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- Page 1 OpenComms Web Card User Manual English...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table Of Contents CONTENTS ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL QUICK START GUIDE INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION Installing the Card Connecting the Card to the Network Configuring the Card SERVICE TERMINAL Opening a Service Terminal Connection Main Menu System Information Menu Network Interface Menu SNMP Communication Menu Web Server Menu Firmware Updates Menu... -
Page 3: About This User Manual
On the next two pages you will find a copy of the Quick Start Guide. The Quick Start Guide ships in the box with the OpenComms Web Card and provides the most important information you need to install and configure of the card. - Page 4 Locate the Intellislot bay on the back of your Liebert PowerSure Interactive, UPStation GXT, or Nfinity UPS (Use the Intellislot labeled COM1). Remove the plastic Intellislot cover. Insert the OpenComms Web Card into the Intellislot bay. Secure the card with the previously removed screws.
- Page 5 To integrate the Web management and control to the card into your SNMP implementation, Liebert UPS in which it is installed. All you will need to compile the Liebert users on your network will be able to Global Products MIB on your network view UPS STATUS information.
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Page 6: Installation
INSTALLATION Installing the Card The OpenComms Web Card is hot swappable and user-serviceable. Although you do not need to turn off the UPS, disconnect any loads, or restart the UPS to install or remove the card, discretion should be used. -
Page 7: Service Terminal
DB-9F connector at both ends. 2.Connect one end of the blue serial configuration cable to the DB-9M serial port on the OpenComms Web Card. 3.Connect the other end of the blue serial configuration cable to a termi- nal or a PC running terminal emulator software, like HyperTerminal ™... -
Page 8: Main Menu
If the card has already been powered, you will not see this information. Main Menu From the Main Menu screen, you will find configuration information func- tionally grouped. Liebert Network Interface Card Main Menu ---------- 1: System Information 2: Network Interface... -
Page 9: System Information Menu
Selecting Option "1" from the Main Menu opens the System Information Menu. Liebert Network Interface Card System Information Menu ------------------------ 1: Name Data Room UPS 2: Contact Network Services x100 3: Location Building 2, Floor 4 4: Description Supporting Main Server <ESC>: Cancel menu level... -
Page 10: Network Interface Menu
Network Interface Menu Selecting Option "2" from the Main Menu opens the Network Interface Menu. Network Interface Menu ----------------------- 1: Speed/Duplex Auto 2: Boot mode DHCP IP Address 0.0.0.0 Netmask 0.0.0.0 <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> From the Network Interface Menu you can configure the Network setting for the card Select option "1"... - Page 11 Select option "2" to change Boot mode settings of the card. Valid Selections: ------------------ 1. Static 2. BootP 3. DHCP Select Boot Mode: Your Boot mode setting options are Static, BootP, and DHCP. The card ships from the factory with DHCP service enabled. DHCP allows the card to obtain an address dynamically from a DHCP server on your network.
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Page 12: Snmp Communication Menu
SNMP Communication Menu Liebert Network Interface Card SNMP Communications Menu ------------------------- 1: Authentication Traps 'no' 2: Display/Modify Communities 3: Display/Modify Trap Communities <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "3" from the Main Menu opens the SNMP Communica- tions Menu. - Page 13 The options "a" "d" and "e" allow you to manage your list of network devices with access to the card. These options can be used as a com- plex instruction to add a single device, specify read/write access rights, and designate the Community String. For, example, entering: "a 126.4.1.200 read NewCommunity"...
- Page 14 SNMP implementation to work as designed. MultiLink ™ Software The OpenComms Web Card works with MultiLink software to provide unattended graceful operating systems shutdown. The card can be mon- itored by MultiLink over the network, eliminating the need for serial cables.
