Log T o display the Event Log, select the Event Log menu i n the W eb interf ace or press C TRL + L in the Control Consol e interface. The Event Log displa ys the foll owing infor mation for the most r ecent 300 events for the Mast erSwitch PDU .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 14 Menu Items Event Log continued Retrie ving the Event Log by using FT P , c o n t i n u e d 3. T ype get event.txt . The MasterSwit ch PDU transmits the Event Log, containi ng at least the last 300 events , to your specified dri ve.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 15 Menu Items Network TCP/IP The TCP/IP section of the Network menu display s sett ings for the MasterSwitc h PDU and allows yo u to c onfigur e the fol lowing TCP/IP settings .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 16 Menu Items Network continued T elnet/W eb T. SNMP The SNMP section of the Network menu displays the fol lowing SNMP settings : Continue d on ne xt page P or t Menu Item Definition Te l n e t Acce ss Enables or Dis ables T elnet acces s.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 17 Menu Items Network continued SNMP , co ntinued Access control . The Access Control section of t he SNM P menu identif ies the current sett ings f or all four SNMP channels and provides the confi gurable v alues f or a selecte d channel.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 18 Menu Items System User Manager The User Manage r section of t he Sy stem menu display s the following configur able properti es of the Administra tor and Device Manager accounts.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 19 Menu Items System contin ued User Manager , contin ued Continue d on ne xt page Device M ana ger Account Ite m Defi ni tion User Name The user name. Maximu m: 10 charac ters Default: de vice Pass word The pass word for HTTP 1.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 20 Menu Items System contin ued Outlet User Manageme nt Y ou can creat e up t o 16 independen t Outl et User accounts f or a MasterSwitc h PDU . Current Outl et User Li st. T he li st shows the exis ting o utlet user accounts an d the o utlets to which they h ave access .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 21 Menu Items System contin ued Identification Date/Time . Continue d on ne xt page Item Definiti on Name The sy stem na me us ed to i dentify th e dev ice. Nam e will be us ed for the sysName OID in the SNMP agent.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 22 Menu Items System contin ued File T ransfer The File T ra nsfer section of the System menu provides access for managing file trans fers.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 23 Menu Items System contin ued To o l s Links The link names that you configu re appear on the navigat ion menu at the left in th e We b inte rface. (The APC links are pre-def ined but can be changed.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 24 Menu Items Help Contents The Contents screen provi des an overview of many parameters reported and conf igured through the W eb and Control Console interf aces.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 25 MasterSwitch Power Distrib ution Unit Configuring and Using E-mail Notification Config uring E- mail Recip ients Menu options T o identify up .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 26 Configuring and Using E-mail Notification Configur in g SMTP and DNS Setti ngs Requi r ement s for usi ng SMT P T o use the Simple Mail Tr ans.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 27 MasterSwitch Power Distrib ution Unit Event-Related Menus and Options Event Log Logged e vents The Management Card’s event log records normal and abnormal Management Card (system) events and MasterSwitch event s.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 28 Event-R elated Menus and Options Event Log continued Accessing the log, contin ued FTP . The event.txt file is a text ver sion of the Manage ment Card’ s even t log. • It is tab- delimit ed so that it can be imported i nto any spread- sheet applic ation.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 29 Event-R elated Menus and Options Actions Option (W eb Interface only) Enabling and disabling event actions Use the Actions opti on of the Even.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 30 Event-R elated Menus and Options Recip ients Option T r ap receivers Y ou can defi ne up to four NMS s to be us ed as t rap recei vers when an event occurs that has SNMP traps enabled .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 31 Event-R elated Menus and Options Recip ients Option continued Email Recipients T o identify up to f our e-mail recipi ents t o be noti fied of.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 32 Event-R elated Menus and Options Email Option Requi r ement s for usi ng SM TP T o use the Simple Mail T ransfer Prot ocol ( SMTP ) to send e- mail when an event occurs, you must define the follo wing settings: • The IP address of the domain name service (DNS) server .