OpenComms Web Card User Manual English
Table Of Contents CONTENTS ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL QUICK START GUIDE INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION Installing the Card Connecting the Card to the Network Configuring the Card SERVICE TERMINAL Opening a Service Terminal Connection Main Menu System Information Menu Network Interface Menu SNMP Communication Menu Web Server Menu Firmware Updates Menu Factory Settings Menu WEB Opening a Web Connection Connected Device Information Security Before Clicking Save and Reboot After Clicking Save and Reboot Monitor Tab Con
Introduction ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL Welcome to the User Manual for the OpenComms Web Card. This manual is available from Liebert's web site at www.liebert.com. The most recent version is always located online and you should consult the Web if you feel you have an older copy. ABOUT THE QUICK START GUIDE On the next two pages you will find a copy of the Quick Start Guide.
INSTALL · Locate the Intellislot bay on the back of your Liebert PowerSure Interactive, UPStation GXT, or Nfinity UPS (Use the Intellislot labeled COM1). · Remove the plastic Intellislot cover. · Insert the OpenComms Web Card into the Intellislot bay. · Secure the card with the previously removed screws. · Connect Ethernet cable. DHCP: The card ships with DHCP service enabled. The MAC address is printed on a sticker affixed to the top of the card.
TM OpenComms Web Card Worldwide Support Worldwide FAX Support U.S.A. U.K. France Germany Italy Netherlands E-mail Web site User Manual This Quick Start Guide is designed to give you all of the information you need to install and configure the OpenComms Web Card. A full User Manual is available online at www.liebert.com and covers configuration and integration topics in further detail.
INSTALLATION Installing the Card The OpenComms Web Card is hot swappable and user-serviceable. Although you do not need to turn off the UPS, disconnect any loads, or restart the UPS to install or remove the card, discretion should be used. CAUTION: The Intellislot Bay is located in close proximity to the UPS' output and the UPS' electrical receptacles. Whenever possible, you should turn the UPS OFF when installing the card. To install the card: 1.Locate the Intellislot bay on the back of the UPS.
Service Terminal Opening a Service Terminal Connection This section covers the Service Terminal in detail. From the Service Terminal, you can configure all settings of the card. NOTE: You can also configure many of the setting discussed in this section from the Web. To specify that the card communicate at either 10Mbit or 100Mbit instead of it trying to auto-negotiate, you must use the Service Terminal You access the Service Terminal by opening a direct serial connection to the OpenComms Web Card. 1.
5. Press "Enter" to see the Main Menu. If you do not see the Main Menu, press "Enter" again several times. If the Main Menu fails to appear, confirm that the blue configuration cable is installed properly, that your PC or terminal COM port is active, and that you are using the correct communication settings. If, after verifying the cable and your communication settings are correct you still do not see the Main Menu, reinstall the card in the Intellislot Bay. NOTE: The card is powered by the UPS.
Selecting Option "1" from the Main Menu opens the System Information Menu. Liebert Network Interface Card System Information Menu -----------------------1: Name Data Room UPS 2: Contact Network Services x100 3: Location Building 2, Floor 4 4: Description Supporting Main Server : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> The System Information Menu contains four user-defined data fields. The Service Terminal will report Uninitialized where you have not entered personalized data.
Network Interface Menu Selecting Option "2" from the Main Menu opens the Network Interface Menu. Network Interface Menu ----------------------1: Speed/Duplex Auto 2: Boot mode DHCP IP Address 0.0.0.0 Netmask 0.0.0.0 : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> From the Network Interface Menu you can configure the Network setting for the card Select option "1" to change the communication speed of the card or the duplex setting. Please select a key ?> 1 Valid Selections: -----------------1. Auto 2.
Select option "2" to change Boot mode settings of the card. Valid Selections: -----------------1. Static 2. BootP 3. DHCP Select Boot Mode: Your Boot mode setting options are Static, BootP, and DHCP. The card ships from the factory with DHCP service enabled. DHCP allows the card to obtain an address dynamically from a DHCP server on your network. The card also supports BootP dynamic configuration.
SNMP Communication Menu Liebert Network Interface Card SNMP Communications Menu ------------------------1: Authentication Traps 'no' 2: Display/Modify Communities 3: Display/Modify Trap Communities : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "3" from the Main Menu opens the SNMP Communications Menu. From the SNMP Communications Menu you can configure the SNMP setting and behavior of the card. Select option "1" to turn authentication traps on or off.
The options "a" "d" and "e" allow you to manage your list of network devices with access to the card. These options can be used as a complex instruction to add a single device, specify read/write access rights, and designate the Community String. For, example, entering: "a 126.4.1.200 read NewCommunity" adds device 126.4.1.200 to the community list. The menu will update: Display/Modify Communities Menu -------------------------------1: 126.4.1.100 2: 126.4.1.
The options "a" "d" and "e" allow you to manage you list of network devices that will receive SNMP Traps from the card. These options can be used as a complex instruction to add a single device and designate the Community String. For, example, entering: "a 126.4.1.200 NewCommunity" adds device 126.4.1.200 to the trap community list. The menu will update: Display/Modify Trap Communities Menu ------------------------------------1: 126.4.1.100 2: 126.4.1.
