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Contents
Features of the System--1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Battery Management Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System capacity 2
Battery management features 3
Network Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Supported network management applications 4
Supported Web browsers 5
Getting Started--6
Initial Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Battery Management--17 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 General system information 17 Battery System and Device Manager Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Displaying data and alarms 19 Viewing details on alarms 22 Interpreting alarm details 23 Configuration menu 27 Calibration menu 29 Modbus 30 Reset Discharge Voltages 31 Reset Charge Current Deviation Benchmark 31 Network Menu--32 Access Restrictions and Menu Options . . . . . . .
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System Menu--61 Access Restrictions and Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Purpose and access 61 Menu options 62 Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 User Manager 63 RADIUS 64 Identification 67 Date & Time 67 Tools 69 Preferences (Web interface) 71 Links (Web interface) 72 About System (control console) 73 Event-related Menus--74 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 O
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Email Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Requirements for using SMTP 86 DNS servers 87 SMTP settings 87 How to Configure Individual Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Options to configure individual events 88 Event list access 88 Event list format 89 Event mask settings 89 Event mask example 91 Management Card and Battery Manager Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Event generation 92 Discharge cycle counter 92 Severity level
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Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Authentication versus encryption 114 Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Secure SHell (SSH) and Secure CoPy (SCP) 115 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 117 Creating and Installing Digital Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Purpose 119 Choosing a method for your system 120 Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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APC Device IP Configuration Wizard--153 Purpose and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Purpose: configure basic TCP/IP settings 153 System requirements 153 Install the Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Download the wizard 154 Use the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Launch the Wizard 155 Configure the basic TCP/IP settings remotely 155 Configure or reconfigure the TCP/I
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Troubleshooting--171 Management Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Access problems (Battery Management System Management Card) 171 SNMP issues (Battery Management System Management Card) 173 Product Information--174 Limited warranty 174 Warranty limitations 174 Obtaining service (service contracts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Life-Support Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 General policy 176 Exam
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Features of the System Introduction The APC Battery Management System provides automated monitoring of large battery systems that supply backup for 120-, 240-, and 480-volt power systems. The Battery Management System provides battery management for nominal 2 V, 4 V, 8 V, or 12 V lead-acid batteries; or 1.2 V or 2.4 V nickel- cadmium batteries. The Battery Management System is controlled through a network interface provided by a Network Management Card built into the master controller (the
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Battery Management Capabilities System capacity Using the APC Battery Management System, you can monitor and maintain the batteries of one master unit and up to five expansion units, each unit handling up to 64 individual batteries. Five battery management expansion units can be connected in a group to one master unit. The master unit provides the network connection through its built-in management card so that the entire group can be managed remotely through either one IP address or a seria
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Battery management features The system enables you to do the following: • Identify weak or defective batteries that need replacement. • Optimize the charge state of batteries within a string by automated charging of individual batteries with a lower voltage. Charging these batteries causes the batteries with high voltage to normalize. All the batteries in the string become properly charged. This extends the useful life of overcharged batteries and achieves full capacity of undercharged batt
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Network Management Features Supported network management applications An APC Network Management Card (AP9517SQD) is built into the master controller (AP9921X) that provides the network connection. It is the first battery management unit in a group of one master unit and up to 5 expansion units (AP9921XS). The Battery Management System supports the following access methods: Network Connection Access Description Telnet & SSH APC control A non-graphical interface through which console you can c
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Supported Web browsers ® As your browser, you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.x or ® Netscape 7.x to access the Battery Management System through its Web interface. Other commonly available browsers also may work but have not been fully tested by APC. Data verification, the event log, and the data log authentication require that you enable the following for your Web browser: • JavaScript •Java • Cookies In addition, the Battery Management System cannot work with a proxy server. T
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Getting Started Initial Setup Configuring TCP/IP settings You must define three TCP/IP settings for the Battery Management System’s built-in Management Card before the Battery Management System can be managed over the network: • IP address of the Battery Management System • Subnet mask • IP address of the default gateway Choose one of the following methods to configure the TCP/IP settings: • With the Device IP Configuration Wizard, which you install from the ® CD. This method is available onl
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‘ To configure multiple Battery Management Systems, see How to Export Configuration Settings. Useful terms Batteries: Single or multi-cell lead-acid or nickel-cadmium blocks that are connected together in series to create a string. Battery Management System: One complete Battery Management System that is composed of one master unit and up to five expansion units. Battery Management Unit: A single enclosure within a group of enclosures that operate together as a system. Current acceptance: T
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Accessing the User Interfaces Access Procedures Access priorities among the interfaces After the Battery Management System network settings are configured (as described in the Installation and Quick Start Manual), you can use the Battery Management System remotely through its Web, control console (Telnet or SSH), and SNMP interfaces. Access priority for logging on Only one user at a time can log on to the Battery Management System to use its internal user interface features. The priority for
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Web interface To access and log on to the Battery Management System’s Web interface: 1. In the URL Location field, do one of the following. – If the Battery Management System port is set to the default value of 80, type http:// followed by the Battery Management System IP address. The following example shows a typical IP address: http://170.241.17.51 if HTTP is your access mode https://170.241.17.51 if HTTPS (SSL/TLS) is your access mode – If the Battery Management System Web port is set to a
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Control console interface You can manage the Battery Management System through the control console, using either Telnet or the RS-232/485 port. Structure. The control console provides menu options to manage the Battery Management System over the network. To use an option, type its number and press ENTER. On menus that allow you to change a setting, you must use the Accept Changes option to save changes. While using a menu, you can also use the following keystrokes: Keystrokes Actions Press ?
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Local access to the control console. You can use a local computer, a computer that connects to the Battery Management System through the serial port, to access the control console. 1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service which uses that port. 2. Connect the serial cable (940-0103) that came with the Battery Management System to the RS-232/485 port on the Battery Management Unit and a serial port on your local computer. Modbus and the control console share a com
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Telnet. To access the Battery Management System’s control console using Telnet: 1. Use the command telnet and the IP address of the Battery Management System. For example: telnet 170.215.6.49 2. Press the ENTER key to open the Telnet session and display the User Name prompt. Logging on. To log on to the control console, respond to the User Name and Password prompts. The default user name and password for the Administrator account are both apc, all lowercase. You can change the user name, p
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Password-protected Accounts Account types and access The Battery Management System has three types of accounts, Administrator, Device Manager and Read-Only User. • The Administrator account can use all the menus in the control console and in the Web interface. The default password and user name are both apc. • The Device Manager account can use only the following menus: – In the Web interface, the Battery System menu and read-only access for the Log option of the Events menu. – In the contro
