American Power Conversion AP7862J - Manual (Page 17)

Basic and Metered Rack Power Distribution Unit 13
How to Access a Configured PDU
Overview
After the PDU is running on your network, you can use several different
interfaces to access the PDU .
Browser interface
As your browser, use Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher) to
configure PDU options or to view the Event log.
1. Address the PDU by its IP address, or by its DNS name (if a DNS
name is configured).
2. Enter the User Name and Password (apc by default).
Telnet
You can use Telnet to access a PDU ’s control console from any computer
on the same subnet.
1. At a command prompt, use the following command line, and press
E NTER
:
telnet address
As
address
, use the PDU ’s IP address or its DNS name (if a DNS
name is configured).
2. Enter the User Name and Password (apc by default).
SNMP
After you add the PowerNet MIB to a standard SNMP MIB browser, you
can use that browser for SNMP access to the PDU . The default read
community name is public; the default read/write community name is
private.
FTP
You can use FTP (enabled by default) to download new firmware to the
PDU , or to access a copy of the PDU ’s event log.
1. At a command prompt, use the following command line, and press
E NTER
:
ftp address
As
address
, use the PDU ’s IP address.
2. Enter the User Name and Password (apc by default).
Note
To use the interfaces identified here, see the user’s guide
and the addendum.