American Power Conversion AP9221EXPX166, AP9221X166 quick start manual Preliminary Information

Preliminary Information

Features of American Power Conversion’s MasterSwitch VM is a

MasterSwitch vertically-mounted, stand-alone, network-manageable power

VMdistribution unit (PDU) designed to accommodate a total of 16 outlets: eight individually-managed outlets and eight always- on outlets. You can control MasterSwitch VM through available Web, Control Console, or SNMP interfaces. Additional features of MasterSwitch VM include:

•Independent control of each outlet for:

–Power On Delay

–Power Off Delay

–Reboot Duration

•Three levels of user access accounts:

–Administrator

–Device Manager

–Outlet User (16 independent accounts)

•An audible overload alarm to measure current for:

–overload

–user-set overload

–user-set low load

•Basic and MD5 authentication password security.

•A sleek, vertical design that occupies no U-space in a

rack environment. Includes rack-mount brackets for mounting in an APC NetShelter® or other standard (EIA310-D) 19-inch rack.

•Synchronized switching across units to permit control of redundant-feed devices.

•The capability of being daisy-chained in a series of up to four units, thereby providing outlet management control for up to 32 outlets (with an additional 32 always-on outlets).

•A versatile design that allows units to be easily hard- wired.

•Event Logging of the MasterSwitch VM unit’s last 300 events.

•Auto-configuration feature, allowing customized configuration of all units from one ASCII text file.

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