Raritan PX3-1000 series, User Manual

Page 1: ...PX3 1000 2000 Series User Guide Xerus Firmware v3 3 10 Copyright 2017 Raritan Inc PX3 1000 1B v3 3 10 E March 2017 255 80 0034 00...

Page 2: ...duct s receptacle lamps receptacle relay switches or any other receptacle power on off indicator to determine whether power is being supplied to a receptacle Unplug a device connected to this product...

Page 3: ...ing point on the case may be used as an additional means of protectively grounding this product and the rack 4 Examine the branch circuit receptacle that will supply electric power to this product Mak...

Page 4: ...h the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial installation This...

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Page 6: ...the Branch Circuit Rating 4 Filling Out the Equipment Setup Worksheet 5 Chapter 2 Rackmount Inlet and Outlet Connections 6 Circuit Breaker Orientation Limitation 6 Rack Mounting the PDU 6 Rackmount S...

Page 7: ...PX3 Devices for Sharing Ethernet Connectivity 38 Cascading the PX3 via USB 40 Extended Cascading with PX3 iX7 Models 42 Unsupported Cascading Connections for Port Forwarding 45 Power Sharing Restricti...

Page 8: ...lacement on Zero U Models 120 Fuse Replacement on 1U Models 121 Beeper 123 Replaceable Controller 124 Chapter 6 Using the Web Interface 126 Supported Web Browsers 126 Login Logout and Password Change...

Page 9: ...ators 181 Sensor Actuator States 182 Finding the Sensor s Serial Number 184 Identifying the Sensor Position and Channel 185 Managing One Sensor or Actuator 186 Individual Sensor Actuator Pages 188 Sen...

Page 10: ...t 352 Configuring Webcams and Viewing Live Images 352 Sending Snapshots or Videos in an Email or Instant Message 354 Viewing Saved Snapshots and Managing Storage 355 Chapter 7 Using SNMP 357 Enabling...

Page 11: ...2 Load Shedding Settings 392 Serial Port Settings 393 EnergyWise Settings 393 Asset Strip Settings 393 Rack Unit Settings of an Asset Strip 394 Blade Extension Strip Settings 395 Event Log 396 Wireles...

Page 12: ...Syntax 520 Load Shedding Configuration Commands 521 Enabling or Disabling Load Shedding 522 Power Control Operations 523 Turning On the Outlet s 523 Turning Off the Outlet s 524 Power Cycling the Outl...

Page 13: ...0 Serial RS 232 DB9 Port Pinouts 540 Serial RS 232 RJ 45 Port Pinouts for iX7 Only 541 Sensor RJ 45 Port Pinouts 541 Feature RJ 45 Port Pinouts 542 Expansion RJ 45 Port Pinouts for iX7 Only 542 Append...

Page 14: ...r 589 Compliance with IEC 62020 590 RCM Self Test 591 Web Interface Operations for RCM 591 Checking RCM State and Current 591 Setting RCM Current Thresholds 592 Scheduling RCM Self Test 593 Disabling...

Page 15: ...n the AD Server 622 Step C Configure LDAP Authentication on the PX3 Device 623 Step D Configure Roles on the PX3 Device 624 Appendix I Updating the LDAP Schema 627 Returning User Group Information 627...

Page 16: ...Unbalanced Current Calculation 685 Data for BTU Calculation 686 Ways to Probe Existing User Profiles 687 Raritan Training Website 687 Role of a DNS Server 688 Cascading Troubleshooting 688 Possible R...

Page 17: ...lies called Series from 1000 series to 5000 series For example PX2 4000 PX3 4000 series and PX3 iX7 4000 series are all inlet metered and outlet metered PDUs but have different controller generations...

Page 18: ...and PX3 iX7 Only PX3 models with outlet switching have outlet latching relays Only PX3 Zero U phase II and iX7 have the replaceable controller PX3 phase I models do NOT support a replaceable controlle...

Page 19: ...nnections for Port Forwarding on page 45 Power Sharing Restrictions and Connection for iX7 Only on page 47 Making a Power Sharing Connection on page 49 Power Sharing Configurations and Restrictions on...

Page 20: ...g or Deleting IP Access Control Rules on page 249 Editing or Deleting Role Access Control Rules on page 251 Setting Up an SSL TLS Certificate on page 252 Installing a CA Signed Certificate on page 254...

Page 21: ...gs to Factory Defaults on page 350 Network Configuration on page 371 IP Configuration on page 371 IPv4 Only or IPv6 Only Configuration on page 372 Network Interface Settings on page 373 Configuring IP...

Page 22: ...re LDAP Authentication on the PX3 Device on page 623 Reserving IP Addresses in DHCP Servers on page 671 Reserving IP in Windows on page 672 Reserving IP in Linux on page 673 To Assert and Assertion Ti...

Page 23: ...th the outlet switching function you can recover systems remotely in the event of system failure and or system lockup eliminate the need to perform manual intervention or dispatch field personnel redu...

Page 24: ...and screws Cable retention clips for the inlet for some models only An optional null modem cable with DB9 connectors on both ends Raritan number 254 01 0006 00 for PX3 models For PX3 iX7 use a third...

Page 25: ...n the PX3 but no IP address is assigned to the PX3 This may be caused by the absence or malfunction of DHCP servers in the network Note Configuration by connecting the PX3 to a computer using a networ...

Page 26: ...Support Department for assistance 4 Verify that all circuit breakers on the PX3 device are set to ON If not turn them ON Or make sure that all fuses are inserted and seated properly If there are any f...

Page 27: ...et An Equipment Setup Worksheet is provided in this User Guide See Equipment Setup Worksheet on page 544 Use this worksheet to record the model serial number and use of each IT device connected to the...

Page 28: ...nted upside down If installed upside down shock stress reduces the trip point by 10 Note If normally the line cord is down upside down means the line cord is up Rack Mounting the PDU This chapter desc...

Page 29: ...ch circuit Mounting Zero U Models Using L Brackets If your PDU has circuit breakers implemented read Circuit Breaker Orientation Limitation on page 6 before mounting it To mount Zero U models using L...

Page 30: ...baseplates line up through the L bracket s slots The rackmount side of brackets should face either the left or right side of the PX3 device 4 Fasten the brackets in place with at least three screws on...

Page 31: ...he rear of the PX3 device Leave at least 24 inches between the baseplates for stability 2 Make the baseplates grasp the device lightly Use the included L shaped hex key to loosen the hex socket screws...

Page 32: ...etting the device drop about 5 8 This secures the PX3 device in place and completes the installation Mounting Zero U Models Using Claw Foot Brackets If your PDU has circuit breakers implemented read C...

Page 33: ...e baseplates line up through the bracket s slots The rackmount side of brackets should face either the left or right side of the PX3 device 4 Fasten the brackets in place with at least three screws on...

Page 34: ...reakers implemented read Circuit Breaker Orientation Limitation on page 6 before mounting it To mount Zero U models using two buttons 1 Turn to the rear of the PDU 2 Locate two screw holes on the rear...

Page 35: ...the mounting holes then letting the device drop slightly This secures the PX3 device in place and completes the installation Mounting Zero U Models Using L Brackets and Buttons This section describes...

Page 36: ...ack screws fasten the device to the rack through two identical holes near the edge of each L bracket Mount the device by screwing a mounting button in the back center of each L bracket and then having...

Page 37: ...ackmount Inlet and Outlet Connections 15 2 Insert the cable support bar into rackmount brackets 3 Secure with the provided end cap screws 4 Fasten the rackmount brackets ears to the rack using your ow...

Page 38: ...ine cord automatically locks after being connected to the inlet A locking inlet is not required for this cord A locking inlet and or locking line cord ensure that the line cord is securely fastened to...

Page 39: ...the locking line cord see Disconnecting a Locking Line Cord on page 17 Disconnecting a Locking Line Cord The ways to disconnect a locking line cord vary according to the cord type To disconnect a lin...

Page 40: ...tion clip prevents the connected power cord from coming loose or falling off The use of cable retention clips is highly recommended for regions with high seismic activities and environments where shoc...

Page 41: ...and vibrations are expected These optional clips come in various sizes to accommodate diverse power cords used on IT equipment which are connected to C13 or C19 outlets You can request a cable retenti...

Page 42: ...rds toward the ground like an inverted U This allows gravity to keep the clip in place 4 Repeat the same steps to install clips and power cords on the other outlets Locking Outlets and Cords In additi...

Page 43: ...ave this design do NOT use the SecureLock cords with it Tip The SecureLock outlets can accept regular power cords for power distribution but the SecureLock mechanism does not take effect To lock a pow...

Page 44: ...s A button type locking outlet has a button on it Such outlets do not require any special power cords to achieve the locking purpose All you need to do is simply plug a regular power cord into the loc...

Page 45: ...uses are inserted and seated properly If there are any fuse covers ensure that they are closed Note Not all PX3 devices have overcurrent protection mechanisms 2 Connect each PX3 to an appropriately ra...

Page 46: ...properly Per default the Ethernet port is enabled See Wired Network Settings on page 219 To make a wired connection 1 Connect a standard network patch cable to the ETHERNET port on the PX3 2 Connect...

Page 47: ...on your PX3 Connect a USB hub to the USB A port on the PX3 Then plug the supported USB wireless LAN adapter into the appropriate USB port on the hub See USB Wireless LAN Adapters on page 25 for a lis...

Page 48: ...Configuration If wireless networking is preferred ensure that the wireless LAN configuration of your PX3 matches the access point The following is the wireless LAN configuration that the PX3 supports...

Page 49: ...ading Multiple PX3 Devices for Sharing Ethernet Connectivity on page 38 Check list when connecting both ports to the networks Both Ethernet interfaces are connecting to different subnets Both Ethernet...

Page 50: ...e interface See Initial Network Configuration via CLI on page 32 Web interface Launch the web browser on the computer and type the link local IP address or pdu local to access the PX3 See Login on pag...

Page 51: ...ne end of the null modem DB9 cable to the male DB9 RS 232 port labeled CONSOLE MODEM on the PX3 2 Connect the other end to your computer s RS 232 port COM 3 Perform Initial Network Configuration via C...

Page 52: ...o a computer s Ethernet port 3 On the connected computer launch a web browser to access the PX3 using either link local addressing pdu local or 169 254 x x See Login on page 127 RJ45 to DB9 Cable Requ...

Page 53: ...automatic and manual installation Automatic driver installation is highly recommended Automatic driver installation in Windows 1 Make sure the PX3 is NOT connected to the computer via a USB cable 2 R...

Page 54: ...ds set line dev ttyACM0 Connect Initial Network Configuration via CLI After the PX3 is connected to your network you must provide it with an IP address and some additional networking information This...

Page 55: ...to save changes To abort type cancel Commands for wired networking The ipvX variable in the following commands is either ipv4 or ipv6 depending on the type of IP protocol you are configuring For PX2...

Page 56: ...ip address ip 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 IP...

Page 57: ...sid AP MAC address or none 802 11n protocol network wireless enableHT option option true or false Authentication method network wireless authMethod method method psk or eap PSK network wireless PSK ps...

Page 58: ...m The content to be copied from the CA certificate does NOT include the first line containing BEGIN CERTIFICATE and the final line containing END CERTIFICATE If a certificate is installed configure th...

Page 59: ...show network The IP address configured may take seconds to take effect Bulk Configuration Methods If you have to set up multiple PX3 devices you can use one of the following configuration methods to...

Page 60: ...PX3 devices share one Ethernet connection by cascading them via one of the interfaces below USB interface for cascading multiple PX3 or multiple iX7 PDUs Ethernet interface for cascading multiple iX7...

Page 61: ...network If the master device is a PX3 iX7 PDU with two Ethernet ports DO NOT connect both ports to the network s in this mode Note The port forwarding mode does NOT have such a restriction In the port...

Page 62: ...first before establishing the chain All cascading modes support a maximum of 16 devices in a chain For more information on the USB cascading configuration see the Cascading Guide which is available f...

Page 63: ...the master device to the LAN using a method below Bridging mode Use a standard network patch cable CAT5e or higher Port Forwarding mode Use a standard network patch cable or a Raritan USB WIFI wirele...

Page 64: ...working to work properly By default the Ethernet interface is enabled The distance between two Ethernet cascaded PDUs can be up to 100 meters but the distance between two USB cascaded PDUs supports up...

Page 65: ...on 43 If wanted you can mix Ethernet and USB cascading in a PX3 iX7 cascading chain The following diagram illustrates such a chain For instructions on USB cascading see Cascading the PX3 via USB on pa...

Page 66: ...T5e or higher Port Forwarding mode Use a standard network patch cable or a Raritan USB WIFI wireless LAN adapter For information on the Raritan USB WIFI adapter see USB Wireless LAN Adapters on page 2...

Page 67: ...e master device must have only one upstream device Each cascaded device except for the last slave device must have only one downstream device Use only one cable to cascade two devices That is NO simul...

Page 68: ...Chapter 3 Initial Installation and Configuration 46 One cascaded device has two upstream devices via Ethernet and USB cables One cascaded device has two downstream devices...

Page 69: ...rpose the term power sharing mode is used to describe the status when the 12V power supply from the inlet to an iX7 controller fails and that iX7 controller is receiving power from another iX7 PDU Bef...

Page 70: ...configure control their settings Operate the front panel display Exception Operation of the front panel display is NOT available on a PX3 with residual current monitoring because it assumes that there...

Page 71: ...igurations and Restrictions on page 50 The supported maximum power sharing distance is 2 meters Make a power sharing connection 1 Get a standard network patch cable Cat5e 6 which can be up to 2 meters...

Page 72: ...a power sharing connection Configuration limitations on both PDUs No USB wireless LAN adapter is connected That is you have to connect both PDUs to a wired network if LAN access is wanted No asset man...

Page 73: ...ed that is 12 DX sensor packages See DX Sensor Packages on page 63 However there are DX restrictions when DPX3 ENVHUB4 is used and there are also door handles related restrictions DX sensor restrictio...

Page 74: ...3 or up to 2 additional DX sensor packages can be additionally connected Raritan s sensor hubs must NOT be used When there is only 1 handle connected up to 12 sensor packages of DPX DPX2 DPX3 or up to...

Page 75: ...PX2 DPX3 and DX sensor packages For detailed information on each sensor package refer to the Environmental Sensors Guide or Online Help on the Raritan website s Support page http www raritan com suppo...

Page 76: ...directly connect a DPX with a factory installed sensor cable An RJ 12 to RJ 45 adapter is required to connect a DPX sensor package to the PX3 a Connect the adapter s RJ 12 connector to the DPX sensor...

Page 77: ...DPX sensor packages only Do NOT connect DPX2 DPX3 or DX sensor packages to it DPX ENVHUB4 sensor hubs CANNOT be cascaded You can connect only one hub to each SENSOR port on the PX3 Tip The Raritan se...

Page 78: ...ges Using an Optional DPX ENVHUB2 cable A Raritan DPX ENVHUB2 cable doubles the number of connected environmental sensors per SENSOR port This cable supports DPX sensor packages only Do NOT connect DP...

Page 79: ...Connecting External Equipment Optional 57 2 The cable has two RJ 12 sensor ports Connect DPX sensor packages to the cable s sensor ports 3 Repeat the above steps if there are additional SENSOR ports o...

Page 80: ...han the Raritan s sensor hubs If using a DPX ENVHUB4 sensor hub the cabling distance between the PX3 and the sensor hub is up to 33 10 m Maximum distance illustration The following illustrates the max...

Page 81: ...12 connector and one to three head connectors You have to connect DPX2 sensor packages to the sensor cable For more information on DPX2 sensor packages access the Environmental Sensors Guide or Online...

Page 82: ...sensor package with a DPX2 sensor package To connect DPX2 sensor packages to the PX3 1 Connect a DPX2 sensor package to the first head connector of the DPX2 sensor cable 2 Connect remaining DPX2 sens...

Page 83: ...5 You can cascade a maximum of 12 DPX3 sensor packages Numbers Components RJ 45 ports each of which is located on either end of a DPX3 sensor package LED for indicating the sensor status To connect DP...

Page 84: ...d of a DPX3 sensor chain It is strongly recommended to use an RJ 12 to RJ 45 adapter for connecting the DPX2 to the final DPX3 in the chain The maximum number of DPX3 sensor packages in the chain must...

Page 85: ...emember that the PX3 only supports a maximum of 32 sensors and or actuators If there are more than 32 sensors and or actuators connected every sensor and or actuator after the 32nd one is NOT managed...

Page 86: ...X package b Plug the other end into either RJ 45 port on an additional DX package Repeat the same steps to cascade more DX packages Exception You CANNOT cascade DX PD2C5 sensor packages A PX3 device s...

Page 87: ...of DX sensor packages in the chain must be less than 12 when a DPX2 sensor package is involved When connecting a DPX2 sensor package containing three DPX2 sensors A maximum of nine DX sensor packages...

