User`s Guide
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1. NOTE The Update tool refers to these username passwords when performing the version update Setting the global password in this menu does not change the card login authentication It is only used during the update process Password Menu This menu is used for updating the administrative username and or password for the SNMP WEBCARDs listed on the Equipment Menu The default username and password must be defined to begin the update process TRIPPLITE se PROTECTION Update Administrative Password on Cards Default Old Administrative Username Default Old Administrative Password Enter New Administrative Username Enter New Administrative Password Repeat New Administrative Password Figure 5 4 3 Password Menu NOTES Only cards of version 12 04 0048 and later support username change All other SNMPWEBCARDs have fixed administrative user name admin and can only have their password updated Set Global Username Password is incompatible with Version 12 06 0060 or later of SNMPWEBCARD Update Menu This menu is used for SNMPWEBCARD version updates Figure 5 4 4 shows the configuration for updating SNMPWEBCARDS to Version 12 06 0060 or later When updating to Version 12 04 0055 or earlier please do not rename the image file and driver file only the original names are recognized by the application Also make sure the image version chosen is correct Choosing the wrong version may cause the card s to end in an inoperable s2. 5thst 10 25 1 10 powe x Remove Device 1 10 10 0 168 host b Rack 10 10 0 42 trippli i hf Norma NOTE To update multiple NA Normals ck allah haden Set Config Reference SNMPWEBCARDs at once WW Norma I set Config Target s b Rack 7 10 10 0 21 trippl hold down the Control button W Normal Update SNMPWEBCARD Firmware b Rack 7 10 10 0 38 powe on the keyboard then right hf Normal TRIPP LITE PDUBVSR Cycling Lab Rack 9 10 10 0 14 tripp li k fth f d Af Normal TRIPP LITE PDU3VN cycling Lab Rack 9 10 10 0 30 trippl click on any of the selecte TA SS E _ cards Figure 5 4 1 Updating a Card Equipment Menu This menu displays the list of SNMPWEBCARDs that have been selected for version update In this menu the user can add edit or remove one or more SNMPWEBCARDs The Set Global Password button on this screen allows the user to set the username and password for all the SNMPWEBCARDs in one step Identified SNMPWEBCARDs IP Address Software Version Status 10 10 0 21 12 04 0055 Dec 19 2012 12 41 35 PM Detected by PANMS Display Passwords Load IP List Save IP List Figure 5 4 2 Equipment Menu Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners If each card has a different username and or password the user must manually edit each card to add the username and or password info
3. button in the confirmation window if you are certain that you re ready to proceed otherwise click the No button Step 5 Review Configuration Status After you click the Yes button in the confirmation window a status window will show a configuration progress bar a count of devices configured and a list of devices that shows whether each was configured successfully Figure 5 5 2 The devices that are un configured will have a blue question mark next to their rows Also a Help menu Click Here for Help will appear at the bottom left of the PANMS console Tec meets Figure 5 5 2 Mass Config Complete 5 6 Clearing Unconfigured Device Alarms PowerAlert Network Management System automatically attempts to configure discovered Tripp Lite devices Configuration may not be complete for some SNMPWEBCARD devices which will show an Unconfigured Device alarm identified by a status icon To clear an alarm double click the device s IP address to open its console window then follow the steps shown below for the appropriate firmware level SNMPWEBCARD Firmware 12 04 0040 12 04 0045 and 12 04 0048 and 12 06 006x An Unconfigured Device alarm on these devices indicates that a read only SNMP community string was used to discover the device You can clear the alarm by changing the read only community string to read write or you can enter a new read write community string delete the IP address fr
4. the PANMS Console will update Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 5 9 Mass Configuration Mass configuration allows you to create a global device configuration that you can apply to all compatible devices listed in the device table Important Devices with software or firmware versions prior to 12 04 0040 and later than 12 04 0055 do not support mass configuration Step 1 Configure Reference Source Choose a device software or firmware version 12 04 0040 to 12 04 0055 that appears in the device table to use as a reference source The settings for the reference source will be duplicated on all the target devices for the mass configuration Configure all settings for the reference source to match the global settings you want for mass configuration You can configure the reference source through the management console or any other configuration method it supports as long it s listed in the device table Configurable Items 1 Event Settings 2 E mail Settings 3 SNMP Trap Destinations List View Tree View Icon View Step 2 Select Configuration Reference Devices Device Status Model Name Location H r m 5 W OINUT Tid JUS VUYUURIALLUSU Highlight the reference source in the device table and S Normal fenvrosense 1 c6 f Normal SUZ000RTXL3UHV 1 right click the row Select Set configuration Cia aoe pee re
