Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AIRACPA4000 American Power Conversion
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® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 Content s i Net w ork Manag ement Ca rd Wiz ard -- 1 Introdu ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Using t he Ne two rk Manage ment C ard W izard . . . . . . . . .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 1 Networ k Ma nagem e nt Ca r d W iza r d Intr o duction Ov er view The APC Network Managemen t Card Wizard is a M icrosoft ® Windows ® application that pre-configures and reconfigure s single or multiple Management Cards of APC de vices.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 2 S y s t e m re q u i re m e n t s The Wizard runs on Windows ® 98, Windows NT ® , Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows X P Intel-based wo rkstations.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 3 Quic k co nfig urat ion o f the requi r ed s ettin gs Y ou can configure the requir ed TCP/IP setting s quickly using th e Wizard.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 4 Rec o n figu r ing m ultip le Ne tw ork Ma n age me n t Ca rds T o reconfigu re multiple Network Management Cards: 1. Deploy you r Netwo rkAIR P A Portable Air Co nditioners without any pre- configuration. 2.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 5 Using t he Network Mana ge ment Car d Wizar d Configuri ng the r equi r ed TCP/I P sett ings T o configure the Network Management Card’s re quired TCP/IP settings remotely: 1. Contact your network administrator to obtain valid TC P /IP settings.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 6 Pr e -confi guri ng the Networ k Manage ment Car d T o pre-config ure the Network M anagement Card: 1. Use the link in the St art menu to launch the W izard application, and then click Next > on the open ing screen.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 7 9. Follow the on-screen i nstructions. a. Click Apply to transmit the new settings to the Management Card of the NetworkAIR P A Portable Air Conditioner . Y ou will be prom pted when the transmission is compl ete or if there was a communication s failure.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 8 Reconf iguring deployed Networ k Manage ment Car ds 1. Use the link in the St art menu to launch the W izard application, and then click Next > on the open ing screen. 2. Select the Custom (Advanced) option f rom the “Installation Options” screen, and then clic k Next > .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 9 6. On the “Configuration Summary” screen , verify the selectio ns you made. Click the appropriate buttons to save and print the summary . If you save the settings, you can load th em into the Wizard la ter .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 10 File T ransfers Intr o duction Ov er view The Network Management Card automatically rec ognizes binary firm ware files.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 11 Upgr adi ng Fi rmwar e Firmware d efine d Broadly defined, firmware is hig hly specialized, re liable software that resides on a memory chip within a computer or co mputer-related de vice. The firmware allows the Manage ment Card to ma nage the Networ kAIR P A Portable Air Conditioner.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 12 Obtain the latest firmwar e version T o determine if updated firmwar e is available to download, go to the “Software Downloads” page, www .apc.com/tools/downloa d , on the APC Web site. The firmware upgrade consists of the two mo dules: An APC O perating System (AOS) module and an application modu le.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 13 Firmwar e files (Network Manageme nt Car d) The APC Operating System (A OS) and applicati on module files u sed with the Network Management Card share the same basic format: apc_hw0 x _ type_version .bin • apc : Indicates that this is an APC file.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 14 Firmwa re file t rans fer m ethod s Y ou can use FTP or SCP to u pgrade the firmwa re of one or mor e Network Management Cards over the n etwork. Y ou can use XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a N etwork Managem ent Card that is not on the netwo rk.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 15 Use F TP or SCP to upg r ade o ne N et w or k Manage ment Car d For you to be able to use FTP to upgrade a s ingle Network Man agement Card over the network: • The Network Managem ent Card must be connected to t he network.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 16 2. Open an FTP client s ession: C:apc> ftp 3. T yp e op en and the Network Management Car d’s IP address, and press E NT ER . If the Port settin g for FTP Server in the Network m enu has changed from its default value of 21 , yo u must use the non-d efault value in the FTP comm and.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 17 b. For Windows F TP clients, separate the port number from t he IP address by a space. For example, if the Network Manageme nt Card’s FTP Server Port sett.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 18 T o use Secu re CoPy (SCP) to upgrade the firmware for one Netwo rk Management Card: 1. Identify and locate t he firmware module s described in th e preceding instructions for FTP . 2. Use an SCP command line to transfer the AOS firmware module to the Network Management Card.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 19 module instead of th e AOS module, t o transfer the ap plication module to the Network Manag ement Card..