Page 88: ...uding DPX DPX2 DPX3 and DX sensor packages To connect diverse types of sensor packages to this sensor hub you must follow the combinations shown in the section titled Mixing Diverse Sensor Types on pa...

Page 89: ...pter 4 Connecting External Equipment Optional 67 This diagram illustrates a configuration with a sensor hub connected The PX3 A standard network cable DPX3 ENVHUB4 sensor hub Any Raritan sensor packag...

Page 90: ...g different sensor types remember that the PX3 supports a maximum of 32 sensors actuators 1 DX 1 DPX It is strongly recommended to use an RJ 12 to RJ 45 adapter to connect the DPX sensor package to th...

Page 91: ...o DPX3 ENVHUB4 In the following diagrams the sensor package in green can be replaced by a DPX2 sensor package The sensor package in blue can be one DPX2 DPX3 or DX sensor package This section only ill...

Page 92: ...Chapter 4 Connecting External Equipment Optional 70...

Page 93: ...versa The total number of sensor packages in this chain cannot exceed 12 For example the following diagram shows a sensor chain comprising both DX and DPX3 sensor packages You can add a DPX2 sensor pa...

Page 94: ...n electronic ID to identify and locate the IT device Warning The PX3 does NOT support simultaneous connection of both DX PD2C5 and asset management strip s so do NOT connect both of them at the same t...

Page 95: ...strip Make sure that the U shaped sheet metal adjacent to the male DIN connector is inserted into the rear slot of the master strip Screw up the U shaped sheet metal to reinforce the connection 2 Con...

Page 96: ...able tags The only difference is that programmable asset tags allow you to customize each tag s ID or barcode number while non programmable ones have factory default ID or barcode numbers which you ca...

Page 97: ...device supplies power to the connected asset strip assembly All LEDs on the asset strip assembly may cycle through different colors during the power on process if the asset strip s firmware is being...

Page 98: ...g port on the regular or composite asset strip A blade extension strip contains 4 to 16 tag ports The following diagrams illustrate a tag connector cable and a blade extension strip with 16 tag ports...

Page 99: ...nect the tag connector cable to the blade extension strip Plug the cable s connector into the socket at either end of the blade extension strip 2 Move the blade extension strip toward the bottom of th...

Page 100: ...cted to the blade extension strip via asset tags 5 Plug the tag connector of the blade extension strip into the closest tag port of the regular or composite asset strip on the rack 6 Repeat the above...

Page 101: ...following diagram illustrates AMS M3 Z A Two RJ 45 connectors B Tag ports To connect composite asset strips to the PX3 device 1 Connect a composite asset strip to the PX3 device via a standard networ...

Page 102: ...ht of all connecting cables 4 Repeat Step 2 to connect IT devices to the other composite asset strips in the chain Important Different types of composite asset strips can be mixed in a chain only when...

Page 103: ...aimed that they will work properly Tip You can easily find a list of UVC compliant webcams on the Internet The PX3 supports up to two webcams After connecting a webcam you can retrieve visual informat...

Page 104: ...t the GSM modem 1 Connect the GSM modem to the serial port labeled CONSOLE MODEM on the PX3 For iX7 a third party RJ 45 to DB9 male adapter cable is required for this connection See RJ45 to DB9 Cable...

Page 105: ...dem 2 Plug the modem s RS 232 cable into the serial port labeled CONSOLE MODEM on the PX3 For iX7 a third party RJ 45 to DB9 male adapter cable is required for this connection See RJ45 to DB9 Cable Re...

Page 106: ...device For more information on the LHX SHX heat exchanger see the user documentation accompanying that product To establish a connection between the PDU and LHX SHX heat exchanger an RJ 45 to RS 232...

Page 107: ...ents 85 Circuit Breakers 118 Fuse 120 Beeper 123 Replaceable Controller 124 Panel Components The PX3 comes in Zero U 1U and 2U sizes All types of models come with the following components on the outer...

Page 108: ...PX3 for appropriate input ratings or range of ratings There is no power switch on the PX3 device To power cycle the PDU unplug it from the branch circuit wait 10 seconds and then plug it back in Besid...

Page 109: ...available PX3 2000 Series These models are outlet switching capable A small LED is adjacent to each outlet to indicate the state of the relay board LED state Outlet status What it means Not lit Power...

Page 110: ...n the model you purchased Note that port locations on your models may be different from these images 7 ports on PX3 models CONSOLE MODEM port x 1 DB9 Sensor port x 1 yellow USB A port x 2 USB B port x...

Page 111: ...a computer and the PX3 for using the command line interface or performing the disaster recovery For disaster recovery instructions contact Raritan Technical Support USB A This is a host port which is...

Page 112: ...administer or access the PX3 remotely There are two small LEDs adjacent to the port Green indicates a physical link and activity Yellow indicates communications at 10 100 BaseT speeds Note Connection...

Page 113: ...with PX3 iX7 Models on page 42 Note The yellow LED of the ETH 10 100 port has NO function so it will not be lit regardless of the communication status EXPANSION Connecting to the EXPANSION port of ano...

Page 114: ...e User Guide are for Zero U models Your dot matrix LCD may look slightly different if it is a 1U 2U model Zero U models automatically adjust the orientation of the content shown on the dot matrix LCD...

Page 115: ...tic mode See Front Panel Settings on page 324 Manual mode To view more information or control outlets if your PX3 is outlet switching capable enter the manual mode Press or to enter the manual mode wh...

Page 116: ...ntroduction to PDU Components 94 Control Buttons Use the control buttons to navigate to the menu in the manual mode PX3 button PX3 iX7 button Function Up Down OK Back OR Switch between automatic and m...

Page 117: ...ur model supports outlet switching Control actuators if any Color changes of the display s top and bottom bars In the manual mode both the top and bottom bars will turn yellow or red to indicate the p...

Page 118: ...commands depending on the model Control buttons that can be used and the system time are shown at the bottom of the LCD display If any alerts exist the top and bottom bars on the LCD display change t...

Page 119: ...e 103 Only PX3 models with overcurrent protectors have this menu item Outlets This menu command is NOT available on PX3 1000 and PX3 2000 series Shows each outlet s information If your PX3 supports ou...

Page 120: ...same information is available in the web interface s Dashboard See Dashboard Alerted Sensors on page 140 If there are no alerted sensors the LCD display shows the message No Alerts To view alerted se...

Page 121: ...l pages When there are multiple pages page numbers appear in the top right corner of the display PDU Depending on the model you purchased the PDU menu command may show one or all of the following data...

Page 122: ...reason of turning on the beeper is indicated and the top bottom bars turn red 3 If your PDU is a PX3 with iX7 controller press to show the status of the 12V power supply to the controller For details...

Page 123: ...mation of total active power W and total active energy Wh 5 To return to the Main Menu press Inlet An inlet s information is separated into two pages Page numbers are indicated in the top right corner...

Page 124: ...tive energy Wh 3 To go to other page s press or For a single phase model the second page shows the inlet s voltage V frequency Hz and current A For a three phase model the next several pages respectiv...

Page 125: ...The LCD display shows a list of overcurrent protectors similar to the following diagram Number Description Overcurrent protector names Associated lines and rated current are displayed below each overc...

Page 126: ...e Main Menu and press 2 The display shows a list of environmental sensors actuators similar to the following diagram If the desired sensor or actuator is not visible press or to scroll up or down When...

Page 127: ...r Warning above upper warning Upper Critical above upper critical On Off A numeric sensor shows both the reading and state A state sensor or actuator shows the state only 3 To view an environmental se...

Page 128: ...PX2 and DPX3 sensor packages provide the chain position information If this sensor or actuator is on a sensor package with multiple channels such as DX D2C6 its channel number is indicated as Channel...

Page 129: ...re are no Raritan asset management strips connected the LCD display shows the message No asset strips connected for the Assets menu command After connecting asset strips only the information of the ra...

Page 130: ...ber of the tags attached to the asset strip In the following diagram this number is 30 Blade Tags number of the tags attached to the blade extension strip s if any In the following diagram this number...

Page 131: ...4 Press again to show a list of available tags and their information When the list exceeds one page the currently selected main tag and total of available main tags are indicated in the top right corn...

Page 132: ...show up when no name is available If the connected tag is the blade extension strip it shows blade extension and indicates how many tags and slots are available on this extension strip A color box wh...

Page 133: ...mber of each asset tag The connected asset tag s ID number barcode Device Info The display shows the device s information network and IPv4 IPv6 settings through various pages Page numbers are indicate...

Page 134: ...omponents 112 Number Description Device ratings including rated voltage frequency current and power 3 Press to show the Network Common page Number Description DNS servers Default gateways 4 Press to s...

Page 135: ...age Port Forwarding Master This device s cascading mode is set to Port Forwarding and it is a master device Port Forwarding Slave This device s cascading mode is set to Port Forwarding and it is a sla...

Page 136: ...tion to PDU Components 114 5 Press to show the ETHERNET page For PX3 iX7 PDUs there are two Ethernet pages ETH1 and ETH2 Number Description Ethernet interface information including MAC address Speed F...

Page 137: ...or prefix length such as 24 Note If you disable any Ethernet interface a message Interface Disabled is shown See Ethernet Interface Settings on page 221 If you do not enable IPv4 IPv6 settings an IPv...

Page 138: ...e screen s background turns red For additional information on colors see Yellow or Red Highlighted Sensors on page 180 The following illustrates the alerts notice in the red screen Number Description...

Page 139: ...et Button The reset button is located inside the small hole near the display panel on the PDU The PX3 device can be reset to its factory default values using this button when a serial connection is av...

Page 140: ...en a circuit breaker trips power flow ceases to all outlets connected to it You must manually reset the circuit breaker so that affected outlets can resume normal operation Depending on the model you...

Page 141: ...same To reset the handle type breakers 1 Lift the hinged cover over the breaker 2 Check if the colorful rectangle or triangle below the operating handle is GREEN indicating that the breaker has tripp...

Page 142: ...fuse must be the same as the original one Use of inappropriately rated fuse results in damage to the PDU and connected equipment electric shock fire personal injury or death Depending on the design of...

Page 143: ...Insert a new fuse into the holder There is no orientation limit for fuse insertion 6 Close the fuse holder and the hinged cover in a reverse order Fuse Replacement on 1U Models On the 1U model a fuse...

Page 144: ...knob out of the fuse carrier 3 Remove the original fuse from this knob and insert either end of a new one into the knob Make sure the new fuse s rating is the same as the original one Number Descripti...

Page 145: ...hat the corresponding fuse LED is lit indicating that the fuse works properly Beeper The PX3 includes an internal beeper to issue an audible alarm for an overcurrent protector which is open The beeper...

Page 146: ...se a new controller from Raritan 1U 2U PDUs and all of PX3 3000 series do NOT support this feature To request a new controller Contact tech raritan com to request a new PX3 controller Include these de...

Page 147: ...Chapter 5 Introduction to PDU Components 125 3 Disconnect the PDU s controller cable from the controller 4 Get a new PX3 controller and install it back into the PDU in the reverse order...

Page 148: ...plorer 11 Windows Edge Firefox 25 and later Safari Mac Google Chrome 52 and later Android 4 2 and later iOS 7 0 and later Note Depending on the browser you use spin controls similar to may or may not...

Page 149: ...ou can immediately go to that page after login See Quick Access to a Specific Page on page 134 2 If any security alert message appears accept it 3 The login screen displays Type your user name and pas...

Page 150: ...ave both the Change Local User Management and Change Security Settings permissions you can choose to either change your password or ignore it Not Now ignores the request for this time only Do not ask...

Page 151: ...password managers Logout After finishing your tasks you should log out to prevent others from accessing the PX3 web interface To log out without closing the web browser Click Logout on the top right...

Page 152: ...the Web Interface 130 4 To return to the main menu and the Dashboard page click on the top left corner Number Web interface element Menu on page 132 Data setup page of the selected menu item Left side...

Page 153: ...tings Logout button From top to bottom Your PX3 model Current firmware version Online Documentation link to the PX3 online help See Browsing through the Online Help on page 694 Raritan Support link to...

Page 154: ...ry of the PX3 status including a list of alerted sensors and alarms if any See Dashboard on page 135 PDU Device data and settings such as the device name and MAC address See PDU on page 145 Inlet Inle...

Page 155: ...port s which can be one of the following Asset Strip External Beeper LHX 20 SHX 30 LHX 40 Power CIM See Feature Port on page 193 Webcam Webcam Snapshots The webcam related menu items appear only when...

Page 156: ...esired page rather than the Dashboard page If needed you can even send the URL to other users so that they can immediately see that page after login using their own user credentials URL examples In th...

Page 157: ...indicating the list is sorted in the descending order 4 To resort the list based on a different column click a different column header 5 The arrow now appears adjacent to the selected column header i...

Page 158: ...e Dashboard OCP on page 139 Alerted Sensors When no sensors enter the alarmed state this section shows the message No Alerted Sensors When any sensor enters the alarmed state this section lists all of...

Page 159: ...rd Inlet I1 The number of phases shown in the Inlet section varies depending on the model Link to the Inlet page To view more information or configure the inlet s click this section s title Inlet I1 t...

Page 160: ...ngle phase device it shows only one line but for a three phase device it shows three lines L1 L2 and L3 Inlet data from top to bottom includes RMS current A A bar showing the RMS current level RMS vol...

Page 161: ...current A A bar showing OCP current levels OCP status open or closed Associated line pair and the OCP current rating A The RMS current bars automatically change colors to indicate the current status...

Page 162: ...led information or configure each alerted sensor you can click each sensor s name to go to individual sensor pages See Individual Sensor Actuator Pages on page 188 If wanted you can resort the list by...

Page 163: ...f alerted sensors Two icons are used to indicate various sensor states Icons Sensor states For numeric sensors above upper warning below lower warning For numeric sensors above upper critical below lo...

Page 164: ...were abnormal events within the past tens of minutes The default is to show the inlet s active power data You can have it show the waveform of other inlet power data Simply select a different data ty...

Page 165: ...rding to the colors of the selected inlet checkboxes as illustrated below Dashboard Alarms If configuring any event rules which require users to take the acknowledgment action the Alarms section will...

Page 166: ...st time Last Appearance The date and time when the event indicated in the Reason column occurred for the last time Count The number of times the event indicated in the Reason column has occurred More...

Page 167: ...erial number MAC address Rating Internal beeper state on page 148 Status of 12V power supply sensor for iX7 Only on page 154 To configure global settings 1 Click Edit Settings 2 Now you can configure...

Page 168: ...for a minimum of 10 seconds before powering it up again Otherwise the default outlet state settings may not work properly You can override the global outlet state setting on a per outlet basis so spe...

Page 169: ...ator Pages on page 188 Peripheral Device Auto Management Enables or disables the automatic management feature for Raritan environmental sensor packages The default is to enable it See How the Automati...

Page 170: ...to reset the active energy reading of an individual inlet only See Inlet on page 155 To view total active energy and power on multi inlet models If your PX3 is a multi inlet model a Power section for...

Page 171: ...Event Action triggered by rule XXX Scenarios when the beeper sounds an alarm Any overcurrent protector on the PX3 including fuses and circuit breakers has tripped or blown See Beeper on page 123 You...

Page 172: ...DU trip circuit breakers when power is applied to the PDU This is the factory default operating mode Latching Mode Relay does not open when power is lost This is the preferred operating mode ONLY if y...

Page 173: ...arging Tip When there are a large number of outlets set the value to a lower number so that you can avoid a long wait before all outlets are available Inrush Current and Inrush Guard Delay Inrush curr...

Page 174: ...or actuators Free Form Any alphanumeric string can be used for specifying the Z coordinate The value can be 0 to 24 characters long How the Automatic Management Function Works This setting is configur...

Page 175: ...Thresholds for total active energy and total active power are disabled by default You can enable and set them so that you are alerted when the total active energy or total active power hits a certain...

Page 176: ...e corresponding checkbox Type a new value in the accompanying text box For concepts of thresholds deassertion hysteresis and assertion timeout see Sensor Threshold Settings on page 675 5 Click Save 12...

Page 177: ...t You can view all inlet information configure inlet related settings or reset the inlet active energy on the Inlet page To open this page click Inlet in the Menu on page 132 Inlet thresholds when ena...

Page 178: ...llowed by its label in parentheses To reset the inlet s active energy counter Only users with the Admin role assigned can reset active energy readings The energy reset feature per inlet is especially...

Page 179: ...Current Monitor is displayed on the Inlet page See Web Interface Operations for RCM on page 591 Configuring a Multi Inlet Model If the PX3 has more than one inlet the Inlets page lists all inlets To...

Page 180: ...ed with the disabled inlet The outlet switching capability if available for all outlets associated with the disabled inlet Exception All active energy sensors continue to accumulate data regardless of...