5. Management you must configure at least the first event in the list 7 When PowerAlert Network Management System detects the configuration change it will clear the Un configured Device alarm for that device GN Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 5 7 Email Trap Forwarding You can set up PowerAlert Network Management System to forward your of Engine Onin i Contact Sedings UPS system s alarm records to an e mail or SNMP trap Use the check boxes to gt 2 Sree tee select which alarm categories will be forwarded Alam Scenery New Email Hotii ston T Habit amall potbiion pa e Scho iod coniata above and check fiw alan Cahigornes 1 E i 1 Wan ray ge Eiin E Fas CP rey E i Hematini C 2 Uinconiguicd SJ Figure 5 7 1 SNMP Settings 5 8 Logging Because events are stored internally i Date and time settings rEmail contacts you can convert the event log into a text 2 file and automatically e mail it to pre Use the settings below to configure E E when and to whom the event log will be selected contacts periodically emailed Time of day 02 48 PM Frequency Daily Weekly Sunday C Monthly ist day Maximum email size fi Mb ModifyiAdd Gontacts_ Save Cancel Figure 5 8 1 Event Log Email Config 5 9 Event Log Sorting Allows the event log to be disp
6. Rack 10 10 0 42 ELAS SISISISISISIS SS E e HN GB HHKHABAHHAH Figure 5 2 1 Management Console Warning Only one copy of PowerAlert Network Management System can be used per IP network subnet Software or firmware version 12 04 0040 and above 5 2 Management Console PowerAlert Network Management System s primary monitoring and control interface is the management console Figure 5 2 1 which can be viewed either as a list Figure 5 2 2 a tree 5 2 3 or an icon view 5 2 4 All manageable devices found during the discovery process up to 250 in the free version of PowerAlert NMS are listed in the device table A Click any of the column headings to sort the table by the data in that column click again to reverse the sort The Status column of the device table displays an icon that represents the device status If the device has more than one alarm the icon for the most serious alarm is shown The row s color reflects the device status Normal White Critical Red Warning Yellow Information Light Blue Offline Unreachable Light Gray Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners List View Tree View Icon View W gt Devices Number of devices 36 Device Status 7 Device Name Model Name Location Host IP Address Host Name Host Type Host SW Version Ref a
7. User s Guide PowerAlert Network Management System Software Version 12 04 0056 Note PowerAlert is not required to operate your UPS system For the latest PowerAlert updates go to www tripplite com software IMPORTANT This User s Guide is for PowerAlert NMS Version 12 04 0056 If you are installing PowerAlert Local or PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent please refer to the User s Guides for those software packages TRIPP LITE 1111 West 35th Street Chicago IL 60609 USA www tripplite com support Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 1 Pre Installation Instructions Tripp Lite s PowerAlert software family is separated into three distinct editions This User s Guide applies to PowerAlert Network Management System PANMS Version 12 04 056 Do not install more than one edition of PowerAlert on a single computer PowerAlert Network Management System This edition of PowerAlert should be installed by advanced users only See Figure 1 1 for a list of major features available in PowerAlert Network Management System Note that all the functions available through PowerAlert Local will be available for the remote devices and also for the host computer including monitoring and controlling UPS systems connected to the host computer vi
8. a local USB and or serial connections PowerAlert Network Management System requires the free Java Runtime Environment 1 6 or later Warning Only one copy of PowerAlert Network Management System can be used per IP network subnet You should obtain the approval of your network administrator before installation Feature Comments Monitors hundreds of SNMP enabled Tripp Lite UPS Systems or PDUs Allows mass configuration of PowerAlert Local software or Mass configuration SNMPWEBCARD firmware version 12 04 0040 through Manage multiple UPS systems on the network 12 04 0055 Autodiscovery of local devices Supported Discovers SNMPWEBCARD Autodiscovery of SNMP enabled firmware and PowerAlert Local devices software version 12 04 0040 and above Allows multiple cards to have Mass Update their firmware updated automatically Figure 1 1 PowerAlert NMS Key Features x Actual Number of supported devices depends upon license available memory and processor speed Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners PowerAlert Network Management System C LEW ESL 1G Eee Yy Bae OOOO AC Power J Computer with PowerAlert Local PAL WA UPS without SNMPWEBCARD Local Communications x computer with PowerAlert Network USB or Serial UPS with SNMPWEBCARD Management System PANMS m TCP IP Communications cee UPS without Communications C Compu