Web Server Menu Web Server Menu ---------------1: Web Server 'enabled' 2: Change Username/Password : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "4" from the Main Menu opens the Web Server Menu. From the Web Server Menu you can enable/disable the Web functionality of the card and edit the Username/Password, which regulates access to the Web control and configuration tabs. Select option "1" to turn the entire Web Server ON or OFF.
Firmware Updates Menu Firmware Updates Menu ---------------------1: Initiate XMODEM session... : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "5" from the Main Menu opens the Firmware Updates Menu. From the Firmware Updates Menu you can reload the firmware of the card. Please consult the instructions you downloaded or received with you new firmware version.
Factory Settings Menu Factory Settings Menu ---------------------1: Reset to Factory Defaults Manufacture Date OCT 27,2000 MAC Address 00-00-68-16-00-03 Serial Number 415981G101D2000OCT270003 : Cancel menu level Please select a key ?> Selecting Option "6" from the Main Menu opens Factory Settings Menu. The Factory Settings Menu displays information you may be asked by Liebert Technical Applications Support and is the only electronic place you can access the MAC address on demand.
Web Opening a Web Connection This section explains the Web interface in detail. From the Web, you can monitor and control the UPS in which the card is installed. You can also configure many settings of the card. NOTE: To specify that the card communicates at either 10Mbit or 100Mbit, instead of it trying to auto-negotiate, you must use the Service Terminal. You access the Web Interface of the OpenComms Web Card by opening a direct web browser.
You will notice that information on the Web page is grouped in Tabs and Folders. The card organizes similar information together in folders, and similar functions in tabs. Tabs: Across the top of the screen are four tabs, monitor, control, configure, and support. As the tab names suggest, different information is presented and different operations are available to you under each tab. Folders: Within each tab, you will see a different list of folders on the left pane of your screen.
Connected Device Information Clicking between the monitor, contol, configure, and support tabs gives you access to folder lists on the bottom of the left pane. Although the folder list changes, depending on the tab selected, the top portion of the left pane remains constant. In the top or the left pane, connected device information and connected UPS status is always presented. The IP address of the card and the Liebert UPS model type is presented under Connected Device:.
Security By opening a connection to the OpenComms Web Card, you are able to do three things. You can Monitor, Configure and Control the UPS. The card allows any user with access to the network segment on which it resides to monitor the UPS. This means anyone on the segment can view the entire contents of the monitor and support tabs. The card restricts access to the folders in the control and configure tabs. When a user clicks on a folder, they are prompted for a User Name and Password.
Monitor Tab When you select the monitor tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Device Information:. The first page you will see every time you open a new Web connection to the card is the Power Flow folder in the monitor tab. After your browser connects, you will see a screen very similar to below: From the monitor Tab, you are able to view the parametric data of the UPS.
Clicking on the Battery, Output, Input, Bypass (not supported in PowerSure Interactive UPSs), or Internals folder replaces the summary data presented on the graphical power flow pane with a tabular view of the complete list of data points reported by the UPS. Clicking on the Input folder presents a screen similar to: In the tabular view data, like Input voltage, that changes over time is grouped as a Parameter. Values, which are known to the UPS, like Nominal input frequency, are reported in Information.
Control Tab When you select the control tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Control Operations:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password protect the folders in the control tab. From the control tab you can silense alarms remotely, turn the UPS' output ON or OFF or Reboot the UPS.
Configure Tab When you select the configure tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. The Folder list is at the bottom of the pane under Configuration Categories:. As detailed in the Web Security section, a Username and Password protect the folders in the configure tab. When you click on a folder under Configuration Categories: you will be able to edit network and device settings, including SNMP community lists.
SNMP Clicking on the SNMP folder allows you to enable authentication traps. Clicking on the Access or Traps folder allows you to configure the devices you want to have access to the card via SNMP and devices you want to receive traps from the card. The Access folder is shown below: As you are adding communities, you need to consider access rights. Notice above, that 126.4.1.100 has write access when the device passes the correct Community String of MyCommunity.
Configure Tab - Making and Saving Configurations Similar to configuring the card using the Service Terminal, every time you make a configuration change, the card will have “save and reboot” for that change to take effect. As you navigate between the card's control web pages, you will notice that configuration screens include Edit and Save buttons and a Reinitialization folder.
Configure Tab - After Reinitialization Once card reinitialization is selected and confirmed, the card is unavailable on the network. As the card reboots, it first begins communicating on the network and it will begin communicating with the UPS in which it is installed. The card will present to you some helpful information during the period of time that it is restarting.
Support Tab When you select the support tab, you are presented with Connected Device: and Connected Device Status: on the top of the left pane. A single device list is at the bottom of the pane under Support:. The support tab displays the Name, Location, and Description fields as well as relevant contact information for Liebert Technical Applications support.
SNMP The OpenComms Web Card utilizes a SNMPv1 agent and is MIB-II compliant. The card supports the open standard UPS MIB RFC1628, with additional functionality and support through the Liebert Global Products MIB. A copy of the Liebert Global Products MIB is included on the CD included with your purchase. Likewise, the latest version of Libert Global Products MIB can be obtained at www.liebert.com.
Appendices MultiLink Support The most frequently asked question about configuring MultiLink to monitor a SNMP device, like the OpenComms Web Card, across the network is, what community string do I use? NOTE: Use the community string LiebertEM for MultiLink. Configuring for MultiLink support from the Service Terminal From the Main Menu, select option "3" for SNMP Communications Menu.
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