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Page 15: Web Server Menu
UPS or to change configuration settings of the card from the Web. The factory default User Name is Liebert and the Password is Liebert. Because this is a well-known username and password, you should change it as soon as possible. You can also change the Username or Password from the Web. -
Page 16: Firmware Updates Menu
Firmware Updates Menu Firmware Updates Menu ---------------------- 1: Initiate XMODEM session... <ESC>: Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "5" from the Main Menu opens the Firmware Updates Menu. From the Firmware Updates Menu you can reload the firmware of the card. -
Page 17: Factory Settings Menu
Selecting Option "6" from the Main Menu opens Factory Settings Menu. The Factory Settings Menu displays information you may be asked by Liebert Technical Applications Support and is the only electronic place you can access the MAC address on demand. From the menu, you also have the option of resetting all the settings of the card the factory default. -
Page 18: Web
100Mbit, instead of it trying to auto-negotiate, you must use the Service Terminal. You access the Web Interface of the OpenComms Web Card by opening a direct web browser. The card utilizes functionality of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Whenever possible, you should use the latest copy of IE. - Page 19 You will notice that information on the Web page is grouped in Tabs and Folders. The card organizes similar information together in folders, and similar functions in tabs. Tabs: Across the top of the screen are four tabs, monitor, control, config- ure, and support.
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Page 20: Connected Device Information
In the top or the left pane, connected device information and connected UPS status is always presented. The IP address of the card and the Liebert UPS model type is presented under Connected Device:. In this example, the InOpenComms Web Card is installed in a UPStation GXT 700VA UPS and has been assigned the IP address, 126.4.20.92. -
Page 21: Security
Security By opening a connection to the OpenComms Web Card, you are able to do three things. You can Monitor, Configure and Control the UPS. The card allows any user with access to the network segment on which it resides to monitor the UPS. This means anyone on the segment can view the entire contents of the monitor and support tabs. -
Page 22: Monitor Tab
Monitor Tab When you select the monitor tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Device Information:. The first page you will see every time you open a new Web connection to the card is the Power Flow folder in the monitor tab. - Page 23 Clicking on the Battery, Output, Input, Bypass (not supported in Power- Sure Interactive UPSs), or Internals folder replaces the summary data presented on the graphical power flow pane with a tabular view of the complete list of data points reported by the UPS. Clicking on the Input folder presents a screen similar to: In the tabular view data, like Input voltage, that changes over time is grouped as a Parameter.
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Page 24: Control Tab
Control Tab When you select the control tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Control Operations:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password pro- tect the folders in the control tab. -
Page 25: Configure Tab
Configure Tab When you select the configure tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Configuration Categories:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password pro- tect the folders in the configure tab. - Page 26 UPS or change configu- ration settings of the card from the Web. The factory default User Name is Liebert and the Password is Liebert. Because this is a well-known username and password, you should change it as soon as possible.
- Page 27 Configure Tab - Making and Saving Configurations Similar to configuring the card using the Service Terminal, every time you make a configuration change, the card will have “save and reboot” for that change to take effect. As you navigate between the card's control web pages, you will notice that configuration screens include Edit and Save buttons and a Reinitialization folder.
- Page 28 Configure Tab - After Reinitialization Once card reinitialization is selected and confirmed, the card is unavail- able on the network. As the card reboots, it first begins communicating on the network and it will begin communicating with the UPS in which it is installed.
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Page 29: Support Tab
Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. A sin- gle device list is at the bottom of the pane under Support:. The support tab displays the Name, Location, and Description fields as well as relevant contact information for Liebert Technical Applications support. -
Page 30: Snmp
The card supports the open standard UPS MIB RFC1628, with additional functionality and support through the Liebert Global Products MIB. A copy of the Liebert Global Products MIB is included on the CD included with your purchase. Likewise, the latest version of Libert Global... - Page 31 MultiLink to work properly. Configuring for MultiLink support from the Web Open a web connection to the OpenComms Web Card. Click on the Con- figure tab. In order for MultiLink to monitor the card, the network address information of the machine on which MultiLink is installed needs to be added to both the Access and Traps selection folders as stated in the above examples.
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