9. and select oa Y mume uerouaoser V Terrunesinerenomy S uae View Device to open a oOo P D p D gt separate PowerAlert console for S D S a that device If the device appears A ee eet aaa a eh on the network through Pe PE P D R SP PowerAlert or a previous 2 7 A S version of PowerAlert software Minna a0 v M ingonaas og the PowerAlert console for that device will open in a console Figure 5 2 4 Icon View window one Java console at a time If the device is an SNMPWEBCARD or network enabled PDU a Web browser will launch and connect to the device s PowerAlert console You can use each device s separate PowerAlert console to access all the monitoring and control features of the device IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE Ifyou have disabled launching Java applets in your web browser ensure that you have installed the Java console launcher for your version of the SNMPWEBCARD Refer to the Release Notes included in the firmware release bundle or CD of your SNMPWEBCARD for information on how to install the console launcher 5 3 Device Addition and Removal List View Tree View Icon View Devices Delete a device from the device table by Device Status Model Name Location right clicking the device row and Wi Normal Envirosense in my office selecting Remove device from the Jf No A Acknowledge alam 35th St pop up menu as show in Figure 5 3 1 Jol View device aces Add devices by clicking th
10. ce Name Model Name and Location columns display model information reported by the device The IP address column of the device table displays the IP address assigned to the SNMPWEBCARD or the computer that is connected to the device 9 List View Tree View Icon View Sort by A Devices 19 Local f TRIPP LITE o TRIPP LITE f Envirose f TRIPP LITE W TRIPP LITE Af TRIPP LITE a Tpipp LIT DU3VN 10 1 con DALAT PDUMV20NET 10 10 0 66 SMART3000RM2U 10 1 10 0 13 PDUMV20NET 10 10 0 42 0 0 30 66 0 0 168 Figure 5 2 3 Tree View An SNMPWEBCARD connected to an ENVIROSENSE environmental sensor or a computer connected to two UPS systems will show two devices with the same IP address but other devices will each have a unique IP address Any devices connected directly to the PowerAlert Network Management System host computer will show localhost in the IP address column The Host Type column displays whether the device appears on the network via SNMPWEBCARD or PowerAlert software 1 e card or PC The Version column shows the firmware or software version number Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners List View Tree View Enna Right click any device listed in SS is s amp amp the device table
11. cess for PANMS within var tripplite poweralert engine panmsd To control the status parameters and actions of each daemon service type panmsd from the etc init d directory Step 3 Java Console Installation The Java consoles for PowerAlert Network Management System are located in var tripplite poweralert console as panms_console sh To launch a console type panms_console sh from the var tripplite poweralert console directory in a terminal 4 Uninstalling Software Linux Note Uninstalling software requires root access e To uninstall any application using Fedora type rpm e panms e To uninstall any application using OpenSUSE type rpm e opensuse panms Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 5 PANMS Operation 5 1 Introduction PowerAlert Network Management System is for advanced users only PowerAlert Network Management System can monitor and control up to 250 SNMP enabled devices including UPS systems with an SNMPWEBCARD UPS systems that appear on the network via PowerAlert Local or previous versions of PowerAlert and network enabled PDUs All the functions available through the PowerAlert Local console See the User Guide for PowerAlert Local for details ON m will be available for the remote devices and also for a ia local devices that are m o s directly connected to the host computer E PDUMV Cycling Lab
12. e Add ef Nol amp Refresh Device Data Dev Rack Device button located in the upper left Jo 2K Remove Device of Dev Rack section of the management console window Select whether you want to discover a local device or a remote device in the Add a Device pop up e window Figure 5 3 2 Status Figure 5 3 1 Right click Menu 27 Update SNMPWEBCARD Firmware When you choose to discover a remote device the Add Network Devices window appears Figure 5 3 3 Network device discovery can search the entire local subnet if you enter an asterisk in the last octet of the IP address 192 168 1 or it can search specific IP addresses Click the Add to list button after entering each IP address Next add the community strings for the SNMPWEBCARD devices that will be searched Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Please select what type of device you are attempting to The default community string for connect to SNMPWEBCARD firmware 12 04 0040 or later is tripplite Click the Add to list button after entering each community string After entering all between the device and computer the required information initiate the discovery process by clicking the OK button A progress bar and numeric display will indicate the number of nodes discovered and newly discovered devices will be added to t
