Server Technology Sentry PT22 Installation And Operating Manual

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Solutions for the Data Center Equipment Cabinet
Sentry
Remote Power Manager
- PT22
Installation and Operations Manual
© 2005 Server Technology, Inc. All rights reserved

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  • Page 1 Server Technology Solutions for the Data Center Equipment Cabinet Sentry Remote Power Manager - PT22 Installation and Operations Manual © 2005 Server Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 Life-Support Policy As a general policy, Server Technology does not recommend the use of any of its products in the following situations: • life-support applications where failure or malfunction of the Server Technology product can be reasonably expected to cause failure of the life-support device or to significantly affect its safety or effectiveness.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1: I HAPTER NTRODUCTION Quick Start Guide..........................4 Technical Support ..........................4 Equipment Overview........................5 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Standard Accessories........................6 Optional Accessories........................6 Additional Required Items .......................6 Safety Precautions ..........................6 Mounting ............................7 Connecting to the Power Source ......................7 Connecting Devices..........................7 Connecting to the Unit ........................8 3: O HAPTER...
  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction Quick Start Guide The following instructions will help you quickly install and configure your PT22 for use in your data center equipment cabinet. For detailed information on each step, go to the page number listed to the right.
  • Page 5: Equipment Overview

    Two RJ45 connectors for Serial (RS-232) and Ethernet connection. Two mini RJ11 connectors for Temperature/Humidity sensors. A number is printed above each PT22 outlet. These numbers may be used in commands that require an outlet name. Figure 1.1 PT22 Views •...
  • Page 6: Chapter 2: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation Before installing your Sentry PT22, refer to the following lists to ensure that you have all the items shipped with the unit as well as all other items required for proper installation. Standard Accessories • Mounting bracket hardware: two mounting brackets and four screws •...
  • Page 7: Mounting

    Keep the device’s on/off switch in the off position until after it is plugged into the outlet. Connect devices to the PT22 outlets. NOTE: Server Technology recommends even distribution of attached devices across all available outlets to avoid exceeding the outlet, branch or phase limitations. See Power Ratings on page 69 for more information.
  • Page 8: Connecting To The Unit

    Connecting to the Unit Serial (RS232) port The PT22 is 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 9: Chapter 3: Operations

    Chapter 3: Operations NTERFACES Outlet Naming and Grouping Usernames and Passwords HTML I NTERFACE Logging In Outlet Control Individual..........................12 Group............................12 Environmental Monitoring Input Load ..........................13 Sensors..........................13 Configuration System...........................13 Network ..........................14 Telnet/SSH ..........................14 HTTP/SSL ..........................14 Serial Ports...........................15 Outlets ..........................16 Groups ..........................16 Users.............................17 FTP............................18 SNTP.............................18...
  • Page 10: Interfaces

    Interfaces The PT22 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 11: Html Interface

    You are given three attempts to enter a valid username and password combi nation. If all three fail, the session ends and a protected page will be displayed. NOTE: The default Sentry username/password is admn/admn. Operations • 11 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 12: Outlet Control

    Error State – Outlet should be on but no current is sensed at the outlet No Comm varies Communication to the outlet has been lost* * Control State will be applied when communication is re-established 12 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 13: Environmental Monitoring

    On the subsequent Environmental Monitor Names page, enter a descriptive name and press Apply. Creating descriptive sensor names: Click on the Sensor Names link. On the subsequent Sensor Names page, enter a descriptive name and press Apply. Operations • 13 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 14: Network

    NOTE: MD5 is known to be fully supported by Internet Explorer 5.0+ Select Basic or MD5 from the Authentication drop-down menu and press Apply. 14 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 15: Serial Ports

    Click on the Edit link in the Modem port Action column. On the subsequent Serial Port Edit page, select On or Off from the Modem Initializations drop-down menu and press Apply. Operations • 15 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 16: Outlets

    (ASCII 33 to 126 decimal, spaces are not allowed) are allowed. Press Apply. Removing a group: Click on the Remove link in the Action column for the group to be removed and press Yes on the subsequent confirmation window. 16 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 17: Users

    Click on the Groups link in the Access column for the associated user. On the subsequent User Groups page, select or deselect group to be accessed by the user and press Apply. Operations • 17 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 18: Ftp

    Enter an IP address in the appropriate Trap Destination field and press Apply. Enabling or disabling tower traps: Click on the Tower Traps link. On the subsequent Tower Traps page, select or deselect the desired traps and press Apply. 18 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 19: Ldap

    Click on the Sensor Names link. On the subsequent Sensor Names page, enter a descriptive name and press Apply. Network on page 13 for information on how to set the DNS IP address. Operations • 19 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 20: Tacacs

