Web Interface Features

Read the following to familiarize yourself with basic Web interface features for your Rack PDU.

Tabs

The following tabs are available:

Home: Appears when you log on. View active alarms, the load status of the Rack PDU, and the most recent Rack PDU events. For more information, see “About the Home Tab” on page 46.

Device Manager: View the load status for the Rack PDU, configure load thresholds, and view and manage the peak load measurement. For more information, see “About the Device Manager Tab” on page 47.

Environment: View temperature and humidity sensor data, if a sensor is connected to the Rack PDU.

Logs: View event, data, and system logs.

Administration: Configure security, network connection, notification, and general settings.

Device status icons

One or more icons and accompanying text indicate the current operating status of the Rack PDU:

Symbol

Description

 

 

 

Critical: A critical alarm exists, which requires immediate action.

Warning: An alarm condition requires attention and could jeopardize your data or equipment if its cause is not addressed.

No Alarms: No alarms are present, and the Rack PDU and NMC are operating normally.

At the upper right corner of every page, the Web interface displays the same icons currently displayed on the Home page to report Rack PDU status:

The No Alarms icon if no alarms exist.

One or both of the other icons (Critical and Warning) if any alarms exist, and after each icon, the number of active alarms of that severity.

To return to the Home tab to view its summary of the Rack PDU status, including the active alarms, click a quick status icon on any page of the interface.

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APC AP8861, AP8886, AP88XX manual Web Interface Features, Tabs, Device status icons, Symbol Description

AP8886, AP88XX, AP8861 specifications

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