Page 181: ...operations PX3 1000 series does not have power control buttons Go to an individual outlet s data setup page by clicking an outlet s name See Individual Outlet Pages on page 165 If wanted you can reso...

Page 182: ...Critical Outlets on page 163 Activate Load Shedding OR Deactivate Load Shedding Load Shedding Mode on page 164 To power control multiple outlets You can switch any outlet regardless of its current po...

Page 183: ...nfirm the operation on the confirmation message Tip To reset ALL active energy counters on the PX3 see PDU on page 145 You can also power control an outlet from Individual Outlet Pages on page 165 5 W...

Page 184: ...rder in which the outlets power ON This is useful when there is a specific order in which some IT equipment should be powered up first In addition you can make a delay occur between two outlets that a...

Page 185: ...ets Outlets that are turned off when load shedding is activated are called non critical Outlets that are not affected by load shedding are called critical outlets See Load Shedding Mode on page 164 Pe...

Page 186: ...ivated the PX3 turns back on all non critical outlets that were ON before entering the load shedding mode Activation of load shedding can be accomplished using the web interface SNMP or CLI or trigger...

Page 187: ...tlets Overview Page on page 162 To exit from the load shedding mode 1 On the Outlets page click Deactivate Load Shedding 2 Click Deactivate on the confirmation message Now you can turn on off any outl...

Page 188: ...witching capable models show the power control buttons and you must have the Switch Outlet permission for performing outlet switching operations Therefore PX3 1000 series does not support the followin...

Page 189: ...age 150 Note that any option other than PDU defined will override the global outlet state setting on this particular outlet Power off period during power cycle Select an option to determine how long t...

Page 190: ...king the Inlet or Overcurrent Protector links in the Details section Detailed Information on Outlet Pages Each outlet s data page has the Details section for showing general outlet information Details...

Page 191: ...tions for Individual Outlets There are two options for setting the power off period during the power cycle on each individual outlet s page See Individual Outlet Pages on page 165 Option Function PDU...

Page 192: ...yellow See Yellow or Red Highlighted Sensors on page 180 To open the OCPs page click OCPs in the Menu on page 132 You can go to each OCP s data setup page by clicking its name on this page If wanted y...

Page 193: ...you identify the OCP whose RMS current enters the warning or critical level with the yellow or red color In addition you can have the PX3 automatically generate alert notifications for any warning or...

Page 194: ...s physical number Status open or closed Type This OCP s type Rating This OCP s rated current Lines Lines associated with this OCP Protected Outlets Outlets associated with this OCP Inlet Inlet associa...

Page 195: ...lick the Thresholds title bar at the bottom of the page to display the threshold data 2 Click the RMS current sensor required and then click Edit Thresholds 3 Make changes as needed To enable any thre...

Page 196: ...lds for multiple OCPs at a time see OCPs on page 170 Other operations You can go to another OCP s data setup page by clicking the OCP selector on the top left corner You can go to the associated Inlet...

Page 197: ...d sensors actuators only and retrieves their data It does not communicate with unmanaged ones See Managed vs Unmanaged Sensors Actuators on page 181 When the number of managed sensors actuators has no...

Page 198: ...actuator is never highlighted Column Description Name By default the PX3 assigns a name comprising the following two elements to a newly managed sensor actuator Sensor actuator type such as Temperatu...

Page 199: ...ou cannot manage additional ones The only way to manage any sensor actuator is to release or replace any managed ones To replace a managed sensor actuator see Managing One Sensor or Actuator on page 1...

Page 200: ...Managing One Sensor or Actuator on page 186 4 Now released sensors actuators become unmanaged Managed ones show one of the managed states To configure default threshold settings Note that any changes...

Page 201: ...d Settings on page 675 4 Click Save Tip To customize the threshold settings on a per sensor basis go to Individual Sensor Actuator Pages on page 188 To turn on or off any actuator s 1 Select one or mu...

Page 202: ...presents any numeric sensor s reading The symbol means smaller than or equal to Sensor status Color States shown in the interface Description unavailable Sensor state or readings cannot be detected Un...

Page 203: ...y sensor implemented on that device fails it is also highlighted in red Managed vs Unmanaged Sensors Actuators To manually manage or unmanage release a sensor or actuator see Peripherals on page 175 M...

Page 204: ...aged Available sensor states depend on the sensor type numeric or state sensors For example a contact closure sensor is a state sensor so it switches between three states only unavailable alarmed and...

Page 205: ...which is available on Raritan s Support page http www raritan com support Managed actuator states State Description on The actuator is turned on off The actuator is turned off unavailable The communi...

Page 206: ...l number tag on the sensor cable A DPX2 DPX3 or DX sensor package has a serial number tag attached to its rear side The serial number for each sensor or actuator appears listed in the web interface af...

Page 207: ...sensor port number only For example Port 1 DPX2 DPX3 and DX series show both the sensor port number and its position in a sensor chain For example Port 1 Chain Position 2 If a Raritan DPX3 ENVHUB4 se...

Page 208: ...of information The hub s position in the sensor chain Chain Position 1 The hub port where this particular sensor package is connected Hub Port 2 The sensor actuator is located in the 3rd sensor packa...

Page 209: ...r if the number you selected has been assigned to a specific sensor actuator Tip The information in parentheses following each ID number indicates whether the number has been assigned to a sensor or a...

Page 210: ...data setup page is opened after clicking any sensor or actuator name on the Peripheral Devices page See Peripherals on page 175 Note that only a numeric sensor has threshold settings while a state se...

Page 211: ...e Use Default Thresholds checkbox The default threshold settings are configured on the page of Peripherals on page 175 To customize the threshold settings for this particular sensor deselect the Use D...

Page 212: ...detects the vibration of the floor Name A name for the sensor or actuator Description Any descriptive text you want Location X Y and Z Describe the sensor s or actuator s location in the data center...

Page 213: ...waveform This sensor s data within the past tens of minutes is shown in the waveform diagram Note that only a numeric sensor has this diagram State sensors and actuators do not show such data To turn...

Page 214: ...in the data center See Individual Sensor Actuator Pages on page 188 The X Y and Z values act as additional attributes and are not tied to any specific measurement scheme Therefore you can use non meas...

Page 215: ...er An external beeper with the RJ 45 socket LHX 20 Schroff LHX 20 heat exchanger SHX 30 Schroff SHX 30 heat exchanger LHX 40 Schroff LHX 40 heat exchanger Power CIM This type represents one of the fol...

Page 216: ...the Feature Port page by clicking it in the Menu on page 132 From this page you can enable or disable this port s detection capability or force it to show a specific device s data settings even thoug...

Page 217: ...s Asset Strip in place of Feature Port in the menu Note For connection instructions see Connecting Asset Management Strips on page 72 To open the Asset Strip page click it in the Menu on page 132 On t...

Page 218: ...ring starts from the lowest rack unit of a rack cabinet Numbering Offset The start number in the rack unit numbering For example if this value is set to 3 then the first number is 3 the second number...

Page 219: ...ustrated below The Index number is the physical tag port number printed on the asset strip which is not configurable However its order will change to reflect the latest rack unit numbering A blade ext...

Page 220: ...appears 2 Make changes to the information by typing a new value or clicking that field to select a different option Field Description Name Name for this rack unit For example you can name it based on...

Page 221: ...what LED color is shown for this rack unit if the LED is lit To expand a blade extension strip A blade extension strip like an asset strip has multiple tag ports An extension strip is marked with a g...

Page 222: ...Chapter 6 Using the Web Interface 200 2 All tag ports of the blade extension strip are listed below it Their port numbers are displayed in the Slot column To hide the blade extension slots list click...

Page 223: ...In addition you can also customize the ID of a blade extension strip If a barcode reader is intended connect it to the computer you use to access the PX3 1 Click Program Asset IDs 2 In the Asset ID c...

Page 224: ...to 12 characters that comprise only numbers and or UPPER CASE alphabets Lower case alphabets are NOT accepted 3 Verify the correctness of customized asset IDs and modify as needed 4 Click Apply at th...

Page 225: ...rough diverse colors A firmware upgrade process is indicated in the PX3 web interface An SNMP trap is sent to indicate the firmware upgrade event External Beeper After connecting and detecting a suppo...

Page 226: ...h the following Name the heat exchanger Monitor LHX SHX built in sensors and device states Configure the air outlet temperature setpoint Configure the default fan speed Configure the air temperature f...

Page 227: ...2 Configure the settings as needed Provide a customized name Specify the desired air outlet setpoint temperature Specify the default fan speed 3 Click Save To view all sensor data and configure thresh...

Page 228: ...urned on Available time units in the statistics h hour s d day s Request maximum cooling Only SHX 30 supports this feature See SHX Request Maximum Cooling on page 206 SHX Request Maximum Cooling The P...

Page 229: ...r Management menu deals with user accounts permissions and preferred measurement units on a per user basis The PX3 is shipped with one built in administrator account admin which is ideal for initial l...

Page 230: ...ds showing the message required User information Field setting Description User Name The name the user enters to log in to the PX3 4 to 32 characters Case sensitive Spaces are NOT permitted Full Name...

Page 231: ...setting Description Enable SNMPv3 Select this checkbox when intending to permit the SNMPv3 access by this user Note The SNMPv3 protocol must be enabled for SNMPv3 access See Configuring SNMP Settings...

Page 232: ...nfirm Password Type the privacy password if the Same as Authentication Password checkbox is deselected The password must consist of 8 to 32 ASCII printable characters Protocol This section is configur...

Page 233: ...permissions To select all roles select the top most checkbox in the header row If the built in roles do not satisfy your needs add new roles by clicking See Creating Roles on page 213 The Operator rol...

Page 234: ...ormation on each field see Creating Users on page 208 To change the password type a new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields If the password field is left blank the password remains un...

Page 235: ...ge Alarms Change Own Password Change Pdu Inlet Outlet Overcurrent Protector Configuration Switch Outlet if your PX3 is outlet switching capable View Event Settings View Local Event Log If the two do n...

Page 236: ...12 Editing or Deleting Roles Choose User Management Roles to open the Roles page which lists all roles If wanted you can resort the list by clicking the desired column header See Sorting a List on pag...

Page 237: ...e Tip Preferences can also be changed by administrators for specific users on the Edit User page See Editing or Deleting Users on page 212 Measurement unit changes only apply to the web interface and...

Page 238: ...208 To set up default user preferences 1 Click User Management Default Preferences 2 Make changes as needed Field Description Temperature Unit Preferred units for temperatures Celsius or Fahrenheit L...

Page 239: ...247 Role Access Control Creating Role Access Control Rules on page 250 SSL Certificate Setting Up an SSL TLS Certificate on page 252 Authentication Setting Up External Authentication on page 257 Logi...

Page 240: ...of the BRIDGE interface function The IP parameters of the ETHERNET or ETH1 ETH2 and WIRELESS interfaces do NOT function To set up the network settings 1 Choose Device Settings Network 2 To use DHCP a...

Page 241: ...LDAP NTP SMTP SSH Telnet FTP SSL TLS SNMP SysLog Note The PX3 supports TLS 1 0 1 1 and 1 2 Wired Network Settings On the Network page click the ETHERNET or ETH1 ETH2 section to configure IPv4 IPv6 se...

Page 242: ...Example 192 168 84 99 24 IPv6 settings Field setting Description Enable IPv6 Enable or disable the IPv6 protocol IP Auto Configuration Select the method to configure IPv6 settings Automatic Auto conf...

Page 243: ...erver If DHCP or Automatic is selected for IPv4 IPv6 settings and there are NO static DNS servers specified the PX3 will use DHCP assigned DNS servers IPv4 IPv6 Routes You need to configure these sett...

Page 244: ...current status including the current speed and duplex mode Note Auto negotiation is disabled after setting both the speed and duplex settings of the PX3 to NON Auto values which may result in a duple...

Page 245: ...hentication data is required PSK A Pre Shared Key is required EAP PEAP Use Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol Only MSCHAPv2 is supported Enter required authentication data in the fields that...

Page 246: ...heckbox the authentication fails whenever any certificate in the selected certificate chain is outdated or not valid yet Allow wireless connection if system clock is incorrect When this checkbox is de...

Page 247: ...e 192 168 84 99 24 IPv6 settings Field setting Description Enable IPv6 Enable or disable the IPv6 protocol IP Auto Configuration Select the method to configure IPv6 settings Automatic Auto configure I...

Page 248: ...ings Network WIRELESS Show WLAN Diagnostic Log See Configuring Network Settings on page 218 2 To go to other pages of the log click the pagination bar at the bottom of the page If there are more than...

Page 249: ...e static IP addresses Most of local multiple networks are not directly reachable and require the use of a gateway Therefore we will select Gateway in the following examples If your local multiple netw...

Page 250: ...g the Web Interface 228 In this example NIC 2 192 168 100 88 is the next hop router for your PX3 to communicate with any device in the other subnet 192 168 200 0 In the IPv4 Static Routes section you...

Page 251: ...utes you can click on any route and then make changes use or to re sort the priority or click to delete it IPv6 example Your PX3 fd07 2fa 6cff 2405 30 Two NICs fd07 2fa 6cff 1111 50 and fd07 2fa 6cff...

Page 252: ...t Interface for static routes Then choose the interface where another network is connected Interface list for PX3 Interface name Description BRIDGE When another wired network is connected to the Ether...

Page 253: ...r device determines the Ethernet sharing method which is either network bridging or port forwarding See Overview of the Cascading Modes on page 233 Only a user with the Change Network Settings can con...

Page 254: ...ed as the downstream interface make sure the selected Ethernet interface is enabled 6 Now you can configure the network settings Bridging mode Click the BRIDGE section on the same page Port forwarding...

Page 255: ...a unique IP address In the Port Forwarding mode all cascaded devices share the same IP address Each cascaded device can be remotely accessed through the network regardless of the cascading mode Illus...

Page 256: ...rwarding mode all devices in the USB cascading configuration share the same IP address To access any cascaded device you must assign an appropriate port number to it Master device The port number is e...

Page 257: ...full list of each cascaded device s port numbers can be retrieved from the web interface Choose Maintenance Device Information Port Forwarding Standard TCP UDP ports The master device can be also acc...

Page 258: ...r the master device is 00 so each port number is 5NN00 as listed below Protocols Port numbers HTTPS 50000 HTTP 50100 SSH 50200 TELNET 50300 SNMP 50500 MODBUS 50600 Examples using 5NN00 ports To access...

Page 259: ...HTTPS the IP address is https 192 168 84 77 50001 To access Slave 1 via HTTP the IP address is http 192 168 84 77 50101 To access Slave 1 via SSH the command is ssh p 50201 192 168 84 77 Slave 2 devi...

Page 260: ...s or connect it to a computer 2 Log in to this device and set its cascading mode to be the same as the existing chain s cascading mode See Setting the Cascading Mode on page 231 3 Connect it to the ch...

Page 261: ...unication services HTTPS and HTTP enable the access to the web interface Telnet and SSH enable the access to the command line interface See Using the Command Line Interface on page 365 By default SSH...

Page 262: ...ferent network services cannot share the same TCP port 4 To redirect the HTTP access to the PX3 to HTTPS select the Redirect HTTP connections to HTTPS The redirection checkbox is configurable only whe...

Page 263: ...te Community String Usually the string is private 3 Enter the MIB II system group information if applicable sysContact the contact person in charge of the system sysName the name assigned to the syste...

Page 264: ...sent successfully the failure event and reason are available in the event log See Viewing or Clearing the Local Event Log on page 339 To set SMTP server settings 1 Choose Device Settings Network Serv...

Page 265: ...n you can Click Show to view the certificate s content Click Remove to delete the installed certificate if it is inappropriate Allow expired and not yet valid certificates Select this checkbox to make...

Page 266: ...e SSH settings 1 Choose Device Settings Network Services SSH 2 To enable or disable the SSH access select or deselect the checkbox 3 To use a different port type a port number 4 Select one of the auth...

Page 267: ...set it to the read only mode or change the TCP port To change the Modbus TCP settings 1 Choose Device Settings Network Services Modbus 2 To enable the Modbus TCP access select the Modbus TCP Access ch...

Page 268: ...e advertisement feature supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols 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 pr...

Page 269: ...page 266 Password Policy Configuring Password Policy on page 267 Service Agreement Enabling the Restricted Service Agreement on page 268 Creating IP Access Control Rules IP access control rules firew...

Page 270: ...the data sent from the PX3 5 Create rules See the tables for different operations ADD a rule to the end of the list Click Append Type an IP address and subnet mask in the IP Mask field Select an optio...

Page 271: ...dress range and or policy modify them accordingly Or you can delete any unnecessary rules To modify or delete a rule 1 Choose Device Settings Security IP Access Control 2 Go to the IPv4 or IPv6 sectio...