    Select Remote -> Local or Remote Only from the drop-down menu and press Apply. For more information on remote authentication order, see Setting the authentication order on page 57. NOTE: Server Technology recommends NOT setting the authentication order to Remote Only until the LDAP has been fully configured and tested.
  • Page 21: Tools

    Select Remote -> Local or Remote Only from the drop-down menu and press Apply. For more information on remote authentication order, see Setting the authentication order on page 64. NOTE: Server Technology recommends NOT setting the authentication order to Remote Only until the LDAP has been fully configured and tested.
  • Page 22: Command Line Interface

    Removes access to one or more groups for a user Delete Outletfromgroup Deletes an outlet from a group name Delete Outletfromuser Removes access to one or all outlets for a user 22 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 23 Displays the Sentry firmware version To display the names of commands that you may execute: At the command prompt, press Enter. A list of valid commands for the current user appears. Operations • 23 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 24: Operations Commands

    Type reboot, followed by a group name, and press Enter, or Type reboot all and press Enter. Example The following command reboots all the outlets in the group named ServerGroup_1: Sentry: reboot ServerGroup_1<Enter> 24 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 25 DataServer_1 WebServer_1 FileServer_1 The following command displays the on/off status for outlets in the group ServerGroup_1: Sentry: status ServerGroup_1<Enter> Group: ServerGroup_1 Outlet Outlet Outlet Control Name State State DataServer_1 WebServer_1 FileServer_1 Operations • 25 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 26 At the Sentry: prompt, type list ports and press Enter. Example The follow command displays all accessible serial ports for the current user: Sentry: list ports<Enter> Port Port Name Console Console Modem Modem 26 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 27 The Login command activates the Username: prompt. The current session ends, allowing a user to log in and start a new session under a different username. To start a new session: At the Sentry: prompt, type login and press Enter. The Username: prompt appears. Operations • 27 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 28: Ending A Session

    At the Sentry: prompt, type set user password, followed by a username and press Enter. At the Password: prompt, type the new password and press Enter. Passwords may contain 1-16 characters. At the Verify Password: prompt, retype the new password and press Enter. 28 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 29 The following command displays all users with their access privilege level: Sentry: list users<Enter> User Privilege Environmental Name Level Monitoring JOHNDOE Admin Allowed JANEDOE User Allowed JOSEYDOE On-Only Not Allowed JOEDOE View-Only Not Allowed Operations • 29 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 30 At the Sentry: prompt, type add porttouser, optionally followed by a Port name and a username. Press Enter. Examples The following commands grants to user JaneDoe access to the Modem port: Sentry:add PortToUser modem janedoe<Enter> 30 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 31: Outlet Administration

    The Set Outlet RebootDelay commands sets the reboot delay for all outlets. To set the sequencing interval: At the Sentry: prompt, type set outlet rebootdelay all, followed by a value from 5 to 60 (in seconds) and press Enter. Operations • 31 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 32 At the Sentry: prompt, type set outlet postondelay, followed by a value from 0 to 900 (in seconds) and press Enter. Example The following command set the Post-On delay for outlet .a1 to 90 seconds: Sentry: set outlet postondelay .a1 90<Enter> 32 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 33: Group Administration

    Type add OutletToGroup, followed by all and the group name. Press Enter. Examples The following commands uses absolute outlet names to add outlets A1 and B1 to group name ServerGroup_1: Sentry:add OutletToGroup .a1 ServerGroup_1<Enter> Sentry:add OutletToGroup .b1 ServerGroup_1<Enter> Operations • 33 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 34: Environmental Monitor Administration

    24 alphanumeric and other typeable characters (ASCII 33 to 126 decimal - spaces are not allowed). Port names are not case sensitive. Press Enter. Example The following command adds the descriptive name Rack1 to Console port: Sentry: set port name console Rack1<Enter> 34 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 35 At the Sentry: prompt, type set modem inits, followed by on or off, and press Enter. Example The following command disables the modem initialization strings for the Modem serial port: Sentry: set modem inits off<Enter> Operations • 35 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 36 Console Port: DSR Check: ON Modem Port: DSR Check: ON Initializations: ON Init String 1: Init String 2: AT E0 Q1 S0=1 S2=64 S12=50 &C1 &D2 Attention String: @@@ Hang-Up String: 36 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 37: System Administration

    24 alphanumeric and other typeable characters (ASCII 33 to 126 decimal - spaces are not allowed). Press Enter. Example The following command adds the descriptive name Florida_HQ_1 to tower .a: Sentry: set tower name .a Florida_HQ_1<Enter> Operations • 37 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 38 The Restart command performs a warm boot of the Sentry. NOTE: System user/outlet/group/port configuration or outlet states are NOT changed or reset with this command. To perform a warm boot: At the Sentry: prompt, type restart and press Enter. 38 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 39: Tcp/Ip Administration

