User`s guide

Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit 10
Note. Most software firewalls must be
temporarily disabled for the Wizard to
discover unconfigured PDUs.
1. Insert the APC Switched Rack Power
Distribution Unit Utility CD into a
computer on your network.
2. If autorun is enabled, the user interface of
the CD starts when you insert the CD.
Otherwise, open the file contents.htm on
the CD.
3. Click Device IP Configuration Wizard
and follow the instructions.
Note. If you leave the Start a
Web browser when finished
option enabled, you can use
apc for both the user name and
password to access the
Switched Rack PDU through
your browser.
BOOTP & DHCP configuration
The TCP/IP option in the Network menu, under
the Administration tab of the Web interface,
identifies how TCP/IP settings will be defined. The
possible settings are Manual, BOOTP, DHCP,
and DHCP & BOOTP (the default setting).
The DHCP & BOOTP setting assumes that a
properly configured DHCP or BOOTP server is
available to provide TCP/IP settings to the APC
Switched Rack PDU.
If these servers are unavailable, see
“Device IP Configuration Wizard” on
page 9, “Local access to the control
console” on page 12, or “Remote
access to the control console” on
page 13 to configure the TCP/IP
settings.
With TCP/IP configuration set to DHCP &
BOOTP, the Switched Rack PDU attempts to
discover a properly configured server. It first
searches for a BOOTP server, and then a DHCP
server. It repeats this pattern until it discovers a
BOOTP or DHCP server.
For more information, see “BOOTP”
on this page or “DHCP” on page 11.
BOOTP. You can use an RFC951-compliant
BOOTP server to configure the TCP/IP settings for
the Switched Rack PDU. If the BOOTP server is
properly configured, the Switched Rack PDU’s
default setting (DHCP & BOOTP) for TCP/IP
configuration causes it to discover the BOOTP
server.