Page 272: ...ontrol for IPv4 checkbox to enable IPv4 access control rules 3 Determine the IPv4 default policy Allow Accepts traffic from all IPv4 addresses regardless of the user s role Deny Drops traffic from all...

Page 273: ...ontrol rules 1 On the same page select the Enable Role Based Access Control for IPv6 checkbox to enable IPv6 access control rules 2 Follow the same procedure as the above IPv4 rule setup to create IPv...

Page 274: ...connection are who they say they are To obtain a CA signed certificate 1 Create a Certificate Signing Request CSR on the PX3 See Creating a CSR on page 253 2 Submit it to a certificate authority CA Af...

Page 275: ...te or province where your company is located Locality The city where your company is located Organization The registered name of your company Organizational Unit The name of your department Common Nam...

Page 276: ...our computer click Download Key in the New SSL Certificate section Note The Download Key button in the Active SSL Certificate section is for downloading the private key of the currently installed cert...

Page 277: ...he city where your company is located Organization The registered name of your company Organizational Unit The name of your department Common Name The fully qualified domain name FQDN of your PX3 devi...

Page 278: ...than the newly created one Installing or Downloading Existing Certificate and Key You can download the already installed certificate and private key from any PX3 for backup or file transfer For examp...

Page 279: ...s appear Click to select the key and or certificate file 4 Click Upload The selected files are installed 5 To verify whether the certificate has been installed successfully check the data shown in the...

Page 280: ...Local authentication only users will have no access to the PX3 except for the admin who always can access the PX3 If the external authentication fails an Authentication failed message is displayed De...

Page 281: ...hering LDAP Radius Information It requires knowledge of your AA server settings to configure the PX3 for external authentication If you are not familiar with these settings consult your AA server admi...

Page 282: ...y the Radius server Adding LDAP LDAPS Servers To use LDAP authentication enable it and enter the information you have gathered Note that you must enter information in the fields showing the message re...

Page 283: ...lect this checkbox if it is required to validate the LDAP server s certificate by the PX3 prior to the connection If the certificate validation fails the connection is refused CA Certificate Consult y...

Page 284: ...s The object class for user entries Usually it is inetOrgPerson User Search Subfilter Search criteria for finding LDAP user objects within the directory tree Active Directory Domain The name of the Ac...

Page 285: ...S certificates if any may be considered expired To ensure proper synchronization administrators should configure the PX3 and the LDAP server to use the same NTP server s Adding Radius Servers To use R...

Page 286: ...sary to protect communication with the Radius server 4 To verify if the authentication configuration is set correctly click Test Connection to check whether the PX3 can connect to the new server succe...

Page 287: ...hanges For information on each field see Adding LDAP LDAPS Servers on page 260 or Adding Radius Servers on page 263 Click Delete to delete the server and then confirm the operation Click Test Connecti...

Page 288: ...o local authentication instead of external authentication through AA servers Determine the timeout period for any inactive user Prevent simultaneous logins using the same login name To configure user...

Page 289: ...mmands sent to the PX3 2 Select the Prevent concurrent login with same username checkbox if intending to prevent multiple persons from using the same login name simultaneously 3 Click Save Configuring...

Page 290: ...ord length accepted by the PX3 is 64 characters 2 Make changes to the default settings as needed 3 Click Save Enabling the Restricted Service Agreement The restricted service agreement feature if enab...

Page 291: ...ept the Restricted Service Agreement is displayed Setting the Date and Time Set the internal clock on the PX3 device manually or link to a Network Time Protocol NTP server Note If you are using Sunbir...

Page 292: ...nter any NTP servers for the First and Second NTP Server DHCP assigned NTP servers are available only when either IPv4 or IPv6 DHCP is enabled To use the manually specified NTP servers specify the pri...

Page 293: ...NTP servers may have a root dispersion of more than one second and therefore cannot synchronize with the PX3 When the NTP synchronization issue occurs change the dispersion settings to resolve it To...

Page 294: ...the PX3 email the temperature report every hour Note that you need the Administrator Privileges to configure event rules To create an event rule 1 Choose Device Settings Event Rules 2 If the needed a...

Page 295: ...built in event rules do not satisfy your needs create new rules Built in rules System Event Log Rule This causes ANY event occurred to the PX3 to be recorded in the internal log It is enabled by defau...

Page 296: ...In this example the Peripheral Device Slot is selected which is related to the environmental sensor packages Then a sensor ID field for this event type appears Click this additional field to specify w...

Page 297: ...the upper critical event 7 Select the desired radio button to finish the event configuration Refer to the following table for different types of radio buttons If needed you may refer to event rule exa...

Page 298: ...tion both when the event occurs asserts and when the event stops disappears deasserts State sensor state change Available radio buttons include Alarmed Open On No longer alarmed Closed Off and Both Al...

Page 299: ...th The PX3 takes the action when the chosen function is either enabled or disabled Restricted service agreement Accepted The PX3 takes the action only when the specified user accepts the restricted se...

Page 300: ...ted from it Both The PX3 takes the action both when the selected device is physically connected to it and when it is disconnected 12V Supply 1 Status Available radio buttons include Fault Ok and Both...

Page 301: ...te for asset strip STRIPID STRIPNAME status changed to STATE Asset Management Device Config Changed Config parameter PARAMETER of asset strip STRIPID STRIPNAME changed to VALUE by user USERNAME Asset...

Page 302: ...irmware upgraded successfully from version OLDVERSION to version VERSION by user USERNAME from host USERIP Device Firmware update failed Firmware upgrade failed from version OLDVERSION to version VERS...

Page 303: ...essage failed Sending Syslog message to server SYSLOGSERVER SYSLOGPORT SYSLOGTRANSPORTPROTO failed ERRORDESC Device Sending SMS message failed Sending SMS message to PHONENUMBER failed Device An LDAP...

Page 304: ...slot EXTSENSORSLOT deasserted below lower warning at READING Peripheral Device Slot Numeric Sensor Below lower critical threshold Peripheral device EXTSENSORNAME in slot EXTSENSORSLOT asserted below l...

Page 305: ...d The incoming call from caller CALLERID was disconnected CALLENDREASON Modem Modem attached A MODEMTYPE modem was attached Modem Modem detached A MODEMTYPE modem was removed Outlet Power control Powe...

Page 306: ...outlet OUTLET asserted above upper critical Sensor POLESENSOR on pole OUTLETPOLE of outlet OUTLET deasserted above upper critical Outlet Pole Sensor Above upper warning threshold Sensor POLESENSOR on...

Page 307: ...Load Shedding Mode by user USERNAME from host USERIP PX removed from Load Shedding Mode by user USERNAME from host USERIP PDU Sensor 12V Supply 1 Status fault Global sensor powerSupplyStatus1 entered...

Page 308: ...ings changed Password settings changed by user USERNAME from host USERIP User Administration Role added Role TARGETROLE added by user USERNAME from host USERIP User Administration Role modified Role T...

Page 309: ...LHXSENSORID on LHX at PORTTYPE port PORTID asserted below lower critical Sensor LHXSENSORID on LHX at PORTTYPE port PORTID deasserted below lower critical LHX SHX Base Electronics Failure The base el...

Page 310: ...X at PORTTYPE port PORTID is within thresholds LHX SHX Threshold Water Inlet The water inlet temperature threshold on LHX at PORTTYPE port PORTID was crossed The water inlet temperature on LHX at PORT...

Page 311: ...nd vice versa See Configuring SNMP Settings on page 241 System Tamper Alarm This action causes the PX3 to show the alarm for the DX tamper sensor if any on the Dashboard page until a person acknowledg...

Page 312: ...webcam storage Makes a connected webcam start or stop taking snapshots See Record Snapshots to Webcam Storage on page 295 Request LHX SHX maximum cooling Applies the maximum cooling to the LHX SHX dev...

Page 313: ...syslog server See Syslog Message on page 305 4 Enter the information as needed and click Create 5 Then you can assign the newly created action to an event rule or schedule it See Event Rules and Actio...

Page 314: ...of times the alert notification is resent Values range from 1 to infinite 7 Optional You can instruct the PX3 to send the acknowledgment notification after the alarm is acknowledged in the Acknowledgm...

Page 315: ...ld select either one below Start Load Shedding Enters the load shedding mode when the specified event occurs Stop Load Shedding Quits the load shedding mode when the specified event occurs External Be...

Page 316: ...rnal log The default log message generated for each type of event is available in the section titled Default Log Messages on page 278 Push Out Sensor Readings You can configure the PX3 to push sensor...

Page 317: ...elect Record snapshots to webcam storage from the Action list 3 Select a webcam in the Webcam field 4 Select the action to perform Start recording or Stop recording If Start recording is selected adju...

Page 318: ...ted LHX SHX field click that device s or click Deselect All Send Email You can configure emails to be sent when an event occurs and can customize the message Messages consist of a combination of free...

Page 319: ...atest readings or states of one or multiple sensors by sending a message or email or simply recording the report in a log These sensors can be either internal or environmental sensors as listed below...

Page 320: ...ensor a Click the first to select a target component from the list b Click the second to select the specific sensor for the target from the list c Click to add the selected sensor to the Report Sensor...

Page 321: ...logged into the device on TIMESTAMP translates to JQPublic logged into the device on 2012 January 30 21 00 For a list and definition of available variables see Email and SMS Message Placeholders on p...

Page 322: ...iguring SMTP Settings on page 242 5 Select the webcam that is capturing the images you want sent in the email 6 Adjust the values of the following Number of Snapshots the number of snapshots to be tak...

Page 323: ...P community string to access the device s The community is the group representing the PX3 and all SNMP management stations Tip An SNMP v2c notification action permits only a maximum of three SNMP dest...

Page 324: ...ation and privacy protocols are required Select the authentication protocol MD5 or SHA Enter the authentication passphrase and confirm the authentication passphrase Select the Privacy Protocol DES or...

Page 325: ...ration 1 Choose Device Settings Event Rules 2 Select Switch LHX SHX from the Action list 3 In the Operation field select Turn LHX SHX On or Turn LHX SHX Off 4 In the Available LHX SHX field select the...

Page 326: ...ctuator If you have any actuator connected to the PX3 you can set up the PX3 so it automatically turns on or off the system controlled by the actuator when a specific event occurs Note For information...

Page 327: ...ls Next steps UDP In the UDP Port field type an appropriate port number Default is 514 Select the Legacy BSD Syslog Protocol checkbox if applicable TCP NO TLS certificate is required Type an appropria...

Page 328: ...cified time when the buffer time is too short For example if you want an action to be performed at 11 00 am you should finish scheduling it at 10 59 am or earlier If the needed action is not available...

Page 329: ...lick The time is measured in 12 hour format so you must correctly specify AM or PM by clicking the AM PM button For example if you specify 01 30PM the action is performed at 13 30 pm every day Weekly...

Page 330: ...t sends an email to the desired recipient s For details see Send Email on page 296 In this example this action is named Email a Sensor Report If intended you can customize the email messages in this a...

Page 331: ...uickly find the desired placeholder If wanted you can resort the list by clicking the desired column header See Sorting a List on page 134 To make the Event Context Information disappear click anywher...

Page 332: ...ice EXTSENSORSLOT The ID of a peripheral device slot EXTSENSOR The peripheral device identifier IFNAME The human readable name of a network interface INLETPOLE The inlet power line identifier INLETSEN...

Page 333: ...ORTID The label of the external port the event triggering device is connected to PORTTYPE The type of the external port for example feature or auxiliary the event triggering device is connected to POW...

Page 334: ...sion the device is upgrading to Editing or Deleting a Rule Action You can change the settings of an event rule action or scheduled action or delete them Exception Some settings of the built in event r...

Page 335: ...nt of outlet 3 The event rule involves Event Outlet Outlet 3 Sensor Any sub event Action System SNMP Notification Action To create this outlet level event rule 1 For an event at the outlet level selec...

Page 336: ...sor related events 3 Select Any sub event to include all events related to all sensors of this inlet and all thresholds such as current voltage upper critical threshold upper warning threshold lower c...

Page 337: ...e that triggers the load shedding mode when the contact closure sensor enters the alarmed state This event rule involves the following Event Peripheral Device Slot Slot 1 State Sensor Actuator Alarmed...

Page 338: ...t in an action triggering one more event Example 1 This example illustrates an event rule which continuously causes the PX3 to send out email messages Event selected Action included Device Sending SMT...

Page 339: ...measured every second specifying a value of 60 for example would cause measurements to be written to the data log once every minute Since there are 120 measurements of storage per sensor specifying a...

Page 340: ...ortant Although it is possible to selectively enable disable logging for individual sensors on the PX3 it is NOT recommended to do so Configuring Data Push Settings You can push the sensor or asset st...

Page 341: ...ags and asset strips including asset tag connection or disconnection events Sensor log Transmit the record of all logged sensors including their sensor readings and or status Logged sensors refer to a...

Page 342: ...notifications or perform other actions for any server monitoring events you can create event rules See Event Rules and Actions on page 272 An example is available in Example Ping Monitoring and SNMP...

Page 343: ...add more IT devices repeat the same steps In the beginning the status of the added IT equipment shows Waiting for reliable connection which means the requested number of consecutive successful or uns...

Page 344: ...onitored by your PX3 to make sure that PDU is properly operating all the time and the PX3 must send out SNMP notifications trap or inform if that PDU is declared unreachable due to power or network fa...

Page 345: ...he target PDU enter the following data Field Data entered Wait time before resuming pinging after failure 60 The Number of consecutive failures before disabling feature 0 unlimited can be set to any v...

Page 346: ...s which does NOT provide inlet sensor information RCM self test available on those models which support residual current monitoring See PX3 Models with Residual Current Monitoring on page 588 To confi...

Page 347: ...it rate before connecting the supported device to the PX3 through the serial port or there are communication problems Note The serial port bit rate change is required when the PX3 works in conjunction...

Page 348: ...ear in the web interface after the PX3 detects the connection of an analog or GSM modem To configure the analog modem 1 Select the Answer incoming calls checkbox to enable the remote access via a mode...

Page 349: ...n either delete any existing script or simply modify replace an existing script s codes See Modifying or Deleting a Script on page 331 To write or load a Lua script 1 Choose Device Settings Lua Script...

Page 350: ...ve the Enable Syntax Highlighting checkbox selected unless you do not need different text colors to identify diverse code syntaxes To write a Lua script type the codes in the Source Code section To lo...

Page 351: ...arguments or with new arguments Tip To have the PX3 automatically start or stop a script in response to an event create an event rule See Event Rules and Actions on page 272 and Start or Stop a Lua Sc...

Page 352: ...ript Output section If needed click to delete the existing output data To manually stop a script 1 Choose Device Settings Lua Scripts 2 Click the desired script whose state is either Running or Restar...

Page 353: ...ts with the Restart column set to yes will show this state Autostart This column indicates whether the checkbox labeled Start automatically at system boot is enabled See Writing or Loading a Lua Scrip...

Page 354: ...LHX SHX support must be enabled in order for the LHX MIB to be accessible through SNMP If a Cisco EnergyWise energy management architecture is implemented in your place you can enable the Cisco Energ...

Page 355: ...ance Click Maintenance in the Menu on page 132 and the following submenu displays Submenu command Refer to Device Information Device Information on page 334 Connected Users Viewing Connected Users on...

Page 356: ...ice information such as model name serial number firmware version hardware revision MIB download link s and so on Note that the download link of LHX MIB is available only after enabling the Schroff LH...

Page 357: ...n and protocol version Identifying Cascaded Devices For information on how to cascade PX3 devices see Cascading Multiple PX3 Devices for Sharing Ethernet Connectivity on page 38 This section explains...

Page 358: ...e 231 BRIDGE section Indicates the device is in the bridging mode and its IP address Cascading information in the Port Forwarding mode The Common section contains three read only fields for indicating...

Page 359: ...ed no NO connection to a slave device is detected A master device shows 0 zero in the Cascade Position field and yes in the Cascaded Device Connected field A slave device in the middle position shows...

Page 360: ...the Port Forwarding title bar on the same page Viewing Connected Users You can check which users have logged in to the PX3 device and their status If you have administrator privileges you can termina...

Page 361: ...hich a user remains idle 2 To disconnect any user click the corresponding a Click Disconnect on the confirmation message b The disconnected user is forced to log out If there are live webcam sessions...

Page 362: ...the event Event type A description of the event 2 To view a specific type of events only select the desired event type in the Filter Event Class field To refresh the data press F5 as needed 3 To go t...

Page 363: ...l with X2 or X3 suffixes all inlets must be connected to power for the PDU to successfully upgrade its firmware Note that firmware upgrade via some mobile devices such as iPad requires the use of a fi...