    At the Sentry: prompt, type set, followed by dns1 or dns2 and the Domain Name server’s IP address. Press Enter. Example The following command sets the primary Domain Name server IP address to 98.76.54.254: Sentry: set dns1 98.76.54.254<Enter> Operations • 39 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 40: Http Administration

    For more information on authentication methods, see Setting the HTTP authentication method: on page 14. To set the HTTP authentication method: At the Sentry: prompt, type set http security, followed by basic or md5 and press Enter. 40 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 41: Telnet Administration

    At the Sentry: prompt, type set ftp password, followed by the FTP password and press Enter. Example The following command sets the FTP password to OpenSesame: Sentry: set ftp password OpenSesame<Enter> Operations • 41 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 42: Sntp Administration

    At the Sentry: prompt, type set sntp, followed by primary or secondary, and the SNTP server IP address. Press Enter. Example The following command set the primary SNTP server address to 204.152.184.72: Sentry: set sntp primary 204.152.184.72<Enter> 42 • Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 43 At the Sentry: prompt, type show sntp and press Enter. Example The following command displays the SNTP configuration information: Sentry: show sntp <Enter> SNTP Date/Time (GMT): 2003-02-21 21:32:48 SNTP Primary IP Address: 204.152.184.72 SNTP Secondary IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Operations • 43 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 45: Chapter 4: Advanced Operations

    Chapter 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 LDAP Enabling and Setting up LDAP Support Configuring LDAP Groups LDAP Technical Specifications TACACS+...
  • Page 46: Ssl

    Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1 (RFC 2246) SSL/TLS-enabled HTTPS server (RFC 2818) Self-Signed X.509 Certificate version 3 (RFC 2459) Asymmetric Cryptography: 1024-bit RSA Key Exchange Symmetric Cryptography Ciphers: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA 46 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 47: Ssh

    Diffie-Hellman DSA/DSS 512-1024 (random) bits per NIST specification Symmetric Cryptography: AES256-CBC RIJNDAEL256-CBC 3DES-192-CBC AES192-CBC RIJNDAEL192-CBC BLOWFISH-128-CBC AES128-CBC RIJNDAEL128-CBC ARCFOUR-128 Message Integrity: HMAC-SHA1-160 HMAC-SHA1-96 HMAC-MD5-128 HMAC-MD5-96 Authentication: Username/Password Session Channel Break Extension (for RS232 Break) Advanced Operations • 47 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 48: Mib, Oid And Support

    Show snmp Displays all SNMP configuration information MIB, OID and Support The Sentry SNMP MIB and OID are available on the Server Technology website: ftp://ftp.servertech.com/pub/SNMP/sentry3 Technical support is available 8:30AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday-Friday. For SNMP Support, email: mibmaster@servertech.com...
  • Page 49 Sentry: show snmp<Enter> SNMP Configuration SNMP: Enabled SET Community String: private GET Community String: public TRAP Community String: trap Error Trap Repeat Time (seconds): Trap Destination 1: 64.42.31.208 Trap Destination 2: (undefined) Advanced Operations • 49 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 50: Snmp Traps

    The Change trap is generated for all outlet status changes between any on/off conditions. Change traps include the outlet status, Location of the Sentry, and identifier and name of the affected outlet. For descriptions of the outlet status types, please refer to the prior table. 50 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 51: Configuring Traps

    Status trap automatically enables the Infeed and Tower Status traps for that outlet. Conversely, if a Tower Status trap is disabled, all associated Infeed Status & Load and Outlet Status traps will be disabled. Advanced Operations • 51 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 52 The following command enables the Change trap for the third outlet on the first infeed of the second tower, using the outlet’s absolute name: Sentry: set trap outlet change .ba3 on<Enter> 52 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 53 HQ_1_Infeed_B 255 A HQ_1_Infeed_C 255 A HQ_1_Infeed_D 255 A More (Y/es N/o): y Outlet trap configuration: Outlet Outlet Change Status Name Trap Trap .AA1 DataServer_1 .AB1 WebServer_1 .AC1 FileServer_1 .AD1 Advanced Operations • 53 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 54: Ldap

    Grants or removes privileges to view input and environmental monitoring status List LDAPGroup Displays all accessible outlet/groups/ports for an LDAP group List LDAPGroups Displays privilege levels for all LDAP groups 54 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 55: Enabling And Setting Up Ldap Support

