How to Install Multiple Management Cards
Overview
When installing more than one APC management card, you must install the cards in the order described in this document because they share a serial link with the connected UPS. Installing the cards in any other order may result in failure for them to operate properly.
Before you start
The following table identifies the priority of the management cards you will be installing. Management cards that have more control over the UPS have higher priority.
•Level 6: Exerts total control
•Level 5: Exerts wide, but not total, control
•Level 4: Exerts limited control
•Level 3: Passes commands to the UPS
•Level 2: Exerts no control
•Level 1: Exerts no control and must be installed closest to the UPS
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Network Management Card1 (AP9630, AP9631) | Level 6 | |
Level 5 | ||
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Relay I/O Module (AP9610) | Level 4 | |
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Interface Expander Card (AP9607) | Level 3 | |
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Building Management Integration Card2 (AP9622) | Level 2 | |
Environmental Monitoring Card (AP9612TH) | Level 1 | |
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1. | Attach no more than two Network Management Cards to a UPS. | |
2. | Attach only one Building Management Integration Card to a UPS. | |
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Two models of expansion chassis
If you need management card slots in addition to those in your UPS, use one or more expansion chassis available from APC.
Chassis | Compatible UPSs |
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Expansion Chassis (AP9600), one slot | APC UPSs that are not installed in |
| a rack or enclosure. |
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Triple Expansion Chassis (AP9604BLK), three slots | All APC UPSs |
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