Page 364: ...e latest release you are using See Using SNMP on page 357 Alternatives To use a different method to update the firmware refer to Firmware Update via SCP on page 535 Bulk Configuration or Firmware Upgr...

Page 365: ...des Upgrades through other management systems such as Sunbird s Power IQ may take additional time beyond the control of the PDU itself This note does not address the upgrades using other management sy...

Page 366: ...d exercise caution when distributing the configuration file to the PX3 devices in a different time zone than the source device Tip To back up or restore all settings of a particular PX3 device use the...

Page 367: ...played at the bottom of both the Bulk Configuration and Backup Restore pages Alternatives To use a different method to perform bulk configuration refer to Bulk Configuration via SCP on page 536 Bulk C...

Page 368: ...aved in the bulk configuration file include user and role configurations thresholds event rules security settings date time and so on Note Because the date and time settings are saved in the configura...

Page 369: ...e You must have the Administrator Privileges or Unrestricted View Privileges to download a backup file 1 Choose Maintenance Backup Restore 2 Click Download Device Settings Save the file to your comput...

Page 370: ...up restore refer to Backup and Restore via SCP on page 537 Network Diagnostics The PX3 provides the following tools in the web interface for diagnosing potential networking issues Ping The tool is use...

Page 371: ...ayed List TCP Connections 1 Click the List TCP Connections title bar to show the list Downloading Diagnostic Information Important This function is for use by Raritan Field Engineers or when you are d...

Page 372: ...evice 1 Choose Maintenance Unit Reset 2 Click Reboot to restart the PX3 3 A message appears with a countdown timer showing the remaining time of the operation It takes about one minute to complete 4 W...

Page 373: ...xt this link in the countdown message Alternative There are two more methods to reset the device to factory defaults Use the mechanical reset button Perform the CLI command For details see Resetting t...

Page 374: ...to snapshots or videos being captured by a webcam can be sent via email or instant message See Sending Snapshots or Videos in an Email or Instant Message on page 354 You can create event rules to tri...

Page 375: ...ebcam s factory defaults Settings 1 Click Edit Settings 2 Enter a name for the webcam Up to 64 characters are supported 3 Type the location information in each location field if needed Up to 63 charac...

Page 376: ...o even though User A logs out of the web interface or the login session times out the link remains available Another recipient s live preview session based on the same URL remains open That is User B...

Page 377: ...ds 10 To save more than 10 snapshots you must save the images on a Common Internet File System CIFS Samba Snapshots are saved as JPG files and named based on the sequential numbers such as 1 jpg 2 jpg...

Page 378: ...e settings 1 Click Settings 2 Click the Storage Type field to select the desired storage location and configure as needed Storage location Description Local Local means the PX3 This is default CIFS Sa...

Page 379: ...cation Pass Phrase and Privacy Pass Phrase which act as shared secrets between SNMP and the PX3 Important You must download the SNMP MIB for your PX3 to use with your SNMP manager See Downloading SNMP...

Page 380: ...tifications checkbox is selected 4 Select SNMPv2c Trap or SNMPv2c Inform as the notification type 5 Type values in the following fields Field Description Timeout The interval of time in seconds after...

Page 381: ...SNMP agent Port The port number used to access the device s User ID User name for accessing the device Make sure the user has the SNMP v3 access permission Timeout The interval of time in seconds aft...

Page 382: ...rase and then confirm the privacy passphrase 7 Click Save Downloading SNMP MIB You must download an appropriate SNMP MIB file for successful SNMP communications Always use the latest SNMP MIB download...

Page 383: ...Get requests are used to retrieve information about the PX3 such as the system location and the current on a specific outlet Set requests are used to configure a subset of the information such as the...

Page 384: ...beginning of the file listed under their parent group The objects then appear again individually defined and described in detail For example the measurementsGroup group contains objects for sensor re...

Page 385: ...ynchronizeWithNTPServer Enable or disable the use of DHCP assigned NTP servers if synchronization with NTP servers is enabled useDHCPProvidedNTPServer Manually assign the primary NTP server if the use...

Page 386: ...out Enabling Thresholds When enabling previously disabled thresholds via SNMP make sure you set a correct value for all thresholds that are supposed to be enabled prior to actually enabling them Other...

Page 387: ...leting a Command 533 Logging out of CLI 534 About the Interface The PX3 provides a command line interface that enables data center administrators to perform some basic management tasks Using this inte...

Page 388: ...in using HyperTerminal 1 Connect your computer to the PX3 via a local connection 2 Launch HyperTerminal on your computer and open a console window When the window first opens it is blank Make sure the...

Page 389: ...ation To log in using SSH or Telnet 1 Ensure SSH or Telnet has been enabled See Configuring Network Services on page 239 in the User Guide 2 Launch an SSH or Telnet client and open a console window A...

Page 390: ...nnected 3 Launch a terminal emulation program and configure its baud rate settings according to the baud rate set for the analog modem connected to the PX3 See Configuring the Serial Port on page 325...

Page 391: ...In this mode the prompt changes to config or config and you can change PX3 device and network configurations See Entering Configuration Mode on page 403 Diagnostic Mode You can enter the diagnostic mo...

Page 392: ...er the administrator mode Help command under the configuration mode config Help command under the diagnostic mode diag Press Enter after typing the help command and a list of main commands for the cur...

Page 393: ...uery available role configuration parameters config role To query available parameters for the role create command config role create Showing Information You can use the show commands to view current...

Page 394: ...P related configuration of a specific network interface use the following command show network ip interface ETH Variables ETH is one of the network interfaces ethernet or ETH1 ETH2 wireless bridge or...

Page 395: ...n on page 371 To show all IPv4 configuration show network ipv4 common To show all IPv6 configuration show network ipv6 common To show the IPv4 configuration of a specific network interface show networ...

Page 396: ...terface Settings This command shows the specified network interface s information which is NOT related to IP configuration For example the Ethernet port s LAN interface speed and duplex mode or the wi...

Page 397: ...nd SNMP settings show network services option Variables option is one of the options all http https telnet ssh snmp modbus and zeroconfig Option Description all Displays the settings of all network se...

Page 398: ...details to the end of the command show outlets n details Variables n is one of the options all or a number Option Description all Displays the information for all outlets Tip You can also type the com...

Page 399: ...inlets Tip You can also type the command without adding this option all to get the same data A specific inlet number Displays the information for the specified inlet only An inlet number needs to be...

Page 400: ...ls Variables n is one of the options all or a number Option Description all Displays the information for all overcurrent protectors Tip You can also type the command without adding this option all to...

Page 401: ...s applied to the PX3 web and CLI interfaces across all users especially those users authenticated through remote authentication servers show user defaultPreferences Note If a user has set his her own...

Page 402: ...ype Temperature Reading 31 8 deg C normal Serial number AEI0950133 Description Not configured Location X Not configured Y Not configured Z Not configured Position Port 1 Using default thresholds yes V...

Page 403: ...osition information Environmental Sensor Package Information Different from the show externalsensors commands which show the reading status and configuration of an individual environmental sensor the...

Page 404: ...also type the command without adding this option all to get the same data A specific actuator number Displays the information for the specified actuator only The actuator number is the ID number assig...

Page 405: ...ensor types Sensor type Description current Current sensor voltage Voltage sensor activePower Active power sensor apparentPower Apparent power sensor powerFactor Power factor sensor activeEnergy Activ...

Page 406: ...tails to the end of the command show sensor outletpole n p sensor type details Variables n is the number of the outlet whose pole sensors you want to query p is the label of the outlet pole whose sens...

Page 407: ...itor PX 3000 series This command syntax shows the specified inlet sensor s threshold related information show sensor inlet n sensor type To show detailed information add the parameter details to the e...

Page 408: ...for an in line monitor PX 3000 series This command syntax shows the specified inlet pole sensor s threshold related information show sensor inletpole n p sensor type To show detailed information add...

Page 409: ...equested sensor type is not supported the Sensor is not available message is displayed Overcurrent Protector Sensor Threshold Information This command is only available for models with overcurrent pro...

Page 410: ...ithout the parameter details only the reading state threshold deassertion hysteresis and assertion timeout settings of the specified overcurrent protector sensor are displayed With the parameter detai...

Page 411: ...sholds 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 threshold 35 0 deg C Deassertion hysteresis 1 0...

Page 412: ...type s default thresholds which are the initial thresholds applying to the specified type of sensor show defaultThresholds sensor type To show detailed information add the parameter details to the end...

Page 413: ...curity Settings This command shows the security settings of the PX3 show security To show detailed information add the parameter details to the end of the command show security details Displayed infor...

Page 414: ...tions all or a user s name Option Description all This option shows all existing user profiles Tip You can also type the command without adding this option all to get the same data a specific user s n...

Page 415: ...ame data a specific role s name This option shows the data of the specified role only Displayed information Role settings are displayed including the role description and privileges Load Shedding Sett...

Page 416: ...p settings such as the total number of rack units tag ports asset strip state numbering mode orientation available tags and LED color settings show assetStrip n Variables n is one of the options all o...

Page 417: ...physically connected For the PX3 device with only one FEATURE port the number is always 1 rack_unit is one of the options all or a specific rack unit s index number Option Description all Displays th...

Page 418: ...ack unit tag port on the selected asset strip The index number is available on the asset strip or the Asset Strip page of the web interface slot is one of the options all or a specific number of a tag...

Page 419: ...events only show eventlog limit n class event_type Variables n is one of the options all or a number Option Description all Displays all entries in the event log An integer number Displays the specifi...

Page 420: ...HX heat exchanger events modem Modem related events timerEvent Scheduled action events webcam Events for webcam management if available cardReader Events for card reader management if available energy...

Page 421: ...lity server n details Variables n is a number representing the sequence of the IT device in the monitored server list You can find each IT device s sequence number using the CLI command of show server...

Page 422: ...tory buffer for storing history commands show history bufferlength Displayed information The current history buffer length is displayed Reliability Data This command shows the reliability data show re...

Page 423: ...tion A specific integer number Displays the specified number of last entries in the reliability error log Examples This section provides examples of the show command Example 1 Basic Security Informati...

Page 424: ...and Line Interface 402 Example 2 In Depth Security Information More information is displayed when typing the show security details command Example 3 Basic PDU Information The diagram shows the output...

Page 425: ...ar command press Enter to execute it Note Depending on your login name the prompt may be replaced by the prompt See Different CLI Modes and Prompts on page 368 Clearing Event Log This command removes...

Page 426: ...as the administrator so that you have full permissions To configure any settings enter the configuration mode Configuration commands are case sensitive so ensure you capitalize them correctly Enterin...

Page 427: ...t the configuration mode use either command config apply OR config cancel The or prompt appears after pressing Enter indicating that you have entered the administrator or user mode See Different CLI M...

Page 428: ...is section applies to outlet switching capable models only This command sets the outlet power on sequence when the PDU powers up config pdu outletSequence option Variables option is one of the options...

Page 429: ...outlet numbers or a range of outlets using a dash For example 3 8 represents outlets 3 to 8 delay1 delay2 delay3 and the like are the delay time in seconds Note Power on sequencing is disabled in the...

Page 430: ...Off Period This section applies to outlet switching capable models only This command sets the power off period of the power cycling operation for all outlets config pdu cyclingPowerOffPeriod timing V...

Page 431: ...Non Critical Outlets This section applies to outlet switching capable models only This command determines critical and non critical outlets It is associated with the load shedding mode See Load Sheddi...

Page 432: ...enable Enables the data logging feature disable Disables the data logging feature For more information see Setting Data Logging on page 317 Setting Data Logging Measurements Per Entry This command de...

Page 433: ...e Z Coordinate Format for Environmental Sensors This command enables or disables the use of rack units for specifying the height Z coordinate of environmental sensors config pdu externalSensorsZCoordi...

Page 434: ...see How the Automatic Management Function Works on page 152 Examples This section illustrates several PDU configuration examples Example 1 PDU Naming The following command assigns the name my px12 to...

Page 435: ...IP configuration mode config network ipv4 interface ETH configMethod mode Variables ETH is one of the network interfaces ethernet or ETH1 ETH2 wireless bridge or all Note that you must choose configur...

Page 436: ...r ETH1 ETH2 wireless bridge or all Note that you must choose configure the bridge interface if your PX3 is set to the bridging mode Note In the bridging mode only the IP parameters of the BRIDGE inter...

Page 437: ...erface if your PX3 is set to the bridging mode Note In the bridging mode only the IP parameters of the BRIDGE interface function The IP parameters of the ETHERNET or ETH1 ETH2 and WIRELESS interfaces...

Page 438: ...PX3 and devices in the other subnet These commands are prefixed with network ipv4 staticRoutes Depending on whether the other network is directly reachable or not there are two methods for adding a s...

Page 439: ...the IP address or the subnet mask or both Configuring IPv6 Parameters An IPv6 configuration command begins with network ipv6 Setting the IPv6 Configuration Mode This command determines the IP configur...

Page 440: ...n mode you can specify the preferred host name which is optional The following is the command config network ipv6 interface ETH preferredHostName name Variables ETH is one of the network interfaces et...

Page 441: ...ddress to the PX3 device config network ipv6 interface ETH address ip address Variables ETH is one of the network interfaces ethernet or ETH1 ETH2 wireless bridge or all Note that you must choose conf...

Page 442: ...ess is the IP address of the gateway This value uses the IPv6 address format Setting IPv6 Static Routes If the IPv6 network mode is set to static IP and your local network contains two subnets you can...

Page 443: ...es dest 1 is the IP address and prefix length of the subnet where the PX3 belongs The format is IP address prefix length hop is the IP address of the next hop router ETH is one of the interfaces ether...

Page 444: ...network dns thirdServer ip address Determine which IP address is used when the DNS server returns both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses config network dns resolverPreference resolver Variables ip address is th...

Page 445: ...iX7 model eth2 PX3 iX7 ETH2 port of the iX7 model option is one of the options true or false Option Description true The specified network interface is enabled false The specified network interface is...

Page 446: ...ys 1000 Mbps Changing the LAN Duplex Mode This command determines the LAN interface duplex mode config network ethernet ETH duplexMode mode Variables ETH is one of the options ethernet eth1 or eth2 wh...

Page 447: ...ues are not applied until the networking mode is changed to wireless In addition a message appears indicating that the active network interface is not wireless Setting the SSID This command specifies...

Page 448: ...on method is set to EAP Setting the PSK If the Pre Shared Key PSK authentication method is selected you must assign a PSK passphrase by using this command config network wireless PSK psk Variables psk...

Page 449: ...wireless eapIdentity identity Set the EAP password config network wireless eapPassword After performing the above command the PX3 prompts you to enter the password Then type the password and press En...

Page 450: ...verification of the TLS certificate chain false Disables the verification of the TLS certificate chain option2 is one of the options true or false Option Description true Always make the wireless netw...

Page 451: ...displayed in this example To provide a CA certificate 1 Make sure you have entered the configuration mode See Entering Configuration Mode on page 403 2 Type the following command and press Enter conf...

Page 452: ...A1UdAgQRMA8ECTgzMjk3MDgyM4ACBSA wDQYDVR0KBAYwBAMCBkAwCwYJKoZIhvcNAQEEA4GBAH2y1VCEw A4zaXzSYZJTTUi3uawbbFiS2yxHvgf28 8Js0OHXk1H1w2d6qOH H21X82tZXd 0JtG0g1T9usFFBDvYK8O0ebgz P5ELJnBL2 atOb EuJy1ZZ0pBDWI...

Page 453: ...cription true The selected cascading mode is enabled false The selected cascading mode is disabled If Port Forwarding mode is enabled you must configure two more settings to finish the configuration O...

Page 454: ...rs A network service command begins with network services Setting the HTTP Port The commands used to configure the HTTP port settings begin with network services http Change the HTTP port config netwo...

Page 455: ...ion is one of the options true or false Option Description true Forces any access to the PX3 via HTTP to be redirected to HTTPS false No HTTP access is redirected to HTTPS Changing the Telnet Configur...

Page 456: ...le the SSH service or change its TCP port using the CLI commands An SSH command begins with network services ssh Enabling or Disabling SSH This command enables or disables the SSH service config netwo...

Page 457: ...key authentication is selected you must enter a valid SSH public key for each user profile to log in over the SSH connection See Specifying the SSH Public Key on page 476 Setting the SNMP Configurati...

Page 458: ...ring config network services snmp readCommunity string Variables string is a string comprising 4 to 64 ASCII printable characters The string CANNOT include spaces Setting the SNMP Write Community This...

Page 459: ...sysLocation value Variables value is a string comprising 0 to 255 alphanumeric characters Changing the Modbus Configuration You can enable or disable the Modbus agent configure its read only capabili...

Page 460: ...anges the Modbus port config network services modbus port n Variables n is a TCP port number between 1 and 65535 The default Modbus port is 502 Enabling or Disabling Service Advertising This command e...