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 33 Event-R elated Menus and Options How to Co nfigur e Individual Even ts Options to conf igur e individual events Y ou can co nfigure indi vidual eve nts as foll ows: •U s e t h e evntlist.htm page.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 34 Event-R elated Menus and Options How to Co nfigur e Individual Even ts continued Event mask settings From the e vntlist.ht m page, to reconfigur e actions fo r an event: 1. Click the li nk (the current hexadecimal code) for the event.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 35 Event-R elated Menus and Options How to Co nfigur e Individual Even ts continued Event mask example Y ou enter t he hexadecim al code 3B08 00 as an event mask.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 36 Event-R elated Menus and Options Managemen t Car d an d MasterSwi tch Events Event generation The Management Car d and Mast erSwitch bot h generate events, which are logged in the event l og.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 37 Event-R elated Menus and Options Managemen t Car d an d MasterSw itch Event s contin ued Manageme nt car d events Note: Y ou cannot configure actions for Management Card event s that have no seve rity level .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 38 Event-R elated Menus and Options Managemen t Car d an d MasterSw itch Event s contin ued Mas t er S wit c h events Code S everity Descript ion 0x0501 W arning An outlet has reb ooted. If th e outl et num ber is 0, t hen al l outlets hav e rebooted .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 39 MasterSwitch Power Distribut ion Unit Security Securi ty Fe atur es Planning and implementing security featur es As a network device that passes in formati on across the network, the MasterSwitc h PDU i s subject to t he same exposure as ot her devic es on the networ k.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 40 Security Authenticati on Authentication versus encryption The MasterSwitch PDU controls access by providi ng basic authentic ation through user names, passwords, and IP addresses, but provides no type of encrypt ion.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 41 Security Authenticati on contin ued MD5 authentication (W eb inter face), contin ued If you use MD5 authenticat ion, whic h is available only for the Web interf ace, disable the l ess secure interf aces, inc luding T elnet, FT P , and SNMP .
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 42 Security Authenticati on contin ued Summary of access methods Interface S ecurity Ac cess Notes Serial Cont rol Console Access i s by us er name and passwo rd.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 43 MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit Pr oduct Information W arrant y Information Limited warranty American Power Conve rsion ( APC ) warra nts th e MasterSwi tch PDU to be free from defect s in materials and work manship for a period of two years from the date of purchase.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 44 Pr od uct Informat ion Obtaini ng Custom er Support Contacting Cust ome r Sup por t T o obtain customer support for pr oblems with the Mast erSwitch PDU : 1.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 45 Pr od uct Informat ion Life -Suppor t Po licy Genera l polic y American Power Conversi on ( APC ) does not recommend t he use of any of it s p.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 46 Pr od uct Informat ion Specific ations Pr oduc t specifications for AP9211 Continue d on ne xt page Ty p e o f Specification I tem Specif icat.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 47 Pr od uct Informat ion Specific ations continued Pr oduc t specifications for AP9212 Continue d on ne xt page Ty p e o f Specification I tem S.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 48 Pr od uct Informat ion Specific ations continued Pr oduc t specifications for AP9217 Continue d on ne xt page Ty p e o f Specification I tem S.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 49 Pr od uct Informat ion Specific ations continued Pr oduc t specifications for AP9218 Ty p e o f Specification I tem Specif ication Elec tri ca.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User’s Guide 50 MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit A About Card ,2 4 Access limiting NMS a ccess by IP address , 17, 42 Account types access t o menus for ea.
Index MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User’s Guide 51 F File Transfer ,2 2 From Address setting, for e- mail ,3 2 From Address setting, for email ,2 6 Front panel ,1 FTP to retr ieve te xt v .
Index MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User’s Guide 52 Traps disabli ng for an event ,3 4 enabling for an even t ,3 4 Troubleshooting e-mail configur ation ,3 2 email con figuratio n ,2 6 U UR.
MasterSwitc h Power Dist ribution Unit User ’s Guide 53 Con tact In fo rmation APC W orldwide Custo mer Support Customer support for this or any other APC product is availabl e at no charge.
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