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MGE UPS Systems Switched PDU Installation And User Manual

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  • Page 1 Switched PDU Installation and user manual...
  • Page 2 This symbol indicates a terminal that must be connected to earth ground prior to making any other connections to the equipment. Life-Support Policy As a general policy, MGE UPS SYSTEMS does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations: •...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ETTING TARTED Quick Start Guide ...4 NSTALLATION Standard Accessories ...5 Additional Required Items ...5 Equipment Overview ...6 Safety Precautions ...7 Installing the Power Input Retention Bracket ...7 Mounting ...8 Attaching the Expansion Module...8 Connecting to the Power Source...8 Connecting Devices ...9 Connecting to the Unit ...9 PERATIONS Interfaces ...12...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    1. Getting Started Quick Start Guide The following instructions will help you quickly install and configure your Switched PDU for use on your network. For detailed information on each step, go to the page number listed to the right. For your network security, MGE UPS SYSTEMS strongly recommends the removal of the predefined user account prior to attachment to your network.

  • Page 5: Installation

    Before installation, refer to the following lists to ensure that you have all the items shipped with the unit as well as all other required items. Standard Accessories • Mounting bracket hardware Vertical – two removable flanges with four M4 screws and two mounting L-brackets with two nut plates and four sets of screws and washers Horizontal/Rack –...

  • Page 6: Equipment Overview

    2. Installation Equipment Overview A number is printed above each outlet. The outlets are labeled 1 through 16. These numbers may be used in commands that require an outlet name. See Outlet Naming and Grouping in Chapter 3: Outlet Naming and Grouping for more information.

  • Page 7: Safety Precautions

    Protection of capacity equal to the current rating of the Switched PDU must be provided and must meet all applicable codes and regulations. In North American, protection must have a 10,000A interrupt capacity.

  • Page 8: Connect To The Power Source

    Attac hing the Expansion Module onnect the Switched PDU Expa nsion Module with the prov the Switched PDU. NOTE: The overall length of the cable should not exceed 10 feet.

  • Page 9: Connecting Devices

    Connecting to the Unit Serial (RS232) port Switched PDU models are equipped with an RJ45 Serial RS-232 port for attachment to a PC or networked terminal server using the supplied RJ45 to RJ45 crossover cable and RJ45 to DB9F serial port adapter as required.

  • Page 11: Operations

    NTERFACES Outlet Naming and Grouping Usernames and Passwords HTML I NTERFACE Logging In Outlet Control Individual ...14 Group...14 Environmental Monitoring Input Load ...15 Sensors ...15 Configuration System...15 Network ...16 Telnet/SSH...16 HTTP/SSL ...16 Serial Ports ...17 Outlets ...18 Groups...18 Users...18 FTP ...19 SNTP ...20 SNMP ...20 Tools...

  • Page 12: Outlet Naming And Grouping

    3. Operations Interfaces The Switched PDU has two interfaces: the HTML interface accessed via the HTTP enabled Ethernet connections and the command line for serial and Telnet connections. Outlet Naming and Grouping For commands requiring an outlet name, you may specify it in one of two ways: a predefined absolute name or a descriptive name assigned by an administrator.

  • Page 13: Html Interface

    The HTML interface is constructed of three major components: the System Location bar, the User/Navigation bar and the Control Screen. The System Location bar displays the Switched PDU’s location and IP address as well as the current Control Screen title. The User/Navigation bar displays the current user and privilege level and provides access to all HTML pages.

  • Page 14: Outlet Control

    Both pages include the outlets absolute and descriptive names, the Outlet Status reported to the Switched PDU by the outlet, the current Control State being applied by the Switched PDU and the outlet load in amperes.

  • Page 15: Environmental Monitoring

    The Input Load page displays the Switched PDU (s) absolute and descriptive name and the cumulative input load in amperes of all devices attached to the Switched PDU at the time the page was loaded. This page will refresh automatically every 10 seconds.

  • Page 16: Network

    IP address, subnet mask and gateway address as well as view the link status, speed and duplex value. The Switched PDU is configured with the following network defaults to allow unit configuration out-of-the-box through either Telnet or HTML: •...