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 20 Use F TP or SCP to u pg r ade mu ltiple N etw ork Manage ment Car d s T o upgrade multiple Network Management Cards using an FTP clie nt or using SCP , write a script which automatically perf orms the procedure.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 21 3. Run a terminal progra m (such as HyperT erminal ® ), and config ure the selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no parity , 1 stop bit, and no flow control, and save the changes. 4. Press E NT ER to display the Us er Name prompt.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 22 V erifyin g U p gr ades a n d Up dates Ov er view T o verify that the firmware upgr ade was successful, see the Last T ransfer Result message, available thr.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 23 Updating Configuration Settings Meth od s The Management Card stores its configuration settings intern ally . These include TCP/IP, TFTP , SSL, S CP, FTP , W eb, Device Manager , password, and system settings.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 24 T o update t he configuration settings for one or more NetworkAIR P A Portable Air Conditioners using the Wizard: 1. Install (if necessary) and run the Wiz ard (included on the NetworkAIR P A Portable Air Conditioner).
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 25 Usi ng t he AP C Secu rity Wizar d Over v iew Authentica tion Authentication verifies t he identity of a user or a net work device (such as a n APC Network Management Car d). Passwords typi cally identify comp uter users.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 26 How certificates ar e used. Most Web browsers, including all b rowsers supported by the Network Man agement Card, c ontain a set of CA root certificates from all of the comm ercial Certificate Au thorities.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 27 Files you cr eate for SSL and SSH security Use the APC Security W izard to creat e the following components of an S SL and SSH security system: • The server certificate f or the Network Ma nagement Card, if you want the benefits of authentication th at such a certifica te provides.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 28 Only APC serv er management and key manage ment products can use server certificates, host keys, a nd CA root certific ates created by t he APC Security Wizard. These files will not work w ith products such as Open SSL ® and Microsoft IIS.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 29 Cr e ate a Root C ertificate & Ser ver Ce rtificates Summary Use this procedure if your com p any or agency does not have it s own Certificate Authority and you do not want to use a commercial Certificate Authority to sign you r server certifica tes.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 30 Pr ocedur e Cr ea te the CA r oot certif icate. Perform these steps. (Click Next to m ove from screen to screen.) 1. If the APC Security W izard is not alread y installed on your computer , install it by runnin g the installation program APC Se curity Wizard.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 31 7. The last screen verifie s that the certifica te has been cre ated and instructs you on the next tasks. – This screen displays the locatio n and name of the .p15 file that you will use to sign the server certifi cates.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 32 Cr ea te an SSL Server User Certificate. Perform these steps. (Click Next to move from screen to screen .) 1. On the Windows Star t menu, select Programs , then APC Security Wizard , to start the Wizard program.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 33 7. The last screen verifie s that the certifica te has been cre ated and instructs you on the next task, to load the serv er certificate to th e Network Management Card. It displays t he location and name of the Server Certificate, whic h has a .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 34 Cr ea te a S er v er Cer ti f ic at e and S ig ni ng Re qu est Summary Use this procedure if your com p any or agency has it s own Certifi cate Authority or if you plan to use a commercial Cer tificate Authority to sign your server certificates .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 35 2. On the Windows Star t menu, select Programs , then APC Security Wizard , to start the Wizard program. 3. On the screen labeled “S tep 1,” select Certificate Request as the type of file to create. 4. Enter a name for the file that will contain the Netwo rk Management Card’s private key .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 36 8. Send the certific ate sig ning request to a n exte rnal Certificate Authority , either a commercial Ce rtificate Authority o r , if applicable, a Certificate Authority managed b y your own company or agenc y .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 37 7. The last screen verifie s that the certifica te has been cre ated and instructs you on the next task, to load the serv er certificate to th e Network Management Card. It displays t he location and name of the server certificate, which has a .
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 38 Cr e ate an SSH Host Key Summary This procedure is opt ional. If yo u select SS H encryption, but do not create a host key , the Network Manage ment Card gene rates a 768-bit RSA key when it reboots. Host keys for SSH that are created with the APC Security Wizard are 1024-bit RSA keys.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 39 you can verify that th e correct host key was uploaded b y verifying that the fingerprints displayed here mat ch the SSH finge rprints on the Network Management Card, as displaye d by your SSH clie nt program.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 40 A PC W orld wid e Cu st omer Sup po rt Customer support for this or an y other APC prod uct is available a t no charge in any of the following ways: • Visit the APC Web site to access docu ment s in the APC Knowledge Base and to submit c ustomer support requests.
® ® ® ® ADDENDUM NetworkAIR ACPA4000 41 Copy right Entire contents copyright © 2 004 American Power Conversion. A ll rights reserved. Reprodu ction in wh ole or in part witho ut p ermission is p rohibited. APC, the APC logo, and Netw orkAIR are tradem arks of American Power Conversion Corporation and m ay be registered i n some jurisdiction s.
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