User guide

25User Guide InfraStruxure 150kVA Power Distribution Unit
system
Access: Administrator only
Description: View and set the system name, contact, and location. If no parameters are entered,
then the device displays all of the current system descriptions. If the second parameter is not
entered, then the device displays the current system description. If the second parameter is entered,
that parameter is stored at the appropriate retentive memory address.
Example 1: To set the device location as Test Lab, type:
system -l “Test Lab”
Example 2: To set the system name as Don Adams, type:
system -n “Don Adams”
tcpip
Access: Administrator only
Description: View and manually configure these network settings for the NMC:
Example 1: To view the network settings, type tcpip and press ENTER.
apc> tcpip
E000: Success
IP Address: 192.168.1.49
MAC Address: XX XX XX XX XX XX
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Domain Name: example.com
Host Name: HostName
Example 2: To manually configure an IP address of 192.168.1.49 for the PDU, type:
tcpip -i 192.168.1.49
apc> tcpip -i 192.168.1.49
E000: Success
Reboot required for change to take effect
Option Argument Description
-n <system name> Define the device name, the name of the person responsible for the device,
and the physical location of the device.
Note: If you define a value with more than one word, you must enclose the
value in quotation marks.
These values are also used by StruxureWare and the NMC’s SNMP agent.
-c <system contact>
-l <system location>
Option Argument Description
-i <IP address> Type the IP address of the PDU, using the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
-s <subnet mask> Type the subnet mask for the PDU.
-g <gateway> Type the IP address of the default gateway. Do not use the loopback address
(127.0.0.1) as the default gateway.
-d <domain name> Type the DNS name configured by the DNS server.
-h <host name> Type the host name that the PDU will use.