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Chapter 4: Using the Command Line Interface 

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Setting the History Buffer Length 

This command syntax sets the history buffer length, which determines the amount of history commands that can be 
retained in the buffer. The default length is 25. 

config:#

 

history length <n>

 

Variables:

 

 

<n> is an integer number between 1 and 250. 

 

Multi-Command Syntax 

To shorten the configuration time, you can combine various configuration commands in one command to perform all of 
them at a time. All combined commands must belong to the same configuration type, such as commands prefixed with 

network

user modify

sensor externalsensor

 and so on. 

A multi-command syntax looks like this: 

<configuration type> <setting 1> <value 1> <setting 2> <value 2> <setting 3> <value 3> ...

 

 

 

Example 1 - Combination of IP, Subnet Mask and Gateway Parameters 

The following multi-command syntax configures IPv4 address, subnet mask and gateway for the network connectivity 
simultaneously. 

 

config:#

 

network ipv4 ipAddress 192.168.84.225 subnetMask 255.255.255.0 gateway 
192.168.84.0

 

Results:

 

 

The IP address is set to 192.168.84.225. 

 

The subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0. 

 

The gateway is set to 192.168.84.0. 

Example 2 - Combination of Upper Critical and Upper Warning Settings 

The following multi-command syntax simultaneously configures Upper Critical and Upper Warning thresholds for the RMS 
current of the 2nd overcurrent protector. 

 

config:#

 

sensor ocp 2 current upperCritical disable upperWarning 15

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Premium+ RLNK-P915R

Page 1: ...itor Control Alert Report Analyze THANK YOU Thank you for assisting our customers with their Premium PDU with RackLink product Please read these instructions thoroughly before installing or assembling...

Page 2: ...16 Ways to Probe Existing User Profiles 17 Chapter 4 Using the Command Line Interface 18 About the Interface 18 Logging in to the CLI 18 With HyperTerminal 18 With SSH or Telnet 19 Different CLI Mode...

Page 3: ...bility Information 37 Command History 37 History Buffer Length 38 Reliability Data 38 Reliability Error Log 38 Reliability Hardware Failures 38 Examples 39 Clearing Information 41 Clearing Event Log 4...

Page 4: ...Outlet s 125 Power Cycling the Outlet s 126 Canceling the Power On Process 126 Example Power Cycling Specific Outlets 127 Actuator Control Operations 127 Switching On an Actuator 127 Switching Off an...

Page 5: ...ion Files 137 Firmware Upgrade via USB 145 Chapter 6 Using Secure Copy SCP Commands 147 Firmware Update via SCP 147 Bulk Configuration via SCP 148 Backup and Restore via SCP 149 Downloading Diagnostic...

Page 6: ...ur Network in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads aspx 2 Retrieve the DHCP assigned IPv4 address Use the front panel display to retrieve it Se...

Page 7: ...lish an CONSOLE or USB connection To use a web browser for configuration make a network connection to the computer The PDU is automatically configured with the following link local addressing in any n...

Page 8: ...ium Sereis PDU with RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads aspx Installing the USB to Serial Driver Optional The PDU can emulate a USB to serial converter over a USB...

Page 9: ...tty device which can be found in the output of the dmesg after connecting the PDU to the computer Usually the tty device is dev ttyACM or dev ttyUSB where is an integer number For example if you are u...

Page 10: ...To ignore it simply press Enter The prompt appears 6 Type config and press Enter 7 To configure network settings type appropriate commands and press Enter Refer to the following commands list CLI com...

Page 11: ...p address static IP address with a syntax similar to the example below Example 192 168 7 9 24 Static IPv4 or IPv6 gateway network ipvX gateway ip address ip address gateway s IP address IPv4 or IPv6 p...

Page 12: ...e for EAP authentication EAP password network wireless eapPassword When prompted to enter the password for EAP authentication type the password EAP CA certificate network wireless eapCACertificate Whe...

Page 13: ...riable ETH with the word wireless The following illustrates a few examples To set or enable Use this command IPv4 configuration method network ipv4 interface WIRELESS configMethod mode mode dhcp defau...

Page 14: ...n the DHCP server if preferred Reserving IP in Windows To reserve the IP address of any network interface in the Windows DHCP server you must convert that interface s client identifier into hexadecima...