Page 461: ...llowing command determines that both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols are enabled config network ip proto both Example 3 Wireless Authentication Method The following command sets the wireless authentication me...

Page 462: ...time configuration command that is used to set the NTP parameters begins with time ntp Specifying the Primary NTP Server This command specifies the primary time server if synchronization with the NTP...

Page 463: ...the DHCP specified NTP servers false Customized NTP server settings do NOT override the DHCP specified NTP servers Deleting an NTP Server The following commands delete the primary and or secondary ti...

Page 464: ...y configure the date and time use the following CLI commands to specify them Note You shall set the time configuration method to manual prior to customizing the date and time See Determining the Time...

Page 465: ...le or disable Mode Description enable Daylight savings time is enabled disable Daylight savings time is disabled Examples This section illustrates several time configuration examples Example 1 Time Se...

Page 466: ...DHCP Assigned NTP Servers on page 440 This command is available either in the administrator user mode or in the configuration mode See Different CLI Modes and Prompts on page 368 In the administrator...

Page 467: ...e default IPv4 firewall control policy for outbound traffic config security ipAccessControl ipv4 defaultPolicyOut policy IPv6 commands Enable or disable the IPv6 firewall control feature config securi...

Page 468: ...time See Multi Command Syntax on page 520 Managing Firewall Rules You can add delete or modify firewall rules using the CLI commands An IPv4 firewall control rule command begins with security ipAcces...

Page 469: ...k policy Variables direction is one of the options in or out Direction Description in Inbound traffic out Outbound traffic ip_mask is the combination of the IP address and subnet mask values or prefix...

Page 470: ...all Rule Depending on what to modify in an existing rule the command varies IPv4 commands Modify an IPv4 rule s IP address and or subnet mask config security ipAccessControl ipv4 rule modify direction...

Page 471: ...ation of the IP address and subnet mask values or prefix length which are separated with a slash For example an IPv4 combination looks like this 192 168 94 222 24 policy is one of the options accept d...

Page 472: ...existing rule that you want to remove Restricted Service Agreement The CLI command used to set the Restricted Service Agreement feature begins with security restrictedServiceAgreement Enabling or Disa...

Page 473: ...annerContent After 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 Ent...

Page 474: ...ch as password aging simultaneous logins using the same user name and the idle time permitted before forcing a user to log out A login limitation command begins with security loginLimits You can combi...

Page 475: ...sword aging feature Password Aging Interval This command determines how often the password should be changed config security loginLimits passwordAgingInterval value Variables value is a numeric value...

Page 476: ...userBlocking blockTime value2 Variables value1 is an integer between 3 and 10 or unlimited which sets no limit on the maximum number of failed logins and thus disables the user blocking function valu...

Page 477: ...the password config security strongPasswords minimumLength value Variables value is an integer between 8 and 32 Maximum Password Length This command determines the maximum length of the password confi...

Page 478: ...ption enable At least one uppercase character is required disable No uppercase character is required Numeric Character Requirement This command determines whether a strong password includes at least a...

Page 479: ...nteger 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 both IP addresses and user...

Page 480: ...role based access control feature policy is one of the options allow or deny Policy Description allow Accepts traffic from all IP addresses regardless of the user s role deny Drops traffic from all IP...

Page 481: ...Add a new rule to the bottom of the IPv6 rules list config security roleBasedAccessControl ipv6 rule add start_ip end_ip role policy Add a new IPv6 rule by inserting it above or below a specific rule...

Page 482: ...l Rule Depending on what to modify in an existing rule the command syntax varies IPv4 commands Modify a rule s IPv4 address range config security roleBasedAccessControl ipv4 rule modify rule_number st...

Page 483: ...ipv6 rule modify rule_number startIpAddress start_ip endIpAddress end_ip role role policy policy Variables rule_number is the number of the existing rule that you want to modify start_ip is the starti...

Page 484: ...t you want to remove Enabling or Disabling Front Panel Outlet Switching This section applies to outlet switching capable models only The following CLI commands control whether you can turn on or off a...

Page 485: ...ons For example the following CLI command enables both front panel actuator control and outlet switching functions simultaneously security frontPanelPermissions add switchActuator switchOutlet Example...

Page 486: ...ns 5 blockTime 30 Results The maximum number 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 crea...

Page 487: ...e name variable must be enclosed in quotes when it contains spaces Changing an Outlet s Default State This section applies to outlet switching capable models only This command determines the initial p...

Page 488: ...cyclingPowerOffPeriod timing Variables n is the number of the outlet that you want to configure timing is the time of the cycling power off period in seconds which is an integer between 0 and 3600 or...

Page 489: ...n Inlet for Multi Inlet PDUs Enabling or disabling an inlet takes effect on a multi inlet PDU only This command enables or disables an inlet config inlet n enabled option Variables n is the number of...

Page 490: ...Overcurrent Protector Name This command names a circuit breaker or a fuse which protects outlets on your PX3 config ocp n name name Variables n is the number of the overcurrent protector that you wan...

Page 491: ...disable Option Description enable Enables the newly created user profile disable Disables the newly created user profile roles is a role or a list of comma separated roles assigned to the specified u...

Page 492: ...how to change the password of the user May 1 Verify that you have entered the configuration mode See Entering Configuration Mode on page 403 2 Type the following command to change the password for the...

Page 493: ...Change a user s telephone number config user modify name telephoneNumber phone_number Change a user s email address config user modify name eMailAddress email_address Variables name is the name of th...

Page 494: ...se Option Description true Enables the specified user profile false Disables the specified user profile Forcing a Password Change This command determines whether the password change is forced when a u...

Page 495: ...u want to change option1 is one of the options enable or disable Option Description enable Enables the SNMP v3 access permission for the specified user disable Disables the SNMP v3 access permission f...

Page 496: ...authentication_passphrase Variables name is the name of the user whose settings you want to change authentication_passphrase is a string used as an authentication passphrase comprising 8 to 32 ASCII...

Page 497: ...er modify name authenticationProtocol option5 Variables name is the name of the user whose settings you want to change option5 is one of the options MD5 or SHA 1 Option Description MD5 MD5 authenticat...

Page 498: ...unit commands can be combined so that you can set all measurement units at a time To combine all commands see Multi Command Syntax on page 520 Note The measurement unit change only applies to the web...

Page 499: ...hange option3 is one of the options pascal or psi Option Description pascal This option displays the pressure value in Pascals Pa psi This option displays the pressure value in psi Specifying the SSH...

Page 500: ...pe the new key and press Enter Deleting a User Profile This command deletes an existing user profile config user delete name Changing Your Own Password Every user can change their own password via thi...

Page 501: ...its are set differently by themselves or the administrator Diverse measurement unit commands can be combined so that you can set all default measurement units at a time To combine all commands see Mul...

Page 502: ...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 is one of the opti...

Page 503: ...odifying a User s Roles The following command assigns two roles to the user May config user modify May roles admin tester Results The user May has the union of all privileges of admin and tester Examp...

Page 504: ...ble characters privilege1 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 481 argument1 argumen...

Page 505: ...ector Configuration changeSecuritySettings Change Security Settings changeSnmpSettings Change SNMP Settings changeUserSettings Change Local User Management changeWebcamSettings Change Webcam Configura...

Page 506: ...rated outlets For example switchOutlet 1 3 5 7 8 9 The switchActuator privilege requires an argument that is separated with a colon The argument could be All actuators that is switchActuator all An ac...

Page 507: ...riables name is a string comprising up to 32 ASCII printable characters description is a description comprising alphanumeric characters The description variable must be enclosed in quotes when it cont...

Page 508: ...vilege2 privilege3 If a specific privilege contains any arguments add a colon and the argument s after that privilege config role modify name removePrivileges privilege1 argument1 argument2 privilege2...

Page 509: ...areUpdate viewEventSetup Results A new role tester is created Two privileges are assigned to the role firmwareUpdate Firmware Update and viewEventSetup View Event Settings Environmental Sensor Configu...

Page 510: ...supports the connection of diverse third party or Raritan s detectors switches You must specify the type of connected detector switch for proper operation Use this command when you need to specify th...

Page 511: ...w externalsensors n in the CLI It is an integer between 1 and 32 coordinate is a string comprising up to 24 ASCII printable characters and it must be enclosed in quotes Setting the Y Coordinate This c...

Page 512: ...tring comprising up to 24 ASCII printable characters and it must be enclosed in quotes Rack units coordinate is an integer number in rack units Note To specify the Z coordinate using the rack units se...

Page 513: ...ption true Default thresholds are selected as the threshold option for the specified sensor false Sensor specific thresholds are selected as the threshold option for the specified sensor Setting the A...

Page 514: ...sensor type basis including temperature humidity air pressure and air flow sensors The default thresholds automatically apply to all environmental sensors that are newly detected or added A default th...

Page 515: ...sor types Description absoluteHumidity Absolute humidity sensors relativeHumidity Relative humidity sensors temperature Temperature sensors airPressure Air pressure sensors airFlow Air flow sensors vi...

Page 516: ...temperature upperWarning 20 upperCritical 24 Sensor Threshold Configuration Commands A sensor configuration command begins with sensor You can use the commands to configure the threshold hysteresis a...

Page 517: ...sor type lowerWarning option Set the deassertion hysteresis for an outlet sensor config sensor outlet n sensor type hysteresis hy_value Set the assertion timeout for an outlet sensor config sensor out...

Page 518: ...ssert and Deassertion Hysteresis on page 680 as_value is a number in samples that is assigned to the assertion timeout for the specified outlet sensor See To Assert and Assertion Timeout on page 678 C...

Page 519: ...owing sensor types Sensor type Description current Current sensor peakCurrent Peak current sensor voltage Voltage sensor activePower Active power sensor apparentPower Apparent power sensor powerFactor...

Page 520: ...inlet poles begins with sensor inletpole This type of command is available on a three phase PDU only You can configure various inlet pole sensor threshold settings at a time by combining multiple comm...

Page 521: ...ensor activePower Active power sensor apparentPower Apparent power sensor powerFactor Power factor sensor activeEnergy Active energy sensor unbalancedCurrent Unbalanced load sensor Note If the request...

Page 522: ...ector threshold settings at a time by combining multiple commands See Multi Command Syntax on page 520 Set the Upper Critical threshold for an overcurrent protector config sensor ocp n sensor type upp...

Page 523: ...or A numeric value Sets a value for the specified threshold of the overcurrent protector sensor and enables this threshold at the same time hy_value is a numeric value that is assigned to the hysteres...

Page 524: ...ensor type hysteresis hy_value Set the assertion timeout for an environmental sensor config sensor externalsensor n sensor type assertionTimeout as_value Variables n is the ID number of the environmen...

Page 525: ...lue is a number in samples that is assigned to the assertion timeout for the specified environmental sensor It ranges between 1 and 100 See To Assert and Assertion Timeout on page 678 Examples This se...

Page 526: ...rning threshold if this threshold has not been enabled yet Example 3 Upper Thresholds for Overcurrent Protector Sensors The following command sets both the Upper Critical and Upper Warning thresholds...

Page 527: ...ctuator s description config actuator n description description Variables n is the ID number assigned to the actuator The ID number can be found using the PX3 web interface or CLI It is an integer sta...

Page 528: ...e CLI to add or delete an IT device such as a server from the server reachability list or modify the settings for a monitored IT device A server reachability configuration command begins with serverRe...

Page 529: ...s the number of consecutive Unreachable declarations before the PX3 disables the ping monitoring feature for the monitored device and returns to the Waiting for reliable connection state Valid range i...

Page 530: ...ings for declaring Unreachable config serverReachability modify n numberOfUnsuccessfulPingsForFailure fail_number Modify the wait time after a successful ping config serverReachability modify n waitTi...

Page 531: ...e Unreachable Valid range is 1 to 100 succ_wait is the wait time to send the next ping after a successful ping Valid range is 5 to 600 seconds fail_wait is the wait time to send the next ping after a...

Page 532: ...is enabled config energywise enabled option Variables option is one of the options true or false Option Description true The Cisco EnergyWise feature is enabled false The Cisco EnergyWise feature is d...

Page 533: ...erisks are NOT acceptable Changing the UDP Port This command syntax specifies the UDP port for communications in the Cisco EnergyWise domain config energywise port port Variables port is the UDP port...

Page 534: ...f any or the settings of LEDs on the asset strip Asset Strip Management An asset strip management configuration command begins with assetStrip Naming an Asset Strip This command syntax names or change...

Page 535: ...sset strip This value ranges from 8 to 64 Specifying the Rack Unit Numbering Mode This command syntax specifies the numbering mode of rack units on the asset strips connected to the PX3 device The num...

Page 536: ...ntax specifies the orientation of the asset strips connected to the PX3 device Usually you do not need to perform this command unless your asset strips do NOT come with the tilt sensor causing the PX3...

Page 537: ...t The color variable ranges from 000000 to FFFFFF Setting LED Colors for Disconnected Tags This command syntax sets the LED color for all rack units on the connected asset strip s to indicate the abse...

Page 538: ...t contains spaces Setting the LED Operation Mode This command syntax determines whether a specific rack unit on the specified asset strip follows the global LED color settings config rackUnit n rack_u...

Page 539: ...operation mode of this rack unit has been set to manual config rackUnit n rack_unit LEDColor color Variables n is the number of the FEATURE port where the selected asset strip is physically connected...

Page 540: ...d rack unit The index number is available on the asset strip or the Asset Strip page of the web interface mode is one of the LED modes on off blinkSlow or blinkFast Mode Description on This mode has t...

Page 541: ...such as a computer a Raritan s P2CIM SER or a modem through the serial port or there are communications errors If you change the baud rate dynamically after the connection has been made you must reset...

Page 542: ...vice type forceConsole The PX3 attempts to recognize that the connected device is set for the console mode forceAnalogModem The PX3 attempts to recognize that the connected device is an analog modem f...

Page 543: ...et 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 2...

Page 544: ...outlet 5 RMS current simultaneously config sensor outlet 5 current upperCritical disable upperWarning enable lowerWarning 1 0 Results The Upper Critical threshold of outlet 5 RMS current is disabled T...

Page 545: ...3 prompts you to confirm the operation Press y to confirm or n to abort the operation To skip the confirmation step you can add the y parameter to the end of the command so that the operation is execu...

Page 546: ...ne or multiple outlets power outlets numbers on To quicken the operation you can add the parameter y to the end of the command which confirms the operation power outlets numbers on y Variables numbers...

Page 547: ...y to the end of the command which confirms the operation power outlets numbers off y Variables numbers is one of the options all an outlet number a list or a range of outlets Option Description all S...

Page 548: ...er y to the end of the command which confirms the operation power outlets numbers cycle y Variables numbers is one of the options all an outlet number a list or a range of outlets Option Description a...

Page 549: ...quence To quicken the operation you can add the parameter y to the end of the command which confirms the operation power cancelSequence y Example Power Cycling Specific Outlets The following command p...

Page 550: ...e CLI It is an integer between 1 and 32 If you entered the command without y a message appears prompting you to confirm the operation Then Type y to confirm the operation OR Type n to abort the operat...

Page 551: ...er is blocked from accessing the PX3 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...

Page 552: ...rs indicating the reset is complete Note If you are performing this command over a USB connection re connect the USB cable after the reset is completed or the CLI communications are lost Resetting Act...

Page 553: ...re login Username factorydefaults See Using the CLI Command on page 586 for details Network Troubleshooting The PX3 provides 4 diagnostic commands for troubleshooting network problems nslookup netstat...

Page 554: ...syntax varies from command to command Querying DNS Servers This command syntax queries Internet domain name server DNS information of a network host diag nslookup host Variables host is the name or I...

Page 555: ...address whose networking connectivity you want to check Options You can include any or all of additional options listed below in the ping command Options Description count number1 Determines the numbe...

Page 556: ...ommands If you would like to retrieve any command that was previously typed in the same connection session press the Up arrow on the keyboard until the desired command is displayed Automatically Compl...

Page 557: ...Type the first word and initial letters of the second word of the security enforceHttpsForWebAccess command that is security enf Then press Tab or Ctrl i to complete the second word Logging out of CLI...

Page 558: ...ing SCP command and press Enter scp firmware file user name device ip fwupdate firmware file is the PX3 firmware s filename If the firmware file is not in the current directory you must include the pa...

Page 559: ...lk Configuration on page 344 To save the configuration via SCP 1 Type the following SCP command and press Enter scp user name device ip bulk_config xml user name is the admin or any user profile with...

Page 560: ...bulk_restore Backup and Restore via SCP To back up ALL settings of a PX3 including device specific settings you should perform the backup operation instead of the bulk configuration You can restore a...

Page 561: ...tion operation scp backup_settings xml admin 192 168 87 50 settings_restore Windows PSCP commands PSCP in Windows works in a similar way to the SCP Backup operation pscp user name device ip backup_set...

