User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE
Metered Rack PDU
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Administration: Network Features--43
TCP/IP and Communication Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
DNS (Administration>Network>DNS>options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Web (Administration>Network>Web>options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Console (Administration>Network>Console>options) . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
FTP Server (Administration>Network>FTP Server) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
WAP (Administration>Network>WAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Administration: Notification and Logging--59
Event Actions (Administration>Notification>Event Actions>options) 59
Active, Automatic, Direct Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Indirect Notification Through Logs or Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Administration: General Options--76
Identification (Administration>General>Identification) . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Set the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Use an .ini File (Administration>General>User Config File) . . . . . . . . 78
System Preferences (Administration>General>Preferences) . . . . . . . 78
Reset the Interface (Administration>General>Reset/Reboot) . . . . . . . 79
Configure Links (Administration>General>Quick Links) . . . . . . . . . . 80
About the Rack PDU (Administration>General>About) . . . . . . . . . . . 80
APC Device IP Configuration Wizard--81
Capabilities, Requirements, and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Use the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
How to Export Configuration Settings--84
Retrieve and Export the .ini File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
The Upload Event and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
File Transfers--91
Upgrade Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Firmware File Transfer Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Verify Upgrades and Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96