  • Page 17: Serial Ports

    Select from the Authentication drop-down menu and press Setting SSL access level Switched PDU SSL supports configuration of SSL connections as being either optional or required. The default access level is set to optional. • Optional –Both non-secure (HTTP) and SSL encrypted connections (HTTPS) are allowed access.

  • Page 18: Outlets

    3. Operations Outlets The Outlets configuration page is used for assignment and/or editing of outlet descriptive names and wakeup states. Editing the outlet descriptive name: Edit Click on the link in the Action column next to the outlet to be configured. On the subsequent Outlet Edit page, enter the descriptive name.

  • Page 19: Ftp

    Partial-access for status and pass through of assigned outlets, groups and serial ports. The administrator may also grant administrative privileges to other user accounts allowing the Switched PDU to have more than one administrative-level user. NOTE: You cannot remove administrative privileges from the Admn user unless another user has already been given administrative access level privileges created.

  • Page 20: Sntp

    3. Operations Setting the filename for upload: Enter the filename of the file to be uploaded in the Filename field, and press Testing the FTP upload configuration: This test validates that the unit is able to contact and log onto the specified FTP server, download the firmware file and verify that the firmware file is valid for this unit.

  • Page 21: Tools

    You are given three attempts to enter a valid username and password combination. If all three fail, the session ends. When you enter a valid username and password, the command prompt (Switched PDU:) appears. If a location identifier was defined, it will be displayed before the Switched PDU: prompt. See Creating a location description on page 37 for more information.

  • Page 22: Operations Command Summary

    3. Operations Operations Command Summary Command Description Turns one or more outlets on Turns one or more outlets off Reboot Reboots one or more outlets Status Displays the on/off status of one or more outlets ILoad Displays the total cumulative input load Istat Displays the status of the infeeds Connect...
  • Page 23 Sets the Telnet server port number Set Telnet Enables or disables Telnet access Set Tower Name Specifies a descriptive field for the Switched PDU Set User Access Sets the access level for a user Set User Envmon Grants or removes privileges to view input and environmental monitoring status...

  • Page 24: Operations Commands

    3. Operations Operations Commands Operations commands manage outlet states, provide information about the Switched PDU environment and control session operations. NOTE: Users must be granted access to affect any change in outlet state. Turning outlets on The On command turns on an outlet or group. When the command completes, a display indicating all outlets affected and their current states will be displayed.

  • Page 25: Displaying Outlet Status

    This display includes the outlet absolute and descriptive names, the Outlet State reported to the Switched PDU by the outlet and the current Control State being applied by the Switched PDU. If you do not specify any parameter with this command, the status of all accessible outlets is displayed.
  • Page 26 The List Outlets command displays accessible outlets for the current user. The display includes the absolute and descriptive name of all outlets assigned to the current user. To display accessible outlets: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The follow command displays all accessible outlets for the current user: Switched PDU: list outlets<Enter>...
  • Page 27 The Istat or Iload command displays the status of one or more infeed. This display includes the infeed absolute and descriptive names and the Input Status and current Load reported to the Switched PDU by the infeed. To display status of one or more infeeds:...
  • Page 28 Set User Envmon command to enable and disable access for other user accounts. To display the status of the Environmental Monitor: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The following command displays the status of the Environmental Monitor.

  • Page 29: Administration Commands

    To create a user account: create user At the Switched PDU: prompt, type are not allowed, and usernames are not case sensitive). Press At the Password: prompt, type a password of up to 16 alphanumeric and other typeable characters (ASCII 32 to 126 decimal).
  • Page 30 Verify Password: <Enter> Setting user access level privileges The Set User Access command sets the access level privileges for a user. The Switched PDU has four defined access privilege levels; Admin, User, On-Only and View-Only. For more information on user access levels, see Changing a user’s access privilege level: on page 19.
  • Page 31 Example The following command grants intput status viewing privileges to the user JohnDoe: Switched PDU: set user envmon on johndoe<Enter> Displaying the access privilege levels The List Users command displays all defined users with their access privilege level.
  • Page 32 The Delete OutletFromUser command removes a user’s access to one or all outlets. You cannot remove access to any outlet for an administrative level user. To delete outlet access for a user: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Enter username. Press...