Page 15: ...decimal ASCII codes Use an interface s original client identifier without converting it into ASCII codes For each interface s client identifier see Reserving IP Addresses in DHCP Servers on page 14 In...

Page 16: ...cp client identifier 00 50 45 47 31 41 30 30 30 30 33 fixed address 192 168 20 1 Example without ASCII code conversion 1 Use the original client identifier of the desired network interface DO NOT conv...

Page 17: ...r unknown error when the user name used to authenticate does not exist Any user with the permission to view event rules can query all local existing users via JSON RPC Any user with the permission to...

Page 18: ...h as PuTTY Note Telnet access is disabled by default because it communicates openly and is thus insecure To enable Telnet refer to Changing Telnet Settings in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual...

Page 19: ...d press Enter The password is case sensitive After properly entering the password the or system prompt appears For more information see Different CLI Modes and Prompts on page 20 Tip The Last Login in...

Page 20: ...mand line interface and can begin administering the PDU Different CLI Modes and Prompts Depending on the login name you use and the mode you enter the system prompt in the CLI varies User Mode When yo...

Page 21: ...ode config Help command under the diagnostic mode diag Press Enter after typing the help command and a list of main commands for the current mode is displayed Tip You can check what parameters are ava...

Page 22: ...ithout The difference is that the command without the parameter details displays a shortened version of information while the other displays in depth information After typing a show command press Ente...

Page 23: ...face all Show the IP related configuration of all interfaces You can type the CLI command without the word all For example show network ip interface IPv4 Only or IPv6 Only Configuration To show IPv4 o...

Page 24: ...nfiguration For example the Ethernet port s LAN interface speed and duplex mode or the wireless interface s SSID parameter and authentication protocol show network interface ETH Variables ETH is one o...

Page 25: ...nly displays the settings of the SSH service snmp Only displays the SNMP settings modbus Only displays the settings of the Modbus TCP service zeroconfig Only displays the settings of the zero configur...

Page 26: ...This command syntax shows the inlet information show inlets n To show detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show inlets n details Variables n is one of the options...

Page 27: ...r Displays the information for the specified overcurrent protector only Displayed information Without the parameter details only the overcurrent protector status and name are displayed With the parame...

Page 28: ...how detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show externalsensors n details External sensor 3 Temperature 1 Sensor type Temperature Reading 31 8 deg C normal Serial num...

Page 29: ...vidual environmental sensor the following command shows the information of all connected environmental sensor packages each of which may contain more than one sensor or actuator show peripheralDeviceP...

Page 30: ...ils more information is displayed in addition to the ID number and actuator state such as the serial number and X Y and Z coordinates Outlet Sensor Threshold Information This command syntax shows the...

Page 31: ...how detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show sensor inlet n sensor type details Variables n is the number of the inlet whose sensors you want to query For a single...

Page 32: ...esholds Sensor specific thresholds Default Thresholds for Temperature sensors Lower critical threshold 10 0 deg C Lower warning threshold 15 0 deg C Upper warning threshold 30 0 deg C Upper critical t...

Page 33: ...show defaultThresholds sensor type To show detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show defaultThresholds sensor type details Variables sensor type is one of the foll...

Page 34: ...is command shows the data of one or all existing user profiles show user user_name To show detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show user user_name details Variable...

Page 35: ...the role description and privileges Load Shedding Settings This command shows the load shedding settings show loadshedding Displayed information The load shedding state is displayed along with non cri...

Page 36: ...f last entries in the event log The number ranges between 1 to 10 000 event_type is one of the following event types Event type Description all All events device Device related events such as system s...

Page 37: ...iled information add the parameter details to the end of the command show componentReachability component n details Variables n is a number representing the sequence of the device in the monitored com...

Page 38: ...ability data Reliability Error Log This command shows the reliability error log show reliability errorlog n Variables n is one of the options 0 zero or any other integer number Option Description 0 OR...

Page 39: ...s section provides examples of the show command Example 1 Basic Security Information The diagram shows the output of the show security command Example 2 In Depth Security Information More information...

Page 40: ...le 3 Basic PDU Information The diagram shows the output of the show pdu command Example 4 In Depth PDU Information More information is displayed when typing the show pdu details command Displayed info...

