APC Switched Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) manual How to use FTP to retrieve log files

USER’S GUIDE switched rack pdu

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How to use FTP to retrieve log files

You can use FTP to retrieve a tab-delineated event log (event.txt) file that you can import into a spreadsheet application.

•The file reports all of the events (event.txt) recorded since the log was last deleted.

•The file includes information that the event log does not display.

–The version of the file format (first field)

–The date and time the file was retrieved

–The Name, Contact, and Location values, and the IP address of the Switched Rack PDU

–In the event.txt file, the unique event code for each recorded event

The Switched Rack PDU uses a 4-digit year for log entries. You may need to select a four-digit date format in your spreadsheet application to display all four digits of the year.

To use FTP to retrieve the event.txt file:

1.At a command prompt, type ftp and the IP address of the Switched Rack PDU, and press ENTER. If the Port setting for FTP Server in the Network menu has been changed from its default value (21), you must use the non-default value in the FTP command. For some FTP clients, you must use a colon to add the port number to the end of the IP address. For Windows FTP clients, use the following command (including spaces):

ftp>open ip_address port_number

2.Use your case-sensitive user name and password to log on as either

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