  • Page 33: Group Administration

    The List User command displays all accessible outlets, groups and serial ports for a user. To display user outlet, group and serial port access: list user At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The following command displays information about the user JaneDoe: Switched PDU: list user janedoe<Enter>...

  • Page 34: Outlet Administration

    Outlet names are not case sensitive. Press Example The following command adds the descriptive name DataServer_1 to outlet .a1: Switched PDU: set outlet name .a1 DataServer_1<Enter> Page 34 - 301-0399-4 Rev A. add outlettogroup , optionally followed by an outlet name and group Enter and the group name.

  • Page 35: Displaying Outlet Information

    The wakeup state may be set to On or Off. Upon restoration of system power; If set to On, the Switched PDU will apply power to that outlet. If set to Off, the Switched PDU will not apply power to that outlet.

  • Page 36: Serial Port Administration

    Port names are not case sensitive. Press Example The following command adds the descriptive name Rack1 to Console port: Switched PDU: set port name console Rack1<Enter> Setting the serial ports data-rate The Set Port Speed command sets the default data-rate for the serial port.

  • Page 37: System Administration

    Location field will be blank and no Welcome to banner will be displayed. To create a location description: set location At the Switched PDU: prompt, type other typeable characters (ASCII 32 to 126 decimal - spaces are allowed). Press Omitting any characters after typing ‘set location’ deletes any previously specified text.
  • Page 38 Enter are not allowed). Press Example The following command adds the descriptive name HQ_1_Infeed_A to the infeed on the Switched PDU: Switched PDU: set infeed name .aa HQ_1_Infeed_A<Enter> Displaying Infeed information The Show Infeeds command displays information about all infeeds. This information includes the absolute and descriptive infeed names.

  • Page 39: Tcp/Ip Administration

    The following command sets the subnet mask to 255.0.0.0 Switched PDU: set subnet 255.0.0.0<Enter> Setting the gateway The Set Gateway command sets the IP address of the default gateway the Switched PDU uses to access external networks. To set the gateway IP address:...

  • Page 40: Displaying Network Configuration Information

    HTTP authentication method and SSL access setting • Network status See page 47 for more information on SNMP. To display network configuration information: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The following command displays the network configuration information: Switched PDU: show network<Enter> Network Configuration...

  • Page 41: Configure The Switched Pdu

    Setting the HTTP authentication method The Set HTTP Security command is used to set the method of authentication. The Switched PDU HTTP server supports two authentication methods for security and validation of the username-password – Basic and MD5 digest. For more information on authentication methods, see Setting the HTTP authentication method: on page 17.
  • Page 42 To set the FTP filepath: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The following command sets the FTP filepath to ftp://Switched PDU: Switched PDU: set ftp filepath ftp://Switched PDU<Enter> Displaying FTP configuration information The Show FTP command displays all FTP configuration information.

  • Page 43: Sntp Administration

    SNTP Administration Switched PDU supports the use of a network time service to provide a synchronized time reference. Setting the SNTP server address The Set SNTP command is used to set the primary and secondary SNTP server addresses. To set the SNTP server address:...

  • Page 44: Advanced Operations

    4. Advanced Operations Enabling and Setting up SSL Support SSL Technical Specifications Enabling and Setting up SSH Support SSH Technical Specifications SNMP MIB, OID and Support Enabling and Setting up SNMP Support SNMP Traps Configuring Traps Page 44 - 301-0399-4 Rev A. Error! Bookmark not defined.

  • Page 45: Ssl Technical Specifications

    Sets SSL access as optional or required Enabling and Setting up SSL Support NOTE: A restart of the Switched PDU is required after setting or changing ANY SSL configurations. See Performing a warm boot on page 39 for more information.

  • Page 46: Ssh Technical Specifications

    Sets the SSH server port number Enabling and Setting up SSH Support NOTE: A restart of the Switched PDU is required after setting or changing ANY SSH configurations. See Performing a warm boot on page 39 for more information. Enabling or disabling SSH support The Set SSH command is used to enable or disable SSH support.