Page 41: ...t y a message appears prompting you to confirm the operation Type y to clear the event log or n to abort the operation If you type y a message Event log was cleared successfully is displayed after all...

Page 42: ...and Prompts on page 20 2 Type config and press Enter The config prompt appears indicating that you have entered configuration mode 3 Now you can type any configuration command and press Enter to chan...

Page 43: ...riables option is one of the options latching or nonLatching Note For more information on the outlet relay behavior refer to PDU Latching Relay Behavior in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at...

Page 44: ...delay time in seconds Note Power on sequencing is disabled in the latching mode Refer to PDU Latching Relay Behavior in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources p...

Page 45: ...refer to PDU in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads aspx config pdu outletInitializationDelayOnDeviceStartup timing Variables timing is a del...

Page 46: ...able Enables the data logging feature disable Disables the data logging feature For more information refer to Setting Data Logging in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic co...

Page 47: ...isabling Peripheral Device Auto Management This command enables or disables the Peripheral Device Auto Management feature config pdu peripheralDeviceAutoManagement option Variables option is one of th...

Page 48: ...outlet PDU config pdu nonCriticalOutlets 1 3 7 9 false 4 6 8 10 12 true Network Configuration Commands A network configuration command begins with network A number of network settings can be changed...

Page 49: ...that is wired networking eth2 Determine the IPv4 preferred host name of the ETH2 interface that is wired networking wireless Determine the IPv4 preferred host name of the WIRELESS interface that is w...

Page 50: ...network mode is set to static IP and your local network contains two subnets you can configure static routes to enable or disable communications between the PDU and devices in the other subnet These c...

Page 51: ...iguration Mode This command determines the IP configuration mode config network ipv6 interface ETH configMethod mode Variables ETH is one of the network interfaces ethernet or ETH1 ETH2 wireless or al...

Page 52: ...the IPv6 Address After selecting the static IP configuration mode you can use this command to assign a permanent IP address to the PDU config network ipv6 interface ETH address ip address Variables E...

Page 53: ...rk is directly reachable config network ipv6 staticRoutes add dest 1 interface ETH Delete an existing static route config network ipv6 staticRoutes delete route_ID Modify an existing static route conf...

Page 54: ...ver Variables ip address is the IP address of the DNS server resolver is one of the options preferV4 or preferV6 Option Description preferV4 Use the IPv4 addresses returned by the DNS server preferV6...

Page 55: ...Description eth1 ETH1 port eth2 ETH2 port option is one of the options auto 10Mbps 100Mbps or 1000Mbps Option Description auto System determines the optimum LAN speed through auto negotiation 10Mbps...

Page 56: ...reless networking mode is enabled A wireless configuration command begins with network wireless Note If current networking mode is not wireless the SSID PSK and BSSID values are not applied until the...

Page 57: ...ASCII codes 0x20 0x7E Setting EAP Parameters When the wireless authentication method is set to EAP you must configure EAP authentication parameters including outer authentication inner authentication...

Page 58: ...only supports Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol PEAP as the outer authentication The value of inner_auth is MSCHAPv2 because the PDU only supports Microsoft s Challenge Authentication Prot...

Page 59: ...S certificate is not valid due to incorrect system time EAP CA Certificate Example This section provides a CA certificate example only Your CA certificate contents should be different from the content...

Page 60: ...8ECTgzMjk3MDgyM4ACBSAwDQYDVR0KBAYwBAMCBkAwCwYJKoZIhvcN AQEEA4GBAH2y1VCEw A4zaXzSYZJTTUi3uawbbFiS2yxHvgf28 8Js0OHXk1H1w2d6qOHH21X82tZXd 0JtG0g1 T9usFFBDvYK8O0ebgz P5ELJnBL2 atObEuJy1ZZ0pBDWINR3WkDNLCGi...

Page 61: ...HTTPS port is 443 option is one of the options true or false Option Description true Forces any access to the PDU via HTTP to be redirected to HTTPS false No HTTP access is redirected to HTTPS Changi...

Page 62: ...s ssh Enabling or Disabling SSH This command enables or disables the SSH service config network services ssh enabled option Variables option is one of the options true or false Option Description true...

