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Rittal DK 7856.540 Assembly, Installation And Operation

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Switched Power Distribution Unit
DK 7856.530 / 540 / 550
Assembly, Installation and Operation
A40195 01 IT 74

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Switched Power Distribution Unit DK 7856.530 / 540 / 550 Assembly, Installation and Operation A40195 01 IT 74...
  • Page 2 Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Acrobat Reader is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Switched Power Distribution Unit...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 8.6.1 Email ..........70 Table of Contents Upload/Download......72 Table of Contents ......3 Appendices........73 Documentation Notes .......4 Resetting to Factory Defaults ..73 Uploading Firmware.......74 Safety Instructions ......4 10 Technical Specifications ....74 Safety Precautions ......5 Life-Support Policy ......6 10.1 Technical Data .......74 10.2...

  • Page 4: Documentation Notes 2

    PDU may be Rittal cannot accept any liability for damage and performed only by instructed personnel. operational malfunctions that result from the non- 2. Do not open the case, as there are no ser- observance of this guide.

  • Page 5: Safety Precautions

    Safety Instructions 3 3.1 Safety Precautions This section contains important safety and regulatory information that should be reviewed before installing and using the Switched Power Distribution Unit. Only for installation and use Seulement pour l’installation et Nur zur Installation und Ver- in a Restricted Access Loca- l’utilisation dans une Zone In- wendung in einem Sicherheits-...

  • Page 6: Life-Support Policy

    • direct patient care. Rittal will not knowingly sell its products for use in such applications unless it receives in writing as- surances satisfactory to Rittal that: • the risks of injury or damage have been minimized, •...

  • Page 7: Product Introduction 4

    Product Introduction 4 Product Introduction The Switched Power Distributing Unit (Switched PDU) is a compact Distribution Unit, which can be mounted easy and quick into every server rack. It featured several C13 Plugs and has a voltage and current measurement module. By using the Web-Interface you can configure and switch every single plug in the cabinet.

  • Page 8: Power Supply

    The Switched PDU is powered with the included Depending on the application it can be necessary Connection Plug. The used Voltage depends of to order some optional accessories. Rittal offers the model, which is used. the following accessories for the Switched PDU: DK-Nr.

  • Page 9: Mounting 5

    Optionally, the supplied button mounts may be used for mounting the PDU into cabinets support- ing this method of equipment mounting. Note! Contact your Rittal Sales Representa- tive for information regarding custom bracket design and fabrication services if you are unable to find a suitable manner for utilizing the included mount- ing brackets.

  • Page 10: Installing 6

    RJ45 crossover cable and RJ45 to DB9F serial port adapter as required. 6.1 Security advices Ethernet port The Rittal Switched PDU may be operated only The Switched PDU is equipped with an RJ45 with connected protective earth conductor. The 10/100Base-T Ethernet port for attachment to an protective earth conductor connection is made by existing network.

  • Page 11: Operations 7

    HTTP enabled Ethernet connections, and the command line for Note! serial and Telnet connections. For security, Rittal recommends re- moval of the predefined administrative 7.1.1 Outlet Naming and Grouping user account after a new account with administrative rights have been cre- ated.

  • Page 12: Html Interface

    Operations 7 7.2 HTML Interface The HTML interface is constructed of three major components: System Location bar User/Navigation bar Control Screen The System Location bar displays the 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 13: Logging In

    Operations 7 Group 7.2.1 Logging In The Group outlet control page displays all groups assigned to the current user, as well as the out- Logging in through HTML requires directing the lets for each group. HTML client to the configured IP address of the unit.

