American Power Conversion S20BLK How to Access the NMC

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How to Access the NMC

The following paragraphs describe the various ways you can use different interfaces

to access the NMC when it is running on your network.

Note:For more detailed information about how to use these interfaces,

reference the APC Network Management Card User’s Guide.

The Web interface provides options to manage a Management Card, its UPS, and

other supported devices. If a device is not present, the Web interface displays no

options for that device. For example:

• A Management Card’s Web interface that only connects with an environmental

monitor does not provide UPS options.

• The Network Management Card’s Web interface does not provide options for an

Integrated Environmental Monitor.

Several Web browsers are supported to access the Management Card through its

Web nterface. They include:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 and higher (on Windows operating systems

only)

• Firefox, version 1.x from Mozilla Corporation (on all operating systems)

• Netscape 7.x and higher (on all operating systems)

Reference Web (Administration>Network>Web>options) in the Network Management

Card User’s Guide for information concerning how to select, enable, and disable the

protocols that control access to the Web interface, as well as to define the Web server

ports for the various protocols.

You can use Telnet to view the event log, or to configure management card options.

1. At the command prompt, type telnet address and press ENTER, where address

is the management card’s IP address, or DNS name (if configured that way).

2. Enter the User Name and Password (the default is apc for both).

After you add the PowerNet MIB to a standard SNMP MIB browser, you can use

that browser for SNMP access to a management card. Refer to the Network

Management Card User’s Guide for more information about SNMP.