Eaton Corporation
Distributed Power Solutions – ePDU
8609 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 28615
IPC36xx SETUP GUIDE
HARDWARE SETUP
1. Connect your power cable to the IEC power inlet located on the back of the
IPC36xx and make main power connection to your electrical outlet.
(Power cable
must be ordered separately!)
2. For Ethernet use, make connection between the RJ45 connector labeled
J9 NET
and your Ethernet
using a standard Ethernet cable.
3. For RS232 serial control, connect the serial cable provided to the port labeled
J10 Serial
and connect the other end to your computer’s RS232 port (COM
Port).
CONFIGURING VIA SERIAL (RS232) CONNECTION
1. Make sure the J10 Serial port is connected to your computer’s DB9 serial port.
2. Start your Terminal emulator using the following settings:
Baud Rate
9600 (Default)
Data Bits
8
Parity None
Stop Bits
1
Flow Control
None
Terminal Type
ANSI (VT100)
Local Echo
Off
Default User /
Password
Admin
ipc
Note: Username and password are case-sensitive
3. Apply power to the IPC.
4. After approximately 15 seconds, the Network and Hardware parameters are
displayed for 2 seconds. At that time you can interrupt the boot-up process by
pressing any key on the keyboard, then type “M” for Modify followed by the
password, to change the displayed unit settings (unit, subnet mask or default
gateway IP addresses, serial baud rate, start-up delay time and type of Ethernet
connection). After saving the settings, the boot-up process continues to the login.
5. When prompted, log in using the default user name and password above.
6. Type the corresponding number for the menu item that you would like to select.
7. If you plan on using the Telnet, Web GUI or SNMP controls, select option
3
(Unit
Configuration) then
2
(Network configuration) and enter any additional network
settings you need.
8. Once setup is complete, Soft Reboot the unit (Option
6
in the main menu) and
give the unit about 30 seconds to restart. The unit is now ready to be used.
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