    NOTE: Windows 2000 is known only to support Simple binding. Windows 2003 supports both Simple and MD5 binding. To set the bind password type: At the Sentry: prompt, type set ldap bind, followed by simple or md5 and press Enter. Advanced Operations • 55 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 56 At the Sentry: prompt, type set ldap grouptype followed by DN or Name and press Enter. Example The following sets group membership value to DN Sentry: set ldap grouptype DN<Enter> 56 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 57 To set the authentication order: At the Sentry: prompt, type set authorder, followed by remotelocal or remoteonly and press Enter. NOTE: Server Technology recommends NOT setting the authentication order to Remote Only until the LDAP has been fully configured and tested.
  • Page 58 Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=0 triptime=0 Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=1 triptime=0 Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=2 triptime=0 Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=3 triptime=0 Reply from 98.76.54.32: bytes=64 pseq=4 triptime=0 58 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 59 At the Sentry: prompt, type set ldapgroup envmon followed by on or off, optionally followed by a group name and press Enter. Example The following command grants intput status viewing privileges to the LDAP group PowerUser: Sentry: set ldapgroup envmon on poweruser<Enter> Advanced Operations • 59 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 60 To delete outlet group access for an LDAP group: At the Sentry: prompt, type delete groupfromldap, optionally followed by a outlet group name and an LDAP group name. Press Enter. 60 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 61 Members of the PowerUser LDAP group may access the following outlets, outlet groups and serial ports: outlet A1 which has a descriptive name of DataServer_1, outlet A2 which has a descriptive name of WebServer_1, group ServerGroup_1 group ServerGroup_2 and Console serial port. Advanced Operations • 61 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 62: Ldap Technical Specifications

    Access Denied Attribute name compared to Username Group Group found? match? Membership Attribute Username groups Access Granted access rights Attribute compared against match? Sentry LDAP groups Group match? Access Granted 62 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 63: Tacacs

    At the Sentry: prompt, type set tacacs, followed by hostip1 or hostip2 and the TACACS+ server’s IP address. Press Enter. Example The following command sets the primary TACACS+ server IP address to 98.76.54.32: Sentry: set tacacs hostip1 98.76.54.32<Enter> Advanced Operations • 63 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 64 To set the authentication order: At the Sentry: prompt, type set authorder, followed by remotelocal or remoteonly and press Enter. NOTE: Server Technology recommends NOT setting the authentication order to Remote Only until the TACACS+ has been fully configured and tested.
  • Page 65 Type add outlettotacacs all, followed by a TACACS+ account number and press Enter. Examples The following commands grant the a TACACS+ account 5 access to outlets A1 and Webserver_1: Sentry:add outlettotacacs .a1 5<Enter> Sentry:add outlettotacacs WebServer_1 5<Enter> Advanced Operations • 65 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 66 You cannot remove access to the serial port for an administrative level account. To delete serial port access for a TACACS+ account: At the Sentry: prompt, type delete portfromtacacs console and a TACACS+ account number. Press Enter. 66 • Advanced Operations Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 67: Tacacs+ Technical Specifications

    NOTE: The access paths into the Sentry which support TACACS+ are ‘Console’, ‘Telnet’, ‘SSH’, ‘HTTP’ and ‘HTTPS’. In the case of ‘Console’ and ‘Modem’, an administrator is allowed to rename these ports in which case the assigned name is used. Advanced Operations • 67 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 68: Chapter 5: Appendices

    FTP Filename command from the previously configured FTP Host. See FTP Administration in Chapter 3: for more information. To initiate an FTP firmware upload session: At the Sentry: prompt, type restart ftpload and press Enter. 68 • Appendices Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 69: Appendix C: Technical Specifications

    10 to 90%, non-condensing 10 to 90%, non-condensing Dimensions Weight (H x W x D) PT22-H004 3.5 x 17.0 x 7.0 in. (89 x 432 x 178 8.2 lbs .7 kg) Appendices • 69 Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 70 Units are equipped with a status LED for each power receptacle. A lit/on LED indicates that power is being supplied at the port and a darkened/off LED indicates that there is no power at the port. 70 • Appendices Sentry PT22 Installation and Operations Manual...
  • Page 71 スA情報技術装置です。この装置を家庭環境で使用すると電波妨害を引き起こすことが あります。この場合には使用者が適切な対策を講ずるよう要求されることがあります。 Recycling Server Technology Inc. encourages the recycling of its products. Disposal facilities, environmental conditions and regulations vary across local, state and country jurisdictions, so Server Technology encourages consultation with qualified professional and applicable regulations and authorities within your region to ensure proper disposal.
  • Page 72: Appendix D: Warranty, Product Registration And Support

    Warranty and Limitation of Liability Server Technology, Inc. agrees to repair or replace Products that fail due to a defect within twelve (12) months after the shipment date of each Product unit to Buyer (“Warranty Period”). For purposes of this Agreement the term “defect”...
  • Page 73: Technical Support

    RMA#’s are valid for 30 days only from the issue date. Shipping charges for the return of the equipment to Server Technology shall be the responsibility of the customer. For warranty repairs, Server Technology shall assume return shipping charges but for non-warranty repairs, the shipping charges shall be billed.
  • Page 74 Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Server Technology, Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

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