APC Network Management Card - Indications

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How to Access the Network Management Card
Overview
Once the Management Card is running on your network, you can
use several different interfaces to access the Management Card.
Note: For more information about how to use the interfaces
identified here, see the
Network Management Card User’s
Guide
(
.\doc\usrguide.pdf
) and the
Management Card
Addendum
(
.\doc\addendum.pdf
).
Web interface
You can use Internet Explorer 5.0 (and higher) or Netscape
®
4.0.8 (and higher) browsers to configure Management Card
options, or to view the Event log.
1. Address the Management Card by its IP address or DNS
name (if configured).
2. Enter the User Name and Password (apc by default).
Telnet
You can use Telnet to view the event log or to configure
Management Card options.
1. At a command prompt, type
telnet address
and
press
E
NTER
, where address is the Management Card’s
IP address or DNS name (if 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 a
Management Card. 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 or to access a copy of the event or data log.
1. At a command prompt, type
ftp address
and press
E
NTER
, where address is the Management
Card’s IP address.
2. Enter the User Name and Password (apc by default).
APC
Management
Card Wizard
You can use the APC Management Card Wizard to configure
multiple Management Cards over the network.