  • Page 14: Environmental Monitoring

    Operations 7 Enabling or disabling strong password re- 7.2.3 Environmental Monitoring quirements: The PDU supports enforcement of strong pass- Sensors words for enhanced security. When enabled, all The Sensors page displays: new passwords must be a minimum of 8 charac- •...
  • Page 15 Operations 7 Setting the system 3-phase load out-of-bound Network threshold: The Network configuration page is used for main- tenance of the network interface. From this page This setting to use for devices with 3-phase input an administrator may configure the IP address, voltages to notify of a system imbalance between subnet mask, gateway address, DNS addresses the three phases of power.
  • Page 16 Operations 7 Enabling or disabling Telnet or SSH support: Enabling or disabling HTTP or SSL support: Select Enabled or Disabled from the appropriate Select Enabled or Disabled from the appropriate Server drop-down menu and press Apply. Server drop-down menu and press Apply. Changing the Telnet or SSH server port num- Changing the HTTP server port number: ber:...
  • Page 17 Operations 7 Note! • Optional –Both non-secure (HTTP) and SSL If set at the factory, the serial number, encrypted connections (HTTPS) are allowed model number and voltage type WILL access. NOT be user-editable. • Required – ONLY SSL encrypted connections (HTTPS) are allowed access.
  • Page 18 Operations 7 To add a new UPS: Outlets The Outlets configuration page is used for as- Select the UPS manufacturer type from the Type signment and/or editing of outlet sequence and drop-down list, type an IP address (or hostname) reboot timers, descriptive names and wakeup for the UPS, and press Apply.
  • Page 19 Operations 7 • On-Only: Partial-access for control (On), status Adding and Deleting outlets from a group: and Pass-Thru of assigned outlets, groups and Press the Edit link in the Action column for the serial/Pass-Thru ports. associated group. • View-Only: Partial-access for status and On the subsequent Group Edit page, select or Pass-Thru of assigned outlets, groups and se- deselect outlets to be included in that group.
  • Page 20 Operations 7 The FTP configuration page is used for setup and Setting the automatic update scheduled hour: maintenance of all settings required to perform an Select the desired hour for the automatic updates FTP firmware upload, configure automatic FTP from the drop-down menu and press Apply. updates or system configuration up- loads/downloads.
  • Page 21 Operations 7 Enabling or disabling SNMP support: Configuring outlet traps: Select Enabled or Disabled from the drop-down Click on the Outlet Traps link. menu and press Apply. On the subsequent Outlet Traps and Thresholds page, select or deselect the desired traps and press Apply.
  • Page 22 LDAP Group and press Apply. Note! Rittal recommends NOT setting the au- Adding and Deleting serial port access: thentication order to Remote Only until Click on the Ports link in the Access column for the LDAP has been fully configured and the associated LDAP Group.
  • Page 23 TACACS+ Privilege Level and press Apply. from Rittal. From this page an administrator may review all activated features as well as activate newly purchased features.

  • Page 24: Tools

    1. Press Enter. The following appears, where tinuously aging log. For permanent off-system x.xx is the firmware version: log storage, the Syslog protocol is supported. Rittal Switched PDU - Version x.xx Username: Note! 2. At the Username: and Password: prompts, The system log is viewable only by us- enter a valid username and password.
  • Page 25 Operations 7 When you enter a valid username and password, the command prompt (Switched PDU:) appears. If a location identifier was defined, it will be dis- played before the Switched PDU: prompt. Commands may be entered in any combination of uppercase and lowercase.
  • Page 26 Operations 7 Set FTP Username Sets the username for the Administrative Command Summary FTP Host Add Grouptouser Grants a user access to one Set Gateway Sets the Gateway of the PDU or more groups Set HTTP Port Specifies the target port for Add Outlettogroup Adds an outlet to a group HTTP access...
  • Page 27 Operations 7 Set System Area Specifies to total square feet Show UPS Displays UPS configuration for the system information Set System Balance Specifies the percent out-of- Version Displays the PDU firmware balance threshold for 3- version phase systems Set System PF Specifies the power factor value for the system Set Telnet Port...
  • Page 28 Operations 7 Examples To display the names of commands that you may execute: The following command turns off the outlet named FileServer_1: At the command prompt, press Enter. A list of valid commands for the current user appears. Switched PDU: off FileServer_1<Enter> Operations Commands The following command turns off all outlets: Operations commands manage outlet states,...
  • Page 29 Operations 7 To display on/off status of one or more outlets: To display accessible outlets: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type status, fol- At the Switched PDU: prompt, type list outlets lowed by an outlet name, and press Enter, or and press Enter.
  • Page 30 Operations 7 Displaying accessible serial ports: Displaying the status of the Environmental Monitor: The List Ports command displays accessible se- rial ports for the current user. The Envmon command displays the status of the integrated Environmental Monitor. By default, only administrative user accounts are To display accessible serial ports: allowed access to the Envmon command.

