Racktivity PM0816-01, User Manual

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Page 2: ...he display 8 Using the display 8 Setting the brightness 8 Reporting Screens 8 Overview 1 7 8 General 2 7 8 Port State 3 7 9 Power 4 7 9 Power Consumption 5 7 9 Ambient 6 7 9 Current of Ports 7 7 9 TCP IP Configuration 10 Dynamic IP Address Assignment 10 Manual IP Address Assignment 11 Using the Web Portal 12 Opening the Web Portal 12 SNMP Configuration 17 Configuring SNMP 17 SNMP Usage 17 Serial C...

Page 3: ... 2013 11 18 Specifications 20 PDU Family Warranty 21 Warranty and Limitation of Liability 21 Troubleshooting 22 Password Reset 22 Factory Reset 22 Determine Your Firmware 22 Web Portal 22 OLED Display 22 Determine Your IP Address 23 Firmware Update 23 Latest version 23 Troubleshooting 24 Support 25 ...

Page 4: ... Seaport Blvd Suite 400 Redwood City 94063 USA www racktivity com v 2013 11 18 Introduction Applicable Models Unless specified otherwise all information in this document is applicable to the following Racktivity 1U models PM0816 01 ...

Page 5: ...contents for shipping damage and make sure that all parts were received Immediately report any damage from shipping to the shipping agent and missing content damaging or other problems to your reseller Please verify the contents of the package Standard Package Item Quantity PDU 1 Rack mounting brackets 2 Rack mounting bracket screws 4 PDU Power cable 3 meter 1 Installation manual 1 ...

Page 6: ...ity on the network 6 OUTPUT Blue LED activity indicator for each of the 8 ports 7 OLED OLED display 8 UP Move to the previous page or browse upwards in a selection list 9 DOWN Move to the next page or browse downwards in a selection list 10 MENU Button to access menu function 11 OK Validation button 12 ALARM Red alarm LED indicator 13 POWER Blue power LED indicator Rear 1 FUSE 15A circuit breaker ...

Page 7: ...vice with a power consumption of only 2 Watt Connecting the PDU 1 The PDU has a detachable power cord Attach the included power cord to the device by inserting the IEC C20 connector in to the IEC C20 inlet Note Optionally a user supplied power cord can be attached to the PDU by connecting it to the IEC inlet Do not attempt to attach a user supplied power cord unless it is certified to be compatibl...

Page 8: ...this item will open a submenu The symbol indicates that this menu item leads directly to a setting Setting the brightness 1 Press the MENU button until the Main menu appears 2 Select Brightness using the UP and DOWN buttons and press OK 3 Use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the screen brightness 4 Press MENU to save and exit Reporting Screens Overview 1 7 The Overview screen shows the total curr...

Page 9: ...Ports shown in green are powered on when shown in grey they are powered off When the current of a particular port has reached the preset Warning threshold the values will turn orange When the Off threshold is exceeded the port will be powered off and the values will turn red Power Consumption 5 7 This screen shows the power consumption expressed in kilowatt hour and kilovolt A hour for each of the...

Page 10: ...net cable to the RJ45 Ethernet port the activity LED will light up to indicate Ethernet connectivity 1 Press MENU until the Main menu appears select Ethernet or Network using UP and DOWN and press OK 2 Within the Ethernet or Network menu select DHCP off and press OK until DHCP on appears 3 Press MENU to return to the Main menu and use UP and DOWN to select Current IP Address The current IP address...

Page 11: ...ss OK to change the settings when navigating the menus the value for that setting is shown in yellow at the bottom of the OLED 4 Use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the currently selected value and press OK to select the next value When holding the UP and DOWN buttons changing the values speeds up When ready press MENU to return to the Ethernet or Network menu 5 Repeat the last 2 steps for the S...

Page 12: ...can be changed at the Settings tab Power tab This tab shows all the power measurements in real time Port Port name and status o Grey background Port is powered OFF o Green background Port is powered ON Current The real time current is displayed in Ampère Maximum The maximum current measured in Ampère Hover your mouse over this value to see a timestamp that indicates when the maximum value was meas...