Page 562: ...e system saves the diagnostic data from the PX3 to a file named diag data tgz SCP example scp admin 192 168 87 50 diag data tgz Windows PSCP command PSCP in Windows works in a similar way to the SCP p...

Page 563: ...sius depending on the model and certification standard CE or UL If necessary contact Raritan Technical Support for this information for your model Specification Measure Max Ambient Temperature 50 to 6...

Page 564: ...CD Input Data 6 RxD Input Receive data data in 7 DSR Input Data set ready 8 CTS Input Clear to send Sensor RJ 45 Port Pinouts RJ 45 Pin signal definition Pin No Signal Direction Description 1 12V Powe...

Page 565: ...CIM 200mA fuse protected Warning Pin 3 is only intended for use with Raritan devices 4 TxD Output Transmit Data Data out 5 RxD Input Receive Data Data in 6 12V Warning Pin 6 is only intended for use...

Page 566: ...fications 544 RJ 45 Pin signal definition 4 RS485_DP bi directional Data Positive of the RS 485 bus 5 RS485_DN bi directional Data Negative of the RS 485 bus 6 GND Signal Ground 7 NC No Connection 8 G...

Page 567: ...umber ____________ OUTLET 1 OUTLET 2 OUTLET 3 MODEL MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER USE USE USE OUTLET 4 OUTLET 5 OUTLET 6 MODEL MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NU...

Page 568: ...L MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER USE USE USE OUTLET 10 OUTLET 11 OUTLET 12 MODEL MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER USE USE USE OUTLET 13 OUTLET 14 OUTLET 15...

Page 569: ...etup Worksheet 547 OUTLET 16 OUTLET 17 OUTLET 18 MODEL MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER USE USE USE OUTLET 19 OUTLET 20 OUTLET 21 MODEL MODEL MODEL SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SER...

Page 570: ...SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER USE USE USE Types of adapters _________________________________________________________ Types of cables _____________________________________________________...

Page 571: ...figure or upgrade multiple PX3 devices one by one as long it contains valid configuration files To use a USB drive to configure the PX3 or upgrade firmware 1 Verify that both the USB drive and your PX...

Page 572: ...PX3 resumes normal operation indicated by the normal message of the display If nothing is shown on the display and no task is performed after plugging the USB drive check the log file in the USB drive...

Page 573: ...ate cfg on page 551 config txt This file is used for configuring device settings See config txt on page 555 devices csv This file is required only when there are device specific settings to configure...

Page 574: ...ges For a PX3 with factory default configuration set this option to admin password A required option Specify the password of the specified admin user For a PX3 with factory default configuration set t...

Page 575: ...e is config txt See config txt on page 555 device_list Specify the name of the configuration file listing all PX3 devices to configure and their device specific settings This file is required if any m...

Page 576: ...ts If the device configuration will be updated at the same time the factory reset will be executed before updating the device configuration bulk_config_restore Supported as of release 3 1 0 Specify th...

Page 577: ...pt Supported as of release 3 3 0 Specify a LUA binding script file For example execute_lua_script my_script lua Script output will be recorded to a log file BASENAME_OF_SCRIPT SERIAL_NUMBER log Note t...

Page 578: ...nfiguration file specific to your PX3 model and firmware version Tip As of release 3 2 20 you can choose to encrypt important data in the config txt file so that people cannot easily recognize it such...

Page 579: ...s are implemented as of release 2 4 0 Examples magic users 1 snmp_v3 auth_phrase swordfish magic users 1 snmp_v3 priv_phrase opensesame To configure device specific settings 1 Make sure the device lis...

Page 580: ...mn to identify PX3 devices By default a PX3 searches for its serial number in the 1st column To override the default set the match option in the fwupdate cfg file to a different column Syntax Prior to...

Page 581: ...3 section of the Support page http www raritan com support 2 Launch Excel to open this utility Note Other office suites such as OpenOffice and LibreOffice are not supported 3 Read the instructions in...

Page 582: ...iguration Files via Mass Deployment Utility on page 558 2 Launch a terminal to log in to the CLI of any PX3 running version 3 2 20 or later See Logging in to CLI on page 366 3 Type the encryption comm...

Page 583: ...to the beginning of that setting Firmware Upgrade via USB Firmware files are available on Raritan website s Support page http www raritan com support Note that if the firmware file used for firmware...

Page 584: ...essage displays 5 It may take one to five minutes to complete the firmware upgrade depending on your product 6 When the firmware upgrade finishes the front panel display indicates the firmware upgrade...

Page 585: ...ration or Firmware Upgrade with a USB Drive on page 548 In This Chapter Bulk Configuration Upgrade Procedure 562 TFTP Requirements 563 DHCP IPv4 Configuration in Windows 564 DHCP IPv6 Configuration in...

Page 586: ...v4 Configuration in Windows on page 564 DHCP IPv6 Configuration in Windows on page 574 DHCP IPv4 Configuration in Linux on page 581 DHCP IPv6 Configuration in Linux on page 583 5 Make sure all of the...

Page 587: ...on c for write support Required for uploading the diagnostic file only the timeout for file upload is set to one minute or larger DHCP IPv4 Configuration in Windows For those PX3 devices using IPv4 ad...

Page 588: ...on or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 566 The vendor class is named Raritan PDU in this illustration 2 Define one DHCP standard option Vendor Class Identifier a Right click the IPv4 node in DHCP to sel...

Page 589: ...Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 567 b Select DHCP Standard Options in the Option class field and Vendor Class Identifier in the Option name field Leave the String field blank 3 Add three options to the new ven...

Page 590: ...on or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 568 a Select Raritan PDU in the Option class field b Click Add to add the first option Type pdu tftp server in the Name field select IP Address as the data type an...

Page 591: ...t String as the data type and type 2 in the Code field d Click Add to add the third one Type pdu update magic in the Name field select String as the data type and type 3 in the Code field 4 Create a n...

Page 592: ...Appendix D Bulk Configuration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 570 The policy is named PDU in this illustration c Click Add to add a new condition...

Page 593: ...Appendix D Bulk Configuration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 571 d Select the vendor class Raritan PDU in the Value field click Add and then Ok e Click Next...

Page 594: ...guration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 572 f Select DHCP Standard Options in the Vendor class field select 060 Vendor Class Identifier from the Available Options list and type Raritan PDU 1 0 in t...

Page 595: ...guration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 573 g Select the Raritan PDU in the Vendor class field select 001 pdu tftp server from the Available Options list and type your TFTP server s IPv4 address in...

Page 596: ...ions list and type any string in the String value field This third option code is the magic cookie to prevent the fwupdate cfg commands from being executed repeatedly It does NOT matter whether the IP...

Page 597: ...gic cookie in DHCP and the one stored in PX3 Therefore you must modify the magic cookie s value in DHCP when intending to execute the fwupdate cfg commands next time DHCP IPv6 Configuration in Windows...

Page 598: ...in DHCP to select Define Vendor Classes b Click Add to add a new vendor class c Specify a unique name for the vendor class type 13742 in the Vendor ID IANA field and type the binary codes of Raritan...

Page 599: ...Appendix D Bulk Configuration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 577 2 Add three options to the Raritan PDU 1 0 vendor class a Right click the IPv6 node in DHCP to select Set Predefined Options...

Page 600: ...or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 578 b Select Raritan PDU 1 0 in the Option class field c Click Add to add the first option Type pdu tftp server in the Name field select IP Address as the data type...

Page 601: ...ring as the data type and type 2 in the Code field e Click Add to add the third one Type pdu update magic in the Name field select String as the data type and type 3 in the Code field 3 Configure serv...

Page 602: ...ration or Firmware Upgrade via DHCP TFTP 580 c Select Raritan PDU 1 0 in the Vendor class field select 00001 pdu tftp server from the Available Options list and type your TFTP server s IPv6 address in...

Page 603: ...ptions list and type any string in the String value field This third option code is the magic cookie to prevent the fwupdate cfg commands from being executed repeatedly It does NOT matter whether the...

Page 604: ...the one stored in PX3 Therefore you must modify the magic cookie s value in DHCP when intending to execute the fwupdate cfg commands next time DHCP IPv4 Configuration in Linux Modify the dhcpd conf f...

Page 605: ...the fwupdate cfg commands from being executed repeatedly It does NOT matter whether the IPv4 magic cookie is identical to or different from the IPv6 magic cookie The magic cookie is a string comprisi...

Page 606: ...ate and open the dhcpd6 conf file of the DHCP server 2 The PX3 will provide the following values to the vendor class option option 16 Configure related settings in DHCP accordingly 13742 Raritan s IAN...

Page 607: ...mprising numerical and or alphabetical digits in any format In the following illustration diagram it is a combination of a date and a serial number Important The magic cookie is transmitted to and sto...

Page 608: ...or using the reset button To reset to factory defaults using the reset button 1 Connect a computer to the PX3 device See Connecting the PX3 to a Computer on page 28 2 Launch a terminal emulation progr...

Page 609: ...reset to factory defaults after logging in to the CLI 1 Connect to the PX3 device See Logging in to CLI on page 366 or Connecting the PX3 to a Computer on page 28 2 Launch a terminal emulation program...

Page 610: ...in to the CLI The PX3 provides an easier way to reset the product to factory defaults in the CLI prior to login 1 Connect to the PX3 and launch a terminal emulation program as described in the above...

Page 611: ...Front Panel Operations for RCM 594 RCM SNMP Operations 597 CLI Operations for RCM 598 RCM Current Sensor The RCM current sensor detects current imbalance which indicates current is flowing to ground...

Page 612: ...sidual current is above warning level Critical Residual current is above critical level In addition to an event the CRITICAL state causes the PX3 front panel to display a special error message Self te...

Page 613: ...gher than 0 5 I n In PX3 with RCM I no is set using the RCM Deassertion Hysteresis and this value must be no higher than 0 5 the RCM critical threshold PX3 with RCM allows you to establish an optional...

Page 614: ...a safe manner which does not run current into ground or pose operator risk The RCM state sensor changes to SELF TEST and then back to its original state if self test passes or to the FAILURE state if...

Page 615: ...he PX3 beeps and this alarm is displayed in the Alerted Sensors section of the Dashboard page Number Description The magnitude of residual current reported by the RCM current sensor Critical state rep...

Page 616: ...PX3 run RCM self test automatically at a regular time interval or on a specific date and time See Scheduling an Action on page 306 for the procedure and select Start residual current monitor self test...

Page 617: ...see RCM Information on page 618 LCD Message for RCM Critical State In the RCM critical state the PDU beeps and the LCD display indicates the RCM critical state The RCM alarm information continues to d...

Page 618: ...n retrieve RCM information from the LCD display To check RCM information 1 Press or to access the Main Menu on page 96 2 Press or to select Residual Current and press 3 The LCD display shows two types...

Page 619: ...run RCM self test 1 Press or to access the Main Menu on page 96 2 Press or to select Residual Current and press 3 The LCD display shows the RCM information for the inlet s 4 Press to perform RCM self...

Page 620: ...the same steps RCM SNMP Operations Make sure you have the correct version of SNMP MIB The PX3 supports the RCM feature as of firmware version 2 5 20 See Downloading SNMP MIB on page 360 for details R...

Page 621: ...for configuring RCM thresholds Use index sensorType 26 to reference the row Columns inletSensorUpperWarningThreshold inletSensorUpperCriticalThreshold and inletSensorHysteresis set values for RCM war...

Page 622: ...an 1 inlet on your PDU Setting RCM Current Thresholds Warning Rated Residual Operating Current is the upper warning threshold of the PX3 RCM sensor and Critical Rated Residual Operating Current is the...

Page 623: ...d inlet disable Disables the specified RCM current threshold for the specified inlet A numeric value Sets a value for the specified RCM current threshold of the specified inlet and enables this thresh...

Page 624: ...ail To perform RCM self test rcm selfTest inlet n Variables n is the inlet s number For a single inlet PDU n is always 1 Degaussing RCM Type B Sensors Only the models with RCM Type B sensors support d...

Page 625: ...e LCD display on the panel can show the reading or status of different components on the PX3 or its MAC address and IP address It consists of A character LCD display Control buttons In This Chapter Ov...

Page 626: ...g the firmware upgrade FUP is displayed Two types of information may be displayed The ALARM status of the selected target The selected inlet line number if your PX3 is a 3 phase model The measurement...

Page 627: ...wing the asset strip information See Overview of the LCD Display on page 603 for details FUNC Function button for switching between different data of the selected target such as the current voltage or...

Page 628: ...o switch between voltage active power and current readings of the selected target A is displayed for the current reading A means Amp V is displayed for the voltage reading V means Volt W is displayed...

Page 629: ...wer reading W means Watt Inlet Information The Inlet mode is displayed as INLET on the LCD display Below illustrates the inlet information shown on the LCD display Section Example information The sele...

Page 630: ...he reading it means the currently displayed reading already reaches or crosses the upper or lower thresholds To display the unbalanced load and active power of a 3 phase inlet 1 Switch to the current...

Page 631: ...e port forwarding mode The measurement unit is A Amp indicating that the reading is the current To display the overcurrent protector information 1 Press the MODE button until the word CB or FUSE is di...

Page 632: ...mode The LCD display is showing 192 which is one of the four IP address octets It will cycle through four octets i4 indicates that the IP address shown on the LCD display is an IPv4 address The word M...

Page 633: ...e information d means the LCD display has entered the Device mode M indicates that the displayed information is the MAC address The word MASTER indicates the PX3 is the master device in a cascading co...

Page 634: ...display in the outlet switching mode To do this you must first enable the front panel outlet control function See Miscellaneous on page 332 To turn on or off an outlet 1 Press the MODE button until t...

Page 635: ...a different button in this step for example pressed the Down button in step 4 but the Up button in step 5 the outlet switching operation is not confirmed and the LCD display will return to the message...

Page 636: ...on For a slave device it shows SLAVE instead Note As of release 3 3 10 the MASTER SLAVE information is no longer available in the bridging mode but remains available in the port forwarding mode The me...

Page 637: ...tes Description On The actuator is turned on Off The actuator is turned off Note Numeric sensors show both numeric readings and sensor states to indicate environmental or internal conditions while sta...

Page 638: ...a specific coordinate are alphabetical characters these alphabetical characters are replaced with dashes 7 Press the FUNC button to display the serial number of the sensor which is shown as s XX wher...

Page 639: ...gement information 1 Press the MODE button until the PX3 enters the Asset Strip mode as indicated by ASSET to the right of the LCD 2 By default the PX3 selects the asset strip connected to the first F...

Page 640: ...tered the Device mode CA indicates that the cascading information is being displayed SLAVE indicates that this PX3 is a slave device Note For a master device it shows the word MASTER instead The numbe...

Page 641: ...larm message when the RCM enters the critical state Besides you can operate the LCD display to check the RCM status Note For the RCM information shown on the dot matrix LCD display see Front Panel Ope...

Page 642: ...he residual current information shown on the LCD display Section Example information The inlet containing RCM sensor is INLET 1 This residual current is 0 mA ALARM always displays for residual current...

Page 643: ...or is INLET 1 The LCD alternates between SLF and tSt to indicate that this is self test mode ALARM always displays for residual current sensor LEAK always displays for residual current sensor Note To...

Page 644: ...ses TLS rather than SSL 3 0 In This Chapter Step A Determine User Accounts and Roles 621 Step B Configure User Groups on the AD Server 622 Step C Configure LDAP Authentication on the PX3 Device 623 St...

Page 645: ...are named PX_Admin and PX_User User accounts pxuser pxuser2 usera and userb already exist on the AD server To configure user groups on the AD server 1 On the AD server create new groups PX_Admin and...

Page 646: ...click New to add an LDAP LDAPS server 3 Provide the PX3 with the information about the AD server Field setting Do this IP Address Hostname Type the domain name techadssl com or IP address 192 168 56...

Page 647: ...eld select LDAP 6 Click Save The LDAP authentication is activated Note If the PX3 clock and the LDAP server clock are out of sync the installed TLS certificates if any may be considered expired To ens...

Page 648: ...n this example we type View PX settings to describe the role c In the Privileges list select Unrestricted View Privileges which includes all View permissions The Unrestricted View Privileges permissio...

Page 649: ...n in the Role Name field b Type a description for the PX_Admin role in the Description field In this example we type Includes all PX privileges to describe the role c In the Privileges list select Adm...

Page 650: ...ese user role names by returning an attribute named as follows rciusergroup attribute type string This may require a schema extension on your LDAP LDAPS server Consult your authentication server admin...

Page 651: ...ma 1 Right click the Active Directory Schema root node in the left pane of the window and then click Operations Master The Change Schema Master dialog appears 2 Select the Schema can be modified on th...

