User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE Metered Rack PDU
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Introduction
Product Description
Features of the Rack PDU
The American Power Conversion (APC
®
) Metered Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
is a stand-alone, network-manageable power distribution device that monitors the total
current drawn from its power outlets.
You can manage a Rack PDU through its Web interface, its control console interface,
InfraStruXure
®
Manager or Central, or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP):
• Access the Web interface using Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or using secure HTTP
(HTTPS) with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
• Access the control console through a serial connection, Telnet, or Secure SHell
(SSH).
• Use InfraStruXure Manager or Central to monitor and manage your Rack PDU.
• Use an SNMP browser and the APC PowerNet
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Management Information Base
(MIB) to manage your Rack PDU.
Rack PDUs have these additional features:
• Current monitoring per phase and bank.
• Configurable alarm thresholds that provide network and visual alarms to help avoid
overloaded circuits.
• Three levels of user access accounts: Administrator, Device User, and
Read-Only User.