  • Page 31: Administration Commands

    Operations 7 Ending a session: To create a user account: The Quit or Logout commands ends a session. A session ends automatically when no activity is At the Switched PDU: prompt, type create user, detected for five minutes, or upon loss of connec- optionally followed by a 1-16 character username tion.
  • Page 32 Operations 7 At the Verify Password: prompt, retype the new To grant or remove input load viewing privileges for password and press Enter. a user: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set user en- vmon followed by on or off, optionally followed Example by a username and press Enter.
  • Page 33 Operations 7 Examples Adding serial port access to a user: The following commands grant the user JaneDoe The Add PortToUser command grants a user access to outlets A1 and Webserver_1: access to the serial port. Switched PDU:add outlettouser .a1 jane- To grant serial port access to a user: doe<Enter>...
  • Page 34 Operations 7 Outlet Administration set to Last, the PDU will apply the last known power state. Setting the sequencing interval: The Set Outlet SeqInterval commands sets the power on sequencing interval for all outlets. To set the wakeup state: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set outlet wakeup, followed by on, off or last and the outlet To set the sequencing interval: name.
  • Page 35 Operations 7 Example To set the infeed operational voltage: The following command displays all outlet infor- At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set infeed mation: voltage, followed by the absolute infeed name, and a value from 0 to 480. Press Enter. Switched PDU: show outlets<Enter>...
  • Page 36 Operations 7 Tower Administration Example Creating a descriptive tower name: The following command sets the model number for tower .A to ‘CW-8H1-C20’: The Set Tower Name command assigns a de- scriptive name to a tower. This descriptive name is displayed when the Show Traps command is Switched PDU: set tower prodsn .a CW-8H1- C20<Enter>...
  • Page 37 Operations 7 Example To add an outlet to a group: Switched PDU: show towers<Enter> At the Switched PDU: prompt, type add outlet- Tower ID: togroup, optionally followed by an outlet name Name: TowerA and group name. Press Enter, or Product S/N: AA06F011157 Type add OutletToGroup, followed by all and Model No.:...
  • Page 38 Operations 7 Example To create an Environmental Monitor name: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set envmon The following command adds the descriptive name followed by the absolute environmental name Rack1 to Console port: monitor name, then the descriptive name of up to 24 alphanumeric and other typeable characters - Switched PDU: set port name console (ASCII 33 to 126 decimal) are allowed;...

  • Page 39: System Administration

    Operations 7 Creating a location description: To set the serial port timeout value: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set port The Set Location command specifies text that timeout, followed by a value from 0 to 5 (in min- appears in the HTML control screen’s Location utes) and press Enter.
  • Page 40 To set the system input power factor: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set system System Information pf, followed a value from 0.0 to 1.0 and press F/W Version: Rittal Switched PDU Version 6.0a Enter. NIC S/N: 1600001 MAC Address:...
  • Page 41 Operations 7 To enable or disable strong passwords: To display system option information: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set option At the Switched PDU: prompt, type show options strong password, followed by enabled or dis- and press Enter. abled and press Enter. Example Enabling or disabling the external configura- PDU: show options...
  • Page 42 Operations 7 Setting the IP address: To set the DNS IP address: The Set Ipaddress command sets the TCP/IP At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set, followed address of the network interface controller. by dns1 or dns2 and the Domain Name server’s IP address.
  • Page 43 Operations 7 HTTP Administration Telnet Administration Note! Note! A restart is required after setting or A restart of the PDU is required after changing ANY Telnet/Web configura- setting or changing ANY Telnet/Web tions. configurations. Enabling and disabling HTTP support: Enabling and disabling Telnet support: The Set HTTP command is used to enable or The Set Telnet command is used to enable or disable HTTP support.
  • Page 44 Enter. Switched PDU: set ftp host 12.34.56.99<Enter> Example The following command sets the FTP hostname The following command sets the FTP filename to to ftp.rittal.com: snb_s50a.bin: Switched PDU: set ftp host Switched PDU: set ftp filename ftp.rittal.com<Enter> snb_s50a.bin<Enter>...
  • Page 45 Sunday: ration information: Switched PDU: set ftp autoupdate day sun- Switched PDU: show ftp<Enter> day<Enter> FTP Configuration Host: ftp.rittal.com Username: guest Setting the automatic update scheduled hour: Password: OpenSesame Directory: ftp://PDU The Set FTP Autoupdate Hour command is used Filename: snb_s52a.bin...
  • Page 46 Operations 7 Example To set the local GMT offset: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set sntp The following command creates a UPS record for gmtoffset, followed by the offset value, and press a Toshiba UPS with the hostname Enter. ‘DC1Toshiba1’: Switched PDU: create ups<Enter>...
  • Page 47 Operations 7 Example To change the UPS SNMP port: The following command changes UPS type for At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ups port the record at index number 2 to ‘MGE’: and press Enter. At the prompt, type the index number for the UPS record to be changed and press Enter.
  • Page 48 Operations 7 Enabling/disabling UPS voltage polling: To remove an infeed from a UPS: With a UPS record configured, the PDU by default At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ups delin- enables voltage polling of the UPS. This feature feed and press Enter. may be enabled or disabled using the Set UPS At the prompt, enter the index number for the VPoll command.