Page 652: ...LDAP Display Name field 6 Type 1 3 6 1 4 1 13742 50 in the Unique x5000 Object ID field 7 Type a meaningful description in the Description field 8 Click the Syntax drop down arrow and choose Case Ins...

Page 653: ...Updating the LDAP Schema 631 2 Scroll to the user class in the right pane and right click it 3 Choose Properties from the menu The user Properties dialog appears 4 Click the Attributes tab to open it...

Page 654: ...ibutes for User Members To run the Active Directory script on a Windows 2003 server use the script provided by Microsoft available on the Windows 2003 server installation CD These scripts are loaded o...

Page 655: ...Updating the LDAP Schema 633 3 Go to the directory where the support tools were installed Run adsiedit msc The ADSI Edit window opens 4 Open the Domain 5 In the left pane of the window select the CN U...

Page 656: ...the right pane Right click the user name and select Properties 7 Click the Attribute Editor tab if it is not already open Choose rciusergroup from the Attributes list 8 Click Edit The String Attribut...

Page 657: ...hat we assume that the NPS is running on a Windows 2008 system in the NPS illustrations In This Chapter Standard Attributes 634 Vendor Specific Attributes 653 AD Related Configuration 666 Standard Att...

Page 658: ...666 Step A Add Your PX3 as a RADIUS Client The RADIUS implementation on a PX3 follows the standard RADIUS Internet Engineering Task Force IETF specification so you must select RADIUS Standard as its...

Page 659: ...n 637 2 Right click NPS Local and select Properties Verify the authentication and accounting port numbers shown in the properties dialog are the same as those specified on your PX3 In this example the...

Page 660: ...The New RADIUS Client dialog appears 4 Do the following to add your PX3 to NPS a Verify the Enable this RADIUS client checkbox is selected b Type a name for identifying your PX3 in the Friendly name f...

Page 661: ...endix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 639 f Type the shared secret in the Shared secret and Confirm shared secret fields The shared secret must be the same as the one specified on your PX3 5 Click...

Page 662: ...policies IP address or host name of the PX3 Connection request forwarding method Authentication method s Standard RADIUS attributes Presumptions in the illustration IP address of your PX3 192 168 56...

Page 663: ...Configuration Illustration 641 2 Right click Connection Request Policies and select New The New Connection Request Policy dialog appears 3 Type a descriptive name for identifying this policy in the P...

Page 664: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 642 You can leave the Type of network access server field to the default Unspecified...

Page 665: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 643 4 Click Next to show the Specify Conditions screen Click Add 5 The Select condition dialog appears Click Add...

Page 666: ...NAS IPv4 Address dialog appears Type the PX3 IP address 192 168 56 29 and click OK 7 Click Next in the New Connection Request Policy dialog 8 Select Authenticate requests on this server because a loc...

Page 667: ...Connection Request Forwarding options must match your environment 9 When the system prompts you to select the authentication method select the following two options Override network policy authentica...

Page 668: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 646 Note If your PX3 uses PAP then select PAP...

Page 669: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 647 10 Select Standard to the left of the dialog and then click Add...

Page 670: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 648 11 Select Filter Id from the list of attributes and click Add...

Page 671: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 649 12 In the Attribute Information dialog click Add 13 Select String type Raritan G Admin in the text box and then click OK...

Page 672: ...ix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 650 Admin inside the curved brackets is the existing role on the PX3 It is recommended to use the Admin role to test this configuration The role name is case sen...

Page 673: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 651 14 The new attribute is added Click OK...

Page 674: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 652 15 Click Next to continue...

Page 675: ...You simply add all user data including user names passwords and roles in the following FreeRADIUS path etc raddb users Presumptions in the illustration User name steve Steve s password test123 Steve...

Page 676: ...e name2 role name3 For configuration on NPS see NPS VSA Illustration on page 653 For configuration on FreeRADIUS see FreeRADIUS VSA Illustration on page 665 NPS VSA Illustration To configure Windows 2...

Page 677: ...ation so you must select RADIUS Standard as its vendor name when configuring the NPS server Presumptions in the illustration IP address of your PX3 192 168 56 29 RADIUS authentication port specified f...

Page 678: ...n 656 2 Right click NPS Local and select Properties Verify the authentication and accounting port numbers shown in the properties dialog are the same as those specified on your PX3 In this example the...

Page 679: ...The New RADIUS Client dialog appears 4 Do the following to add your PX3 to NPS a Verify the Enable this RADIUS client checkbox is selected b Type a name for identifying your PX3 in the Friendly name f...

Page 680: ...endix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 658 f Type the shared secret in the Shared secret and Confirm shared secret fields The shared secret must be the same as the one specified on your PX3 5 Click...

Page 681: ...s IP address or host name of the PX3 Connection request forwarding method Authentication method s Standard RADIUS attributes Presumptions in the illustration IP address of your PX3 192 168 56 29 Local...

Page 682: ...Configuration Illustration 660 2 Right click Connection Request Policies and select New The New Connection Request Policy dialog appears 3 Type a descriptive name for identifying this policy in the P...

Page 683: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 661 You can leave the Type of network access server field to the default Unspecified...

Page 684: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 662 4 Click Next to show the Specify Conditions screen Click Add 5 The Select condition dialog appears Click Add...

Page 685: ...NAS IPv4 Address dialog appears Type the PX3 IP address 192 168 56 29 and click OK 7 Click Next in the New Connection Request Policy dialog 8 Select Authenticate requests on this server because a loc...

Page 686: ...Connection Request Forwarding options must match your environment 9 When the system prompts you to select the authentication method select the following two options Override network policy authentica...

Page 687: ...he Vendor Specific Attribute Information dialog appears 13 Click Enter Vendor Code and type 13742 14 Select Yes it conforms to indicate that the custom attribute conforms to the RADIUS Request For Com...

Page 688: ...re two major configuration steps a Use a dictionary to define the Raritan vendor specific attribute b Add all user data including user names passwords and roles Presumptions in the illustration Rarita...

Page 689: ...Related Configuration When RADIUS authentication is intended make sure you also configure the following settings related to Microsoft Active Directory AD Register the NPS server in AD Configure remote...

Page 690: ...Configuration Illustration 668 2 Right click NPS Local and select Register server in Active Directory 3 Click OK and then OK again To grant PX3 users remote access permission 1 Open Active Directory U...

Page 691: ...he user whom you want to grant the access permission 3 Click the Dial in tab and select the Allow access checkbox To enable reversible encryption for CHAP authentication 1 Open Active Directory Users...

Page 692: ...Appendix J RADIUS Configuration Illustration 670 3 Click the Account tab and select the Store password using reversible encryption checkbox...

Page 693: ...ole of a DNS Server 688 Cascading Troubleshooting 688 Browsing through the Online Help 694 RJ45 to DB9 Cable Requirements for Modem Connections for iX7 Only An RJ45 to DB9 adapter cable is required fo...

Page 694: ...ient identifier of each network interface is different The main difference is the absence presence of a suffix which is the interface name added to the end of the serial number The table below lists t...

Page 695: ...41 30 30 30 30 33 ETH1 PX3 iX7 PEG1A00003 50 45 47 31 41 30 30 30 30 33 ETH2 PX3 iX7 PEG1A00003 ETH2 50 45 47 31 41 30 30 30 30 33 2D 45 54 48 32 The suffix comprising the dash symbol and the word ETH...

Page 696: ...ASCII codes For each interface s client identifier see Reserving IP Addresses in DHCP Servers on page 671 In the following illustrations it is assumed that the PX3 serial number is PEG1A00003 and the...

Page 697: ...ifier of the ETHERNET or ETH1 interface looks like the following 00 50 45 47 31 41 30 30 30 30 33 3 Now enter the converted client identifier with the following syntax host mypx option dhcp client ide...

Page 698: ...sensor Thresholds and Sensor States A numeric sensor has four thresholds Lower Critical Lower Warning Upper Warning and Upper Critical The threshold settings determine how many sensor states are avai...

Page 699: ...ix K Additional PX3 Information 677 above upper critical Upper Critical above upper warning Upper Warning normal Lower Warning below lower warning Lower Critical below lower critical Available sensor...

Page 700: ...r has both the Upper Critical and Upper Warning thresholds enabled it has three sensor states normal above upper warning and above upper critical States of above upper warning and below lower warning...

Page 701: ...sserts a state for it whenever a bad state change occurs To assert a state To assert a state is to announce a new worse state Below are bad state changes that cause the PX3 to assert 1 above upper war...

Page 702: ...nd notifications for assertion events setting the Assertion Timeout is helpful for eliminating a number of notifications that you may receive in case the sensor s readings fluctuate around a certain t...

Page 703: ...the readings improve To de assert a state To de assert a state is to announce the end of the previously asserted worse state Below are good state changes that cause the PX3 to de assert the previous s...

Page 704: ...old The absolute value of the decrease increase is exactly the hysteresis value For example if Deassertion Hysteresis 2 then Upper Critical 33 so its deassertion level 33 2 31 Upper Warning 25 so its...

Page 705: ...of the above upper warning state PDView App for Viewing the PX3 Raritan has developed an app that can turn your iOS or Android mobile device into a local display for the PX3 This app is called PDView...

Page 706: ...PDView screen for Android devices 3 Connect your mobile device to the USB port of the PX3 Your mobile device type determines which USB port on the PX3 shall be used to connect the mobile device The P...

Page 707: ...user credentials Next time the app automatically logs in when it detects the PX3 Altitude Correction Factors If a Raritan differential air pressure sensor is attached to your device the altitude you...

Page 708: ...ines Average current L1 L2 L3 3 2 Calculate each line s current unbalance by having each line current subtracted and divided with the average current L1 current unbalance L1 average current average cu...

Page 709: ...aximum 0 1224 0 0612 0 1837 0 1837 Current unbalance converted to a percentage 100 0 1837 18 Data for BTU Calculation The heat generated by the PX3 device differs according to the model you purchased...

Page 710: ...ebsite Raritan offers free training materials for various Raritan products on the Raritan training website http www raritantraining com The Raritan products introduced on this website include the inte...

Page 711: ...he SSL TLS encryption is enabled the DNS server settings become critical since only fully qualified domain name can be used for specifying the LDAP server For information on external authentication se...

Page 712: ...ncorrectly set to Slave In the port forwarding mode the interface where the network is connected is incorrectly selected as the downstream interface For the wireless networking one of the following ma...

Page 713: ...USB cable to connect the 1st slave device but select the Ethernet port as the downstream interface In the port forwarding mode the role of the slave device in question or any upstream device is set t...

Page 714: ...rk interface link is now down This log entry is generated when an iX7 detects the disconnection of the upstream or downstream cascaded device on one of its Ethernet ports Messages for the USB cascadin...

Page 715: ...page 127 The Ping tool is useful for checking whether a host is accessible through the network or Internet To ping a host 1 Choose Maintenance Network Diagnostics 2 Type values in the following fields...

Page 716: ...t is responding properly the network connectivity is good If not either the host is shut down or it is not being properly connected to the network diag ping host Variables host is the host name or IP...

Page 717: ...c click the Previous icon To view the first topic click the Home icon 5 To expand or collapse a topic that contains sub topics do the following To expand any topic click the white arrow prior to the t...

Page 718: ...the currently selected topic to any person click the Email this page icon in the toolbar 10 To email your comments or suggestions regarding the online help to Raritan click the Send feedback icon 11...

Page 719: ...this integration requires the following firmware versions Dominion KX II 2 4 or later Dominion KX III ALL versions PX2 series 2 2 or later PX3 series 2 5 10 or later PX3TS series 2 6 1 or later Domini...

Page 720: ...ack PDUs power strips are connected to the Dominion device using the D2CIM PWR CIM To connect the rack PDU 1 Connect the male RJ 45 of the D2CIM PWR to the following female RJ 45 connector of the rack...

Page 721: ...lated Note The CIM Type cannot be changed The following information is displayed for each outlet on the rack PDU Outlet Number Name and Port Association Use this page to name the rack PDU and its outl...

Page 722: ...Appendix L Integration 700 3 Click OK...

Page 723: ...hen a rack PDU is associated to a target server port the outlet name is replaced by the target server name even if you assigned another name to the outlet 1 On the Port Configuration page select the t...

Page 724: ...access products Dominion KSX II Dominion SX and Dominion SX II Cables used for connecting the PX3 to different Dominion access products are different KSX II a standard network patch cable CAT5 or high...

Page 725: ...Attach an AC power cord to the target server and an available rack PDU outlet 4 Connect the rack PDU to an AC power source 5 Power on the KSX II device Important When using CC SG the power ports shou...

Page 726: ...n PDU is similar to using Dominion KX III but the connection method is different from KX III Note If using a CSCSPCS 1 cable for the connection it must be Rev 0C If using a CSCSPCS 10 cable it must be...

Page 727: ...See Configure Power Strips from the Remote Console or Configure Power Strips Using CLI in the SX II User Guide or Online Help PX appliance SX II Dominion SX Configuring a PX3 on Dominion SX 1 Choose...

Page 728: ...ts drop down menu 5 Type the port number in the Port field 6 Click OK Power Control 1 Choose Power Control Power Strip Power Control The Outlet Control screen appears 2 Check the box of outlet number...

Page 729: ...guration Sunbird s Power IQ is a software application that collects and manages the data from different PDUs installed in your server room or data center With this software you can Do bulk configurati...

Page 730: ...dcTrack for management You can use dcTrack to Record and manage the data center infrastructure and assets Monitor the electrical consumption of the data center Track environmental factors in the data...

Page 731: ...directly in the application or import an existing floor map into the dcTrack Further dcTrack allows you to import AutoCAD 2012 and earlier objects to build a data center map If you currently maintain...

Page 732: ...ed into dcTrack and displayed in the dcTrack Web Client To poll and display asset management events in dcTrack The PX3 that the asset strip is connected to must exist in dcTrack EMX devices are identi...

Page 733: ...pplicable Models xvii xix Assertion Timeout Example for Temperature Sensors 680 Asset Management Commands 512 Asset Management Strips and dcTrack 710 Asset Strip xx 108 110 194 195 Asset Strip Automat...

Page 734: ...444 Checking the Branch Circuit Rating 4 Circuit Breaker Orientation Limitation 6 7 9 10 12 13 Circuit Breakers 118 Clearing Event Log 403 Clearing Information 403 Clearing WLAN Log 404 CLI Operations...

Page 735: ...9 560 Creating IP Access Control Rules 217 247 249 Creating Role Access Control Rules 217 247 250 251 Creating Roles xx 128 207 211 213 635 Creating Users xx 126 128 207 208 212 213 214 216 244 258 35...

Page 736: ...Members 632 Email and SMS Message Placeholders xx 296 297 299 309 Enabling and Configuring SNMP 313 314 317 357 Enabling or Disabling a User Profile 472 Enabling or Disabling an Inlet for Multi Inlet...

Page 737: ...tion of Upper Critical and Upper Warning Settings 521 Example 2 Enabling Both IP Protocols 439 Example 2 In Depth Security Information 402 Example 2 Modifying a User s Roles 481 Example 2 Outlet Seque...

Page 738: ...97 101 132 137 138 148 155 157 Inlet Configuration Commands 466 Inlet Information 377 607 Inlet Pole Sensor Threshold Information 386 Inlet Sensor Threshold Information 385 Inrush Current and Inrush...

Page 739: ...73 Monitoring Server Accessibility 217 320 322 Mounting 1U or 2U Models 14 Mounting Zero U Models Using Button Mount 9 Mounting Zero U Models Using Claw Foot Brackets 10 Mounting Zero U Models Using L...

Page 740: ...290 294 PX3 Latching Relay Behavior 146 150 406 407 408 409 PX3 Models with Residual Current Monitoring 149 324 589 619 PX3 1000 Series 87 PX3 2000 Series 87 Q Querying Available Parameters for a Comm...

Page 741: ...08 Send SMS Message 290 299 309 Send Snapshots via Email 290 300 Sending Snapshots or Videos in an Email or Instant Message 352 353 354 Sensor RJ 45 Port Pinouts 542 Sensor Threshold Configuration Com...

Page 742: ...Setting the SSID 425 Setting the sysContact Value 436 Setting the sysLocation Value 437 Setting the sysName Value 437 Setting the Time Zone 363 441 Setting the X Coordinate 489 Setting the Y Coordinat...

Page 743: ...93 The PX3 MIB 361 Thresholds and Sensor States 676 Time Configuration Commands 439 Time Units 145 153 169 266 267 Tracing the Route 534 Turning Off the Outlet s 525 Turning On the Outlet s 524 Turnin...

Page 744: ...ix Windows NTP Server Synchronization Solution 270 271 Wired Network Settings xx 24 27 218 219 232 246 624 Wireless LAN Diagnostic Log 225 226 398 Wireless Network Settings xx 218 222 232 With an Anal...