APC Command Line Interface - Manual (Page 9)

Command Line Interface (CLI) User’s Guide 5
Logging On and Off
Logging On
User Name and Password
If you are not using a KVM, configure the
administrator user name and password through the
Web or control console interface of the PDU.
If you are using a KVM, configure the
administrator user name and password in the KVM
configuration file /etc/pm.APCPDU. The default
for both is apc. The pm.APCPDU file is saved to
non-volatile memory when you save your
configuration. The -c option is then appended to
the configured password automatically to log you
on to the CLI when you log on to the PDU.
Log-on procedure
To log on to the CLI:
1. Connect to the Switched Rack PDU through
Telnet, through SSH version 1 or 2, or serially.
2. At the User Name prompt, enter your user
name.
3. At the Password prompt, enter your password
(followed by a space and
-c
if you are not
using a KVM), and press E NTER
.
Responses to successful and failed log-on
When you attempt to log on to the CLI:
• If the user name and password you entered are
valid and the CLI is available, you are logged
on to the CLI. The prompt APC> is displayed.
• After three consecutive unsuccessful log-on
attempts, the Switched Rack PDU prevents
further attempts for two minutes.
• If the CLI is unavailable, the Switched Rack
PDU application layer does not start, i.e., the
-c option does not work.
• If you log onto the CLI, and the application
firmware of the Switched Rack PDU has not
finished initializing, the CLI displays the
following message and logs you off.
The Switched Rack PDU is still
initializing. Please try again later.
• If the administrator password is configured
incorrectly (does not meet the PDU criteria for
a valid password) in the KVM pm.APCPDU
configuration file, the Switched Rack PDU
prevents further log-on attempts for 150
seconds. Correct the password configuration
before trying to log on again.