User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE Network Management Card
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Introduction
Product Description
Features
The following APC Network Management Cards and devices are Web-based products
that manage supported devices using multiple, open standards such as Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets
Layer (HTTPS), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), and Secure CoPy (SCP):
• The AP9617 Network Management Card EX:
– Provides the ability to export a user configuration (.ini) file from a configured card to
one or more unconfigured cards without converting the file to a binary file
– Supports using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or server to
provide the Management Card’s network (TCP/IP) values
– Supports using the APC Remote Monitoring Service (RMS)
– Provides data and event logs
– Provides UPS shutdown and self-test scheduling features
– Provides support for the APC PowerChute
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Network Shutdown utility
– Enables you to configure notification through event logging (by the Management
Card and Syslog), e-mail, and SNMP traps. You can configure notification for single
events or groups of events, based on the severity level or category of events
– Provides a selection of security protocols for authentication and encryption
• The AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM includes all AP9617 features and
the following:
– An Integrated Environmental Monitor that has a temperature sensor, input
contacts, and an output relay
– An internal analog modem