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Authentication
To secure and protect network communication between the PowerPanel
®
applications and the devices, security
settings must be configured in the Security/Authentication page. The Secret Phrase and SNMP settings (in Client)
are configured and used for authenticating network communication between the PowerPanel
®
applications and
devices such as PDU or UPS.
Security/Authentication page in Client
If the Client establishes communication with below devices, refer to PowerPanel section for further details:
 PowerPanel applications such as Agent or Center.
 RMCARD whose model name is RMCARD302, RMCARD203. RMCARD202, RMCARD305 or RMCARD205.
 PDU whose model name is anything except PDU20SW8RNET or PDU15SW8RNET.
If the Client doesn’t establish communication with the aforementioned UPS and PDU, refer to SNMP, SNMPv1 and
SNMPv3 sections for further details.
PowerPanel
Secret Phrase. The Secret Phrase is used to create secure network communications between PowerPanel
®
Applications such as Client and Agent, Client and UPS RMCARD, or Client and PDU. The default phrase is
powerpanel.encryption.key. The Secret Phrase can be configured on the Security/Authentication page in the