Page 63: ...tion You can enable or disable the SNMP v1 v2c or v3 agent configure the read and write community strings or set the MIB II parameters such as sysContact using the CLI commands An SNMP command begins...

Page 64: ...vices snmp writeCommunity string Variables string is a string comprising 4 to 64 ASCII printable characters The string CANNOT include spaces Setting the sysContact Value This command sets the SNMP MIB...

Page 65: ...on Variables option is one of the options true or false Option Description true The Modbus agent is enabled false The Modbus agent is disabled Enabling or Disabling the Read Only Mode This command ena...

Page 66: ...bled Examples This section illustrates several network configuration examples Example 1 Networking Mode The following command enables the wired networking mode config network mode wired Example 2 Enab...

Page 67: ...the Primary NTP Server This command specifies the primary time server if synchronization with the NTP server is enabled config time ntp firstServer first_server Variables The first_server is the IP a...

Page 68: ...has a list of time zones to configure the date and time for the PDU config time zone After a list of time zones is displayed type the index number of the time zone or press Enter to cancel Example To...

Page 69: ...ample type 13 50 20 for 1 50 20 pm Setting the Automatic Daylight Savings Time This command determines whether the daylight savings time is applied to the time settings config time autoDST option Vari...

Page 70: ...ones See Overriding DHCP Assigned NTP Servers on page 67 This command is available either in the administrator user mode or in the configuration mode See Different CLI Modes and Prompts on page 20 In...

Page 71: ...config security ipAccessControl ipv6 enabled option Determine the default IPv6 firewall control policy for inbound traffic config security ipAccessControl ipv6 defaultPolicyIn policy Determine the def...

Page 72: ...e Depending on where you want to add a new firewall rule in the list the command for adding a rule varies IPv4 commands Add a new rule to the bottom of the IPv4 rules list config security ipAccessCont...

Page 73: ...scards traffic from to the specified IP address es without sending any failure notification to the source or destination host reject Discards traffic from to the specified IP address es and an ICMP me...

Page 74: ...ccessControl ipv6 rule modify direction rule_number ipMask ip_mask Modify an IPv6 rule s policy config security ipAccessControl ipv6 rule modify direction rule_number policy policy Modify all contents...

Page 75: ...fig security ipAccessControl ipv4 rule delete direction rule_number IPv6 commands config security ipAccessControl ipv6 rule delete direction rule_number Variables direction is one of the options in or...

Page 76: ...performing the above command do the following 1 Type the text comprising up to 10 000 ASCII characters when the CLI prompts you to enter the content 2 To end the content a Press Enter b Type END to in...

Page 77: ...ts You can combine multiple commands to modify various login limitation parameters at a time See Multi Command Syntax on page 122 Single Login Limitation This command enables or disables the single lo...

Page 78: ...n remain idle before that user is forced to log out of the PDU web interface or CLI config security loginLimits idleTimeout value Variables value is a numeric value in minutes set for the idle timeout...

Page 79: ...strongPasswords You can combine multiple strong password commands to modify different parameters at a time See Multi Command Syntax on page 122 Enabling or Disabling Strong Passwords This command enab...

Page 80: ...This command determines whether a strong password includes at least a uppercase character config security strongPasswords enforceAtLeastOneUpperCaseCharacter option Variables option is one of the opt...

Page 81: ...ue Variables value is an integer between 1 and 12 Role Based Access Control In addition to firewall access control based on IP addresses you can configure other access control rules that are based on...

Page 82: ...ccepts traffic from all IP addresses regardless of the user s role deny Drops traffic from all IP addresses regardless of the user s role Tip You can combine both commands to modify all role based acc...

Page 83: ...it above or below a specific rule config security roleBasedAccessControl ipv6 rule add start_ip end_ip role policy insert rule_number Variables start_ip is the starting IP address end_ip is the ending...

Page 84: ...mber startIpAddress start_ip endIpAddress end_ip Modify an IPv4 rule s role config security roleBasedAccessControl ipv4 rule modify rule_number role role Modify an IPv4 rule s policy config security r...

Page 85: ...ns allow or deny Policy Description allow Accepts traffic from the specified IP address range when the user is a member of the specified role deny Drops traffic from the specified IP address range whe...