  • Page 47: Snmp

    SNMP requests to retrieve information and control power for the individual outlets. The Switched PDU includes an SNMP v1 agent supporting standard MIB I and MIB II objects. A private enterprise MIB extension is also supported to provide remote power control.
  • Page 48 Setting trap destinations The Set SNMP Trapdest1 and Trapdest2 commands are used to set the IP addresses of SNMP management stations receiving all traps. Switched PDU supports a maximum of two trap destinations; one must be defined to enable trap generation.
  • Page 49 Error Trap Repeat Time (seconds): Trap Destination 1: Trap Destination 2: SNMP Traps The Switched PDU supports three types of SNMP traps. Traps are enabled at the tower (T), infeed (I) or outlet (O) level. Trap Summary Name Level(s) Description...
  • Page 50 The Change trap is generated for all outlet status changes between any on/off conditions. Change traps include the outlet status, Location of the Switched PDU, and identifier and name of the affected outlet. For descriptions of the outlet status types, please refer to the prior table.
  • Page 51 Temp Trap The Temp trap is generated whenever the temperature on a temperature/humidity sensor is beyond preset thresholds. Temp traps include the reported temperature, temp status, Location of the Switched PDU, and identifier and name of the affected sensor. Any error state generates a Temp trap and triggers the trap timer. A new trap is generated at the end of every timer period until the Temp returns to a non-error status.

  • Page 52: Configuring Traps

    Examples The following command enables the Status trap for the first tower, using the tower’s absolute name: Switched PDU: set trap tower status .a on<Enter> The following command enables the Status trap for the tower named Florida_HQ_1: Switched PDU: set trap tower status Florida_HQ_1 on<Enter>...
  • Page 53 The following command enables the Load trap for second infeed on the first tower, using the infeed’s absolute name: Switched PDU: set trap infeed load .AB on<Enter> The following command disables the Load trap for all infeeds: Switched PDU: set trap infeed load all off<Enter>...
  • Page 54 Example The following command sets the second temperature high threshold limit to 95: Switched PDU: set trap ths temphigh .a2 95<Enter> Enabling or Disabling the Humid trap The Set Trap THS Humid command is used to enable or disable the Humid trap.

  • Page 55: Displaying Trap Configuration Information

    Displaying trap configuration information The Show Traps command displays information about all traps. To display trap information: show traps At the Switched PDU: prompt, type Example The following command requests trap configuration information: Switched PDU: show traps <Enter> Tower trap configuration:...

  • Page 56: Appendices

    5. Appendices ESETTING TO ACTORY EFAULTS To reset to factory defaults from the HTML interface ... 57 To reset to factory defaults from the command line... 57 To reset to factory defaults using the reset button ... 57 PLOADING IRMWARE To initiate an FTP upload session from the HTML interface ...

  • Page 57: Resetting To Factory Defaults

    To reset to factory defaults from the command line restart factory At the Switched PDU: prompt, type To reset to factory defaults using the reset button Locate the recessed reset button directly beside the Serial & Ethernet ports. You will need a non-conductive, non-metallic tool that fits inside the recess.

  • Page 58: Technical Specifications

    5. Appendices Technical Specifications Models Europe/Asia Model Voltage RSNM-R8-E02 230V, 60Hz RSMS-R8-E02 230V, 60Hz RSNM-T16-E02 230V, 60Hz RSMS-T16-E02 230V, 60Hz Americas Model Voltage RSNM-R8-102 100-120V, 50/60Hz RSMS-R8-102 100-120V, 50/60Hz RSNM-R8-202 208-240V, 50/60Hz RSMS-R8-202 208-240V, 50/60Hz RSNM-T16-102 100-120V, 50/60Hz RSMS-T16-102 100-120V, 50/60Hz RSNM-T16-202 208-240V, 50/60Hz RSMS-T16-202...

  • Page 59: Data Connections

    Data Connections RS-232 port The Switched PDU is equipped standard with an RJ45 DTE RS-232c serial port. This connector may be used for direct local access or from other serial devices such as a terminal server. An RJ45 crossover cable is provided for connection to an RJ45 DCE serial port.

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