  • Page 49: Advanced Operations 8

    Advanced Operations 8 Setting SSL access level: Advanced Operations The Set SSL Access command is used to assign use of SSL as optional or required. The default 8.1 SSL access level is set to optional. Secure Socket Layers (SSL) version 3 enables To change the access level: secure HTML sessions between a PDU Remote At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ssl ac-...

  • Page 50: Snmp/Thresholds

    Advanced Operations 8 SSH Command Summary To enable the SSH authentication methods: Command Description At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ssh Set SSH Enables/disables SSH support authmethod, followed by password or kbint, fol- lowed by enabled or disabled, and press Enter. Set SSH AuthMethod Enables/disables the SSH server authentication methods...
  • Page 51 The valid The PDU SNMP MIB and OID are available on range for the timer period is 1 to 65535 (in sec- the Rittal website onds). The default value for the timer period is 60 sec- Enabling and Setting up SNMP Support onds.
  • Page 52 Error Trap Repeat Time(sec.): To set the SysLocation object: Trap Destination 1: 64.42.31.208 Trap Destination 2: snmp.rittal.de At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set snmp IP Restrictions: Trap Destinations Only syslocation, followed by the object location and SysName: No Name press Enter.
  • Page 53 Advanced Operations 8 All traps include the Location of the PDU as defined Note! with the Set Location command. Traps are generated according to a hierarchical architecture, for example, if an Tower Status enters a trap condition, Status trap only the Tower Status trap will be gen- A Status trap is generated when an error condi- erated.
  • Page 54 Advanced Operations 8 Set Trap Infeed HighThresh Sets the Infeed Load trap high limit Set Trap Outlet Change Enables or disables the Outlet Change trap Set Trap Outlet Status Enables or disables the Outlet Status trap Set Trap EM Status Enables or disables the Environmental Monitor Status trap...
  • Page 55 Advanced Operations 8 Enabling or Disabling a Status trap: Switched PDU: set trap infeed load .AB The Set Trap … Status command is used to en- on<Enter> able or disable Status traps for a Tower, Infeed or Outlet. The following command disables the Load trap for all infeeds: To Enable or Disable a Status trap: Switched PDU: set trap infeed load all...

  • Page 56: Ldap

    Displaying trap configuration information: 8.4 LDAP The Show Traps command displays information about all traps. The Rittal PDU family of products supports Light- weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3. This support enables authentication with LDAP To display trap information: servers;...
  • Page 57 Advanced Operations 8 LDAP Command Summary Set LDAPGroup Access Sets the access level for an LDAP group Command Description Set LDAPGroup Envmon Grants or removes privileges Add GrouptoLDAP Grants an LDAP group ac- to view input and environ- cess to one or more groups mental monitoring status Add OutlettoLDAP Grants an LDAP group ac-...
  • Page 58 98.76.54.32<Enter> The following command sets the secondary Direc- To set the bind password type: tory Services server hostname to ldap.rittal.com: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap bind, followed by simple or md5 and press Enter. Switched PDU: set ldap host2 ldap.rittal.com<Enter>...
  • Page 59 Enter. At the following prompt, type the bind password and press Enter. Example The following sets the DN user search base for MSAD to ‘cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com’: Setting the group membership attribute: The Set LDAP GroupAttr command is used to Switched PDU: set ldap userbasedn<Enter>...
  • Page 60 Enter. Search Bind DN: cd=guest,cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com Password: OpenSesame Note! User Search Base DN: cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com Rittal recommends NOT setting the au- Filter: (samaccountname=%s) thentication order to Remote Only until Group Membership the LDAP has been fully configured and Attribute: memberof tested.

  • Page 61: Configuring Ldap Groups

    LDAP group name and press Enter. Switched PDU: ping rittal.de Pinging rittal.de [98.76.54.32] with 64 bytes of data: Examples Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=0 triptime=0 The following command sets the LDAP group Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=1...
  • Page 62 Advanced Operations 8 Example access for more than one outlet group, you must use multiple Add GroupToLDAP commands. The following command displays all LDAP groups with their access privilege level: To grant outlet group access to an LDAP Group: Switched PDU: list ldapgroups<Enter> At the Switched PDU: prompt, type add group- toldap, optionally followed by an outlet group LDAP...
  • Page 63 Advanced Operations 8 Displaying LDAP Group access: The List LDAPGroup command displays all ac- cess rights for an LDAP group. To display LDAP Group access: At the Switched PDU: prompt, type list ldap- group, optionally followed by a group name. Press Enter.

