Document Outline

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Product Features
    • Access priorities for logging on
    • Types of user accounts
  • Getting Started
  • Establishing Network Settings
    • TCP/IP configuration methods
    • BOOTP and DHCP configuration
    • Command Line Interface
  • Recovering from a Lost Password
• Rack PDU Front Panel
  • Network Status LED
  • 10/100 LED
• Command Line Interface
  • About the Command Line Interface
  • Logging on to the Command Line Interface
    • Remote access to the command line interface
    • Local access to the command line interface
  • About the Main Screen
  • Using the Command Line Interface
  • Command Syntax
  • Command Response Codes
  • Network Management Card Command Descriptions
    • ?
    • about
    • alarmcount
    • boot
    • cd
    • date
    • delete
    • dir
    • eventlog
    • exit
    • format
    • FTP
    • help
    • ping
    • portSpeed
    • prompt
    • quit
    • radius
    • reboot
    • resetToDef
    • system
    • tcpip
    • user
    • web
    • xferINI
    • xferStatus
  • Device Command Descriptions
    • devLowLoad
    • devNearOver
    • devOverLoad
    • devReading
    • humLow
    • humMin
    • humReading
    • inNormal
    • inReading
    • phLowLoad
    • phNearOver
    • phOverLoad
    • phReading
    • prodInfo
    • tempHigh
    • tempMax
    • tempReading
    • whoami
• Web Interface
  • Supported Web Browsers
  • Logging On to the Web Interface
    • Overview
    • URL address formats
  • Web Interface Features
    • Tabs
    • Device status icons
    • Quick Links
    • Other Web interface features
  • About the Home Tab
    • The Overview view
    • The Alarm Status view
• Device Management
  • About the Device Manager Tab
  • Viewing the load status and peak load
  • Configuring Load Thresholds
  • Configuring the Name and Location of the Rack PDU
  • Resetting Peak Load and kWh
• Environment
  • Configuring Temperature and Humidity Sensors
  • Configuring Dry Contact Inputs
• Logs
  • Using the Event and Data Logs
    • Event log
    • Data log
    • How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files
• Administration: Security
  • Local Users
    • Setting user access
  • Remote Users
    • Authentication
    • RADIUS
  • Configuring the RADIUS Server
    • Summary of the configuration procedure
    • Configuring a RADIUS server on UNIX® with shadow passwords
    • Supported RADIUS servers
  • Inactivity Timeout
• Administration: Network Features
  • TCP/IP and Communication Settings
    • TCP/IP settings
    • DHCP response options
  • Port Speed
  • DNS
  • Web
  • Console
  • SNMP
    • SNMPv1
    • SNMPv3
  • FTP Server
• Administration: Notification
  • Event Actions
    • Types of notification
    • Configuring event actions
  • Active, Automatic, Direct Notification
    • E-mail notification
    • SNMP traps
    • SNMP Trap Test
    • Syslog
• Administration: General Options
  • Identification
  • Set the Date and Time
    • Method
    • Daylight saving
    • Format
  • Use an .ini File
  • Event Log and Temperature Units
    • Color-code event log text
    • Change the default temperature scale
  • Reset the Rack PDU
  • Configure Links
  • About the Rack PDU
• How to Export Configuration Settings
  • Retrieving and Exporting the .ini File
    • Summary of the procedure
    • Contents of the .ini file
    • Detailed procedures
  • The Upload Event and Error Messages
    • The event and its error messages
    • Messages in config.ini
    • Errors generated by overridden values
• File Transfers
  • How to Upgrade Firmware
    • Benefits of upgrading firmware
    • Firmware files
  • Firmware File Transfer Methods
    • Use FTP or SCP to upgrade one Rack PDU
    • How to upgrade multiple Rack PDUs
    • Use XMODEM to upgrade one Rack PDU
  • Verifying Upgrades and Updates
    • Verify the success or failure of the transfer
    • Last Transfer Result codes
    • Verify the version numbers of installed firmware.
• Troubleshooting
  • Rack PDU Access Problems
• Appendix A: List of Supported Commands
  • Network Management Card Command Descriptions
  • Device Command Descriptions
• Appendix B: Security Handbook
  • Content and Purpose of This Appendix
  • Security Features
    • Protection of passwords and passphrases
    • Summary of access methods
    • Access priorities
    • Change default user names and passwords immediately
    • Port assignments
    • User names, passwords, and community names with SNMPv1
  • Authentication
    • SNMP GETS, SETS, and Traps
    • Web interface and command line interface
  • Encryption
    • SNMP GETS, SETS, and Traps
    • Secure SHell (SSH) and Secure CoPy (SCP) for the command line interface
    • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the Web interface
  • Creating and Installing Digital Certificates
    • Purpose
    • Choosing a method for your system
  • Firewalls
  • Using the Rack PDU Security Wizard
    • Authentication by certificates and host keys
    • Files you create for SSL and SSH security
  • Create a Root Certificate and Server Certificates
    • Summary
    • The procedure
  • Create a Server Certificate and Signing Request
    • Summary
    • The procedure
  • Create an SSH Host Key
    • Summary
    • The procedure
  • Command Line Interface Access and Security
  • Telnet and Secure SHell (SSH)
  • Web Interface Access and Security: HTTP and HTTPS (with SSL)
  • Supported RADIUS Functions and Servers
    • Supported functions
    • Supported RADIUS servers
  • Configure the Rack PDU
    • Authentication
    • RADIUS
  • Configure the RADIUS Server
    • Example using Service-Type Attributes
    • Examples using Vendor Specific Attributes
• Index