Page 13: ...n and or Warning Max values are crossed Temperature Temperature Shows the state of both the internal temperature sensor on the first row and any connected optional temperature sensors o Grey background No sensor connected o Green background Connected and active sensor Value The current temperature in C Minimum The lowest value since the last reset in C Maximum The highest value since the last rese...

Page 14: ...ven when using the correct Community write string It can be used as an additional protection Trap receiver port Sets the port for the SNMP Trap function default 162 Trap receiver IP Sets the IP address where the SNMP Trap is sent this is normally the IP of a monitoring computer on the same network OLED Min before Off Sets the OLED standby delay when no buttons are pressed in minutes Brightness 2 1...

Page 15: ... at the thresholds of each port before checking the SUM So if a port exceeds its Off Level threshold that port is powered off followed by a check of the SUM Off Level threshold o When the Off threshold in the SUM row is exceeded the device looks at the individual port priority settings to determine which port to power down first second even when it wasn t that port that caused the threshold to be ...

Page 16: ...cify a schedule which defines for each port if and when it should be turned off and or on and if this should be repeated on a daily basis Port Port name and status o Grey background Port is powered OFF o Green background Port is powered ON Time Off Time in hours minutes when the port is to be turned off with Off Enable checked Off Enable When checked the port will be turned off at the time specifi...

Page 17: ...fication o Community write Sets the community write string default private When using SNMP software on a pc to change SNMP data SET command this string is used as verification o Write protection When checked this setting will prevent changes being made through SNMP SET command even when using the correct Community write string It can be used as an additional protection o Trap receiver port Sets th...

Page 18: ...een on the front of the PDU Baudrate Possible baudrates for serial communication The baudrate of the serial connector and a connected device must be the same TelnetPort Sets the telnet port The port must end in the same number as the corresponding serial connector serial connector 3 cannot have a port ending with 4 ie 30004 it must end with a 3 ie 14203 Reset Telnet Disconnects an active telnet se...

Page 19: ... are on the same subnet and are switched on Open Putty and enter the following o Connection Type Telnet o Host name the PDU s IP address ie 192 168 14 250 o Port the default port for RS232 connector 1 is 2001 can be changed at the Web Portal s Serial page Press Open You will be asked for login credentials the default values are Login admin Password 1234 Many devices require that you press the Ente...

Page 20: ...erting and management Yes Remote control software Yes Integrated Remote Control Web server Yes Max current per port 8A Max current per PDU 15A Enable Disable ports Yes Form factor 1U Color graphical OLED Display Yes LED Indicators Yes Rack Mountable Yes Power consumption 4 watt Steel Case Yes Control buttons on front Yes Automatic Fuse Hardware 15 Ampère Yes Microcontrolled based Fuse on each port...

Page 21: ...nt by Racktivity of Buyer s actual damages after mitigation but shall not exceed the purchase price actually paid by Buyer for the defective Product Racktivity shall have no responsibility or liability for any Product or part thereof that a has had the Serial Number Model Number or other identification markings altered removed or rendered illegible b has been damaged by or subject to improper inst...

Page 22: ...e done on the device itself WARNING This will completely erase all settings and could power down all ports Make sure no vital equipment is connected to the PDU when performing a Factory Reset Press and hold the MENU and OK buttons simultaneously for 4 seconds The device is now completely erased of user specified settings the default login values are Login admin Password 1234 Determine Your Firmwar...

Page 23: ...he necessary software to update your PDU s firmware please contact Racktivity Support 1 Make sure that your computer and the PDU are on the same network and fully functional 2 Unpack the update package 3 Open the software tool Racktivity Ethernet Bootloader exe 4 Use the File button to select the cry file that came with the update package 5 Fill in the appropriate IP address and login credentials ...

Page 24: ...Status window continuously shows output similar to ERROR Out of Sequence PDU Seq 5294 5299 This is a mere warning and does not compromise the update The update fails and the PDU becomes unresponsive If needed restore power and or Ethernet to the PDU Repeat the steps above to start the update again In case you need to know the IP address and it cannot be retrieved using the regular methods then Con...

Page 25: ...uite 400 Redwood City 94063 USA www racktivity com v 2013 11 18 Support Feel free to contact us if you need any support or have any other questions or remarks Online www racktivity com support E mail support racktivity com Phone 003293242095 GMT 1 ...