  • Page 64: Ldap Technical Specifications

    Advanced Operations 8 8.4.2 LDAP Technical Specifications LDAP Authentication Process Simple Bind Authentication Process MD5 Bind Authentication Process Client LDAP Server Sentry Client LDAP Server Sentry Initiate Initiate Initiate Sentry Prompt for login Initiate Sentry Prompt for login session credentials session credentials session...

  • Page 65: Ldaps Client Specifications

    Advanced Operations 8 TACAC+ Command Summary 8.4.3 LDAPS Client Specifications Command Description Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) version 3 Set Authorder Specifies the authentication order for each new session at- Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1 (RFC tempt 2246) Set TACACS Enables/disables SSL support Set TACACS Host Sets the IP address or host-...
  • Page 66 Switched PDU: set tacacs host1 98.76.54.32<Enter> The following changes the TACACS port number to 50: The following command sets the secondary TA- CACS+ server address to tacacs.rittal.com: Switched PDU: set tacacs port 50<Enter> Switched PDU: set tacacs host2 ta- Setting the authentication order: cacs.rittal.com<Enter>...

  • Page 67: Tacacs+ Privilege Levels

    The following command sets the TACACS+ ac- Note! count access level for account 5 to User: Rittal recommends NOT setting the au- thentication order to Remote Only until the TACACS+ has been fully configured Switched PDU: set tacpriv access user 5<Enter>...
  • Page 68 Advanced Operations 8 all outlets, you must use multiple Add OutletTo- Switched PDU:add grouptotacacs servergroup_1 5<Enter> TACACS commands. Switched PDU:add grouptotacacs servergroup_2 5<Enter> To grant outlet access to a TACACS+ account: Deleting outlet group access for a TACACS+ At the Switched PDU: prompt, type add outletto- account: tacacs, optionally followed by an outlet name and The Delete GroupFromTACACS command re-...

  • Page 69: Logging

    Advanced Operations 8 Example port = (access path into the PDU) rem_addr = ‘PDU3_xxxxxx’ (xxxxxx is last six The following command displays information digits of Ethernet MAC address) about the TACACS+ account 1: service = ‘shell’ (for exec) Switched PDU: list tacpriv 1<Enter> cmd = ‘‘...

  • Page 70: Email

    Advanced Operations 8 Syslog To display the Syslog configuration information: The PDU’s Syslog support is RFC3164-compliant At the Switched PDU: prompt, type show syslog and enables off-PDU viewing and storage of log and press Enter. messages. The PDU supports external logging to up to two Syslog servers.
  • Page 71 With SMTP support enabled, the PDU sends The following command sets the secondary ‘to’ SMTP requests to the default SMTP port number email address to NiteAdmin@rittal.de: 25. This port number may be changed using the Set Email SMTP Port command.

  • Page 72: Upload/Download

    The PDU FTP Server supports a single ing using simple tools. user at a time. Once an administrative user has Rittal recommends the secure storage of authenticated with the PDU FTP Server, standard CONFIG.BIN backup images. FTP client commands may be used to upload or download PDU configurations.

  • Page 73: Appendices 9

    Uploading the CONFIG.BIN file takes will be required. considerably longer than the NET- WORK.INI file. When uploading both, Rittal recom- From the HTML interface mends uploading the NETWORK.INI file On the Restart page in the Tools section of the first.

  • Page 74: Uploading Firmware

    Technical Specifications 10 To reset to factory defaults, except network 10 Technical Specifications settings From the HTML interface Switched PDU On the Restart page in the Tools section of the HTML interface, select Restart and reset to fac- Material Sheet steel tory defaults, except network from the drop- Environment down menu and press Apply.

  • Page 75: Data Connections

    Technical Specifications 10 10.2 Data Connections 10.3 LED Indicators RS-232 port Input/Branch/Phase Current Switched PDUs are equipped standard with an Units are equipped with 7-segment LEDs for re- RJ45 DTE RS-232c serial port. This connector porting of input, branch or phase current loading. may be used for direct local access or from other Loading is reported in amperes and is displayed serial devices such as a terminal server.

  • Page 76: Regulatory Compliance

    EN60950-1:2001 This product is also designed for Norwegian IT Recycling power system with phase-to phase voltage 230V. Rittal encourages the recycling of its products. Disposal facilities, environ- USA Notification mental conditions and regulations vary Note: This equipment has been tested and found...

  • Page 77: Maintenance And Cleaning 11

    Maintenance and Cleaning 11 11 Maintenance and Cleaning The Rittal Switched Power Distribution Unit is a maintenance-free system. The housing does not need to be opened for the installation or during operation Note! Opening the housing or any accessory components will void any warranty and liability claims.

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