Chapter 2: Installation

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3.On the back of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance, insert into plug-in modules 1 to 6, 2-wire digital sensors supplied by Avocent or a third party. Place the sensor in the desired location. See Appendix C for pinout information.

NOTE: Plug-in modules 7 and 8 are digital output ports.

4.With the small white ridge of the power connector facing up, plug the supplied power cord into the back of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance. Connect the appliance by plugging one end of the AC power cord into the switching power supply. Plug the other end of the power cord into the appropriate AC power source.

5.When power is applied, the appliance performs a boot sequence for approximately 60 seconds. After the boot sequence is complete, press the Enter key to display the login prompt on the Terminal screen. To manually set the IP address follow the instructions in the next section, Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance.

NOTE: The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance is factory confi gured to use the DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol) to obtain an IP address from the network. If your appliance does not have a MAC address on the bottom of the appliance, you can obtain a MAC address from the CLI (Command Line Interface) using the ifconfig command as shown

in Figure 2.3.

6.Using Internet Explorer, launch the web GUI by typing the IP address configured in the Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance section.

NOTE: You can download this application from the Sun Microsystems web site by typing http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html in the web browser address bar.

Once the IP address has been set through the Terminal screen, changes to the IP address can be made through the web GUI. Refer to Confi guring the Network in Chapter 3 for instructions.

7.Finally, configure the sensors. Refer to Chapter 3 for instructions on configuring the sensors.

Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental

Monitor Appliance

The initial configuration of the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance must be performed using terminal emulation software (such as HyperTerminal®). After the initial configuration, you can make changes through a terminal connection or through the web GUI. See Configuring the Network in Chapter 3 for instructions on configuring the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance through the web GUI.