Page 86: ...sions remove switchActuator Tip If your PDU supports multiple front panel permissions you can combine them into one command by adding a semicolon between different permissions For example the followin...

Page 87: ...er of failed logins is set to 5 The user blocking time is set to 30 minutes Example 4 Adding an IPv4 Role based Access Control Rule The following command creates a newIPv4 role based access control ru...

Page 88: ...the outlet to the state prior to last PDU power down pduDefined PDU defined setting Note Setting the outlet s default state to an option other than pduDefined overrides the PDU defined default state o...

Page 89: ...p to 32 ASCII printable characters The name variable must be enclosed in quotes when it contains spaces Enabling or Disabling an Inlet for Multi Inlet PDUs Enabling or disabling an inlet takes effect...

Page 90: ...type the same password for confirmation and press Enter Variables name is a string comprising up to 32 ASCII printable characters The name variable CANNOT contain spaces option is one of the options...

Page 91: ...4 Type the same new password and press Enter 5 If the password change is completed successfully the config prompt appears Modifying a User s Personal Data You can change a user s personal data includi...

Page 92: ...ecified user profile Forcing a Password Change This command determines whether the password change is forced when a user logs in to the specified user profile next time config user modify name forcePa...

Page 93: ...s noAuthNoPriv authNoPriv or authPriv Option Description noAuthNoPriv No authentication and no privacy authNoPriv Authentication and no privacy authPriv Authentication and privacy Determine whether th...

Page 94: ...tion true Privacy passphrase is identical to the authentication passphrase false Privacy passphrase is different from the authentication passphrase Determine the privacy passphrase config user modify...

Page 95: ...r a list of comma separated roles assigned to the specified user profile See All Privileges on page 101 Changing Measurement Units You can change the measurement units displayed for temperatures lengt...

Page 96: ...f the options meter or feet Option Description meter This option displays the length or height in meters feet This option displays the length or height in feet Set the preferred pressure unit config u...

Page 97: ...stem prompts you to input the contents press Enter without typing or pasting anything Example The following procedure illustrates how to change the SSH public key for the user assistant 1 Verify that...

Page 98: ...ord 5 Re type the new password for confirmation and press Enter when the following prompt appears Re type new password Setting Default Measurement Units Default measurement units including temperature...

Page 99: ...plays the length or height in meters feet This option displays the length or height in feet Set the default pressure unit config user defaultpreferences preferredPressureUnit option3 Variables option3...

Page 100: ...preferences preferredTemperatureUnit F preferredLengthUnit feet preferredPressureUnit psi Results The default temperature unit is set to Fahrenheit The default length unit is set to feet The default p...

Page 101: ...ample a PDU without the outlet switching function does not have the privilege switchOutlet Privilege Description acknowledgeAlarms Acknowledge Alarms adminPrivilege Administrator Privileges changeAuth...

Page 102: ...at is switchOutlet all An outlet number For example switchOutlet 1 switchOutlet 2 switchOutlet 3 A list of comma separated outlets For example switchOutlet 1 3 5 7 8 9 The switchActuator privilege req...

Page 103: ...rivilege1 privilege2 privilege3 and the like are names of the privileges assigned to the role Separate each privilege with a semi colon See All Privileges on page 101 argument1 argument2 and the like...

Page 104: ...deletes an existing role config role delete name Example Creating a Role The following command creates a new role and assigns privileges to the role config role create tester firmwareUpdate viewEventS...

Page 105: ...want to configure The ID number is available in the PDU web interface or using the command show externalsensors n in the CLI It is an integer between 1 and 32 sensor_type is one of these types contact...

Page 106: ...sing the command show externalsensors n in the CLI It is an integer between 1 and 32 Depending on the Z coordinate format you set there are two types of values for the coordinate variable Type Descrip...

Page 107: ...for DX PIR This command determines the value of the Alarmed to Normal Delay setting for a DX PIR presence detector config externalsensor n alarmedToNormalDelay time Variables n is the ID number of th...

Page 108: ...type config defaultThresholds sensor type upperCritical value Set the Default Upper Warning Threshold for a specific sensor type config defaultThresholds sensor type upperWarning value Set the Default...

Page 109: ...tion hysteresis value applied to the specified sensor type as_value is the assertion timeout value applied to the specified sensor type It ranges from 0 to 100 samples Example Default Upper Thresholds...

