How to install multiple management cards, Overview, Before you start – APC UPS Network Management Card 2 AP9630 User Manual

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Installation Manual

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

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.

Management Card

Priority

Network Management Card

1

(AP9630, AP9631)

Level 6

Out-of-Band Management Card (AP9608)

Level 5

Relay I/O Module (AP9610)

Level 4

Interface Expander Card (AP9607)

Level 3

Building Management Integration Card

2

(AP9622)

Level 2

Environmental Monitoring Card (AP9612TH)

Level 1

1. Attach no more than two Network Management Cards to a UPS.
2. Attach only one Building Management Integration Card to a UPS.

Chassis

Compatible UPSs

Expansion Chassis (AP9600), one slot

APC UPSs that are not installed in
a rack or enclosure.

Triple Expansion Chassis (AP9604BLK), three slots

All APC UPSs

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