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4.Enter a UPS Name and Description (optional) and the select if the UPS will be Connected Via USB or over pre-configured serial port or via HTTP/HTTPS over the preconfigured network Host connection

5.Enter the UPS login details. This Username and Password is used by slaves of this UPS (i.e. other computers that are drawing power through this UPS) to connect to the console server to monitor the UPS status and shut themselves down when battery power is low. Monitoring will typically be performed using the upsmon client running on the slave server. See section 8.5.4 for details on setting up upsmon on slave servers powered by the UPS

Note: These login credentials are not related the Users and access

privileges you will have configured in Serial & Networks: Users &

Groups

6.If you have multiple UPSes and require them to be shut down in a specific order, specify the Shutdown Order for this UPS. This is a whole

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ECS0016 FCC Compliance Statement Table of Contents Serial Port and Network Host Configuration Alerts and Logging 105 132 Features Package ContentsIntroduction Initial Configuration Power ConnectionAC power socket 192.168.0.1 Management Console Connection Click Start Run ARPPing IP Address AssignmentPage Select System Administration Administrator Password On the System IP menu Network IP address System Services Telnet Https Base Ping MetaConnect Communications Software PuTTY SSHTerm Serial Port and Network Host Configuration Configuring Serial Ports Common Settings Console Server Mode Page SSH RFC2217 TCP Power Strip Mode SDT ModeTerminal Server Mode Accumulation Period Serial Bridging Mode SyslogLocal Ethernet LAN ECS0016 Add / Edit Users Page Authentication Authentication ConfigurationSelect Serial & Network Users & Groups Network Hosts Trusted Networks Select Serial & Network Trusted NetworksNetwork IP Address Subnet Mask Click Apply Serial Port CascadingPage # ssh remhost To define and configure a Slave Please note Page RPC Connection Remote Power Control RPCPage RPC Status RPC Alerts User Power Management Managed UPS Connections Uninterruptible Power Supply Control UPS Click Add UPS Groups Configure UPS Powering the Console Server Page Monitor managedups@192.168.0.1 1 username password slave Configuring Powered Computers to Monitor a Managed UPS UPS Status UPS Alerts Overview of Network UPS Tools NUT Page Environmental Monitoring Connecting the EMD Click Add Alerts & Logging Alerts Environmental Alerts Environmental Status OoB Dial-In access Failover and Out-of-Band Dial Access Check the Enable Dial In Access box Configure Dial In PPP Select PAP, CHAP, MSCHAPv2 or None and click Apply Using The MetaConnect client Set up Windows XP/ 2003 clientSet up earlier Windows clients Set up Linux clients Page Telnet or SSH connection to serially attached devices Secure Tunneling & MetaConnect Network MetaConnect for OoB Connection to the Gateway To configure MetaConnect for OoB access Poff networkconnection Pon networkconnection MetaConnect Public Key Authentication To make the OoB connection using MetaConnectImporting and exporting preferences PuTTYgen OpenSSH OpenSSH Windows Setting up MetaConnect for Remote Desktop access Set up MetaConnect Serial Ports on ECS0016 SSH port forward over the ECS0016 Serial Port Enable SMTP, Snmp and/or Nagios Alerts and LoggingEmail alerts Snmp alerts Configure AlertsSelect Alerts & Logging Snmp Nagios AlertsPage Serial Port Logging Remote Log Storage Power Control Page Configuring Ipmi Power Management Configuring Serial Port Power Strips User Power Management Configuring Browser Controlled Power Strips Nagios overview Nagios Integration Central management and setting up MetaConnect for Nagios Central Nagios serverDistributed ECS0016 console servers MetaConnect Nagios setup involves the following steps Set Up a Central Nagios ServerClients Central Site Remote Site Nagios Server Set up distributed ECS0016 console serversNetwork Managed Hosts Check Prefer NRPE, Nrpe Enabled and Nrpe Command Arguments Click New Check and select Check TCP. Select Port HostSelect Serial Port from the Serial & Network menu Click Console Server Mode, and select Logging Level Click Connection Alert Enable Nagios on the ECS0016 Enable Nrpe monitoring Select System Nagios and check Nsca Enabled Enable Nsca monitoringConfigure selected Serial Ports for Nagios monitoring Configure selected Network Hosts for Nagios monitoring Configure the upstream Nagios monitoring host System Management System Administration and Reset Firmware Firmware Upgrades Select the Enable NTP checkbox on the Network Time Protocol Configure Date and Time Port Access and Active Users Select Status Port AccessStatus Reports Support Reports Statistics Syslog Select Manage Power Power ManagementManagement Device Management Select Manage Terminal Serial Port Terminal Connection Port Log Management Basic Configuration Linux Commands Power up the ECS0016 and connect the terminal device Linux Command line Config Tool Syntax Run all registered configurators. ThisDescription Administration Configuration Date and Time Configuration Manually Change Clock SettingsNetwork Time Protocol Network Configuration IP Configuration DhcpTime Zone Disable Dhcp IP Configuration StaticDefault Gateway Secondary DNS # /bin/config --run=dial-in Dial-in Configuration Services Configuration Serial Port Configuration Telnet Access LAN Disabled Supported Protocol ConfigurationSSH Access LAN Enabled Raw TCP via LAN Disabled Trusted Networks Config.users.total Password secret Event Logging ConfigurationRemote Serial Port Log Storage Username cifsuser Alert Configuration # /bin/config --run=eventlog MetaConnect host TCP Ports MetaConnect Host Configuration Pmshell Commands Advanced ConfigurationAdvanced Portmanager Pmshell Pmusers Pmchat # pmusers Portmanager Daemon External Scripts and Alerts Signals 109 Raw Access to Serial Ports Access to Serial PortsAccessing the Console Port Standard IP-Filter configuration Enabling Boot Messages on the ConsoleEtc/config/ipfilter IP Filtering Customizing the IP-Filter Etc/config/filter-custom Etc/config/snmpd.conf Modifying Snmp Configuration To set the Manager Address field Adding more than one Snmp server PowerMan Power Strip Control Synopsis Target Specification Pmpower Adding new RPC devices Speedbaud rate/speed charsizecharacter size/charsize Term Meaning Glossary of Terms Used Chap Intranet Internet MAC address Key lifetimes Net mask NAT Router Radius TCP/IP address SOL UTP Telnet Micrel KS8695P controller Technical Specifications RJ45 Connector PinoutWiring 131 Limitation of Liability Technical Support Warranty Information