Page 110: ...Warning threshold for an outlet sensor config sensor outlet n sensor type upperWarning option Set the Lower Critical threshold for an outlet sensor config sensor outlet n sensor type lowerCritical op...

Page 111: ...ned to the hysteresis for the specified outlet sensor Refer to To De assert and Deassertion Hysteresis in the Premium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads...

Page 112: ...mber of the inlet that you want to configure For a single inlet PDU n is always the number 1 sensor type is one of the following sensor types Sensor type Description current Current sensor peakCurrent...

Page 113: ...mium PDU With RackLink User Manual at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads aspx Commands for Overcurrent Protector Sensors A sensor configuration command for overcurrent protectors begins...

Page 114: ...enables this threshold at the same time hy_value is a numeric value that is assigned to the hysteresis for the specified overcurrent protector sensor Refer to To De assert and Deassertion Hysteresis i...

Page 115: ...ou want to configure The ID number is available in the PDU web interface or using the command show externalsensors n in the CLI It is an integer between 1 and 32 sensor type is one of these sensor typ...

Page 116: ...al 40 Example 2 War ning Thresholds for Inlet Sensors The following command sets both the Upper Warning and Lower Warning thresholds for the inlet 1 RMS current config sensor inlet 1 current upperWarn...

Page 117: ...at 1 name is a string comprising up to 32 ASCII printable characters The name variable must be enclosed in quotes when it contains spaces coordinate is a string comprising up to 24 ASCII printable ch...

Page 118: ...n Description true Enables the ping monitoring feature for the newly added device false Disables the ping monitoring feature for the newly added device succ_ping is the number of successful pings for...

Page 119: ...dify various settings for a monitored device at a time See Multi Command Syntax on page 122 Modify a device s IP address or host name config componentReachability modify n ipAddress IP_host Enable or...

Page 120: ...of successful pings for declaring the monitored device Reachable Valid range is 0 to 200 fail_number is the number of consecutive unsuccessful pings for declaring the monitored device Unreachable Val...

Page 121: ...emBaudRate baud_rate Variables baud_rate is one of the baud rate options 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Forcing the Device Detection Mode This command forces the serial port on the PDU t...

Page 122: ...on A multi command syntax looks like this configuration type setting 1 value 1 setting 2 value 2 setting 3 value 3 Example 1 Combination of IP Subnet Mask and Gateway Parameters The following multi co...

Page 123: ...gures Upper Critical Upper Warning and Lower Warning thresholds for the outlet 5 RMS current simultaneously config sensor outlet 5 current upperCritical disable upperWarning enable lowerWarning 1 0 Re...

Page 124: ...DU into load shedding mode config loadshedding start Power Control Operations Outlets on the PDU can be turned on or off or power cycled through the CLI Besides you can cancel the power on process whi...

Page 125: ...pe n to abort the operation Turning Off the Outlet s This command turns off one or multiple outlets power outlets numbers off To quicken the operation you can add the parameter y to the end of the com...

Page 126: ...ycles the specified outlet A comma separated list of outlets Power cycles multiple inconsecutive or consecutive outlets For example to specify 7 outlets 2 4 9 11 12 13 and 15 type outlets 2 4 9 11 13...

Page 127: ...Actuator This command syntax turns on one actuator control actuator n on To quicken the operation you can add the parameter y to the end of the command which confirms the operation control actuator n...

Page 128: ...s blocked from accessing the PDU you can unblock them at the local console To unblock a user 1 Log in to the CLI interface using any terminal program via a local connection See With HyperTerminal on p...

Page 129: ...esetting Active Energy Readings You can reset either one active energy sensor or all active energy sensors at a time to restart the energy accumulation process Only users with the Admin role assigned...

Page 130: ...tlantic com resources power downloads aspx Network Troubleshooting The PDU provides 4 diagnostic commands for troubleshooting network problems nslookup netstat ping and traceroute The diagnostic comma...

Page 131: ...t Variables host is the name or IP address of the host whose DNS information you want to query Showing Network Connections This command syntax displays network connections and or status of ports diag...

Page 132: ...seconds ranging from 1 to 600 The command looks like the following when it includes all options diag ping host count number1 size number2 timeout number3 Tracing the Route This command syntax traces...

Page 133: ...Press Tab or Ctrl i until the complete command appears Example 1 Type the first word and the first letter of the second word of the reset factorydefaults command that is reset f Then press Tab or Ctrl...

Page 134: ...r Re boot all PDUs after connecting them to the network See Bulk Configuration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP on page 134 Use a USB flash drive Requirement A FAT32 or superfloppy formatted USB flas...

Page 135: ...gested to double check with Technical Support for the correctness of these files prior to using this feature 2 Configure your TFTP server properly See TFTP Requirements on page 135 3 Copy ALL required...

Page 136: ...wing tasks simultaneously by plugging a USB flash drive which contains one or several special configuration files into the PDU Configuration changes Firmware upgrade Downloading diagnostic data Tip Yo...

Page 137: ...is a superfloppy formatted drive The drive contains a configuration file called fwupdate cfg in its root directory See fwupdate cfg on page 137 Configuration Files There are three types of configurati...

Page 138: ...automatically created If this option is not set no log messages are recorded The disadvantage is that no feedback is available if the PDU detects a problem with the USB drive contents firmware Specify...

Page 139: ...lon indicates a column in the devices csv file For example mac 7 instructs the PDU to search for the MAC address in the 7th column of the devices csv file The default value is serial 1 making the PDU...

Page 140: ...the config txt file will be applied after performing the configuration restore operation This option CANNOT be used with the option bulk_config_restore If a firmware upgrade will be performed at the...

Page 141: ...n keys There are 3 special configuration keys that are prefixed with magic A special key that sets a user account s password without knowing the firmware s internal encryption hashing algorithms is im...

Page 142: ...fies its entry in the devicelist csv file by comparing its serial number or MAC address to one of the columns in the file Determine the column to identify PDUs By default a PDU searches for its serial...

Page 143: ...d mass_deployment xxx where xxx is the firmware version number It is available at www middleatlantic com resources power downloads aspx 2 Launch Excel to open this utility Note Other office suites suc...

Page 144: ...o determine which setting s to encrypt If an appropriate config txt is not created yet see Creating Configuration Files via Mass Deployment Utility on page 143 2 Launch a terminal to log in to the CLI...

Page 145: ...the SNMP write community setting a Replace the word private with the encrypted value that CLI shows b Add encrypted to the beginning of that setting Firmware Upgrade via USB Firmware files are availab...

Page 146: ...y shows the firmware upgrade progress Tip You can remove the USB drive and plug it into another PDU for firmware upgrade when the firmware upgrade message displays 5 It may take one to five minutes to...

Page 147: ...is the PDU firmware s filename If the firmware file is not in the current directory you must include the path in the filename user name is the admin or any user profile with the Firmware Update permi...

Page 148: ...e administrator privileges device ip is the IP address of the PDU whose configuration you want to save 2 Type the user password when prompted 3 The system saves the configuration from the PDU to a fil...

Page 149: ...r any user profile with the administrator privileges device ip is the IP address of the PDU whose settings you want to back up 2 Type the user password when prompted 3 The system saves the settings fr...

Page 150: ...SCP To download the diagnostic data via SCP 1 Type the following SCP command and press Enter scp user name device ip diag data tgz user name is the admin or any user profile with the Administrator or...

Page 151: ...If you have set a preferred host name for IPv4 and or IPv6 that host name can be used as the zero configuration local host name that is preferred_host_name local where preferred_host_name is the pref...

Page 152: ...servers in the network Note Configuration by connecting the PDU to a computer using a network cable is an application of this scenario See Connecting the PDU to a Computer on page 7 The PDU previousl...

Page 153: ...hronize with the PDU When the NTP synchronization issue occurs change the dispersion settings to resolve it To change the Windows NTP s root dispersion settings 1 Access the registry settings associat...

Page 154: ...resis and this value must be no higher than 0 5 the RCM critical threshold The PDU with RCM allows you to establish an optional WARNING state which is not part of the IEC 62020 specification The PDU R...

Page 155: ...C 62020 155 IEC 62020 specification PDU with RCM characteristics Rated residual operating current 0 5A highest value Residual currents with direct current components Model dependent Models ending in M...

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