13. ference from the pop up menu Figure 4 5 1 The snora TRIPP LITE PDUMV Cycling Lab Rack 1 r N ack 9 1 reference source s configuration will be stored in S norma AO kao i memory Alternative method click the radio button in I retresn device para itii Y x Remove Device Alarms the reference column to select the reference source Note If you configured the reference source outside the management console confirm that the IP number of the device you select in the table matches the IP number of the reference source Figure 5 5 1 Set Target Set Config Reference Set Config Target s y Update SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Step 3 Choose Targets Highlight one or more devices in the device list Use Ctrl right click to select multiple devices or control right click if the devices are not listed side by side Highlighted devices will be configured to match the configuration reference Remember that any highlighted devices must be version 12 04 xxxx Step 4 Apply Reference Configuration After highlighting the target devices right click the highlighted devices and select Apply ref configuration from the pop up menu Apply ref configuration will not be available unless a reference source configuration has already been retrieved Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Click the Yes
14. g the Java Runtime Environment double click the PowerAlert installer setup exe and follow the on screen prompts The PowerAlert installer will attempt to uninstall previous versions of PowerAlert Tripp Lite recommends uninstalling previous versions manually prior to installation via the control panel Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Windows 8 Users Please Note The installer will create a PowerAlert Network Management System tile on the Windows 8 start page To launch the console click on the tile To manually pin the console to the Start Page right click on the Start page background select All Apps and then right click on the PowerAlert Console tile and selecting Pin to Start Thereafter click on the PowerAlert Console tile on the Start page to launch the console Warning Do not install more than one edition of PowerAlert on a single computer Do not install PowerAlert Network Management System without first obtaining the approval of your network administrator 3 2 Linux Installation Step 1 File Installation Copy the appropriate software file to your local machine and enter the following as root rpm i lt rpm file name gt nodeps Use the RPM manpage to help you through any installation issues Step 2 Daemon Service Installation PowerAlert will install to the directory var tripplite poweralert and will locate the daemon service pro
15. he device table A local device This device will have a physical USB or serial communication cable A remote device Uses network communication to monitor the status of a device Figure 5 3 2 Add Device Add Network Device Enter the network segment to search for devices using the format x x x or specify a specific address to add Multiple IP addresses can be defined and dded to the list separately If you enter a specific IP address and the NY ce eC g L na device is not discoverable you ll see a Use IP range message stating that a device could not be pend tose Remove from list found PowerAlert Network Management System searches for devices that appear on the network via SNMPWEBCARD Enter the community strings to search for firmware Power Alert Local or previous Multiple communities can be defined Community name s tripplite versions of PowerAlert 12 04 0019 and above but it does not search for Remove from list PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent PANMS automatically configures the following agents to send SNMP Pras DW ia sian Dieneery will stop if 250 or more notifications to PowerAlert Network Ee Seer Management System ene Figure 5 3 3 Add Network Devices e SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0048 and above e SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0045 e SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0040 e PowerAlert Loca
16. l 12 04 0040 and above e PowerAlert Software 12 04 0019 and above The following agents will be discovered but require manual configuration to send SNMP notifications to PowerAlert Network Management System e SVMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0019 e SVMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0030 e SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0032 e SVMPWEBCARD Firmware Version 12 04 0034 Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners When PowerAlert Network Management System discovers a device that requires manual configuration it appears in the device table with a status icon indicating an un configured device alarm See 5 6 Clearing Unconfigured Device Alarms for manual configuration instructions Discovery searches the local IP subnet only Class C If the IP network is not a Class C network 192 0 0 0 through 223 255 255 255 a pop up window will indicate that the discovery process can only performed on a class C network 5 4 SNMPWEBCARD Firmware Launch the Application If the SNMPWEBCARD Mass Update tool is installed on your PANMS workstation right clicking on the SNMPWEBCARD listed on the PANMS Console and selecting Update SNMPWEBCARD Firmware will launch the Update Console Note The Mass Update tool is not available on all operating iv Normal Envrosense 10 10 0229 powe I Systems M Norma Ww Acknowledge alarm ct ce doula hf Norma
17. layed based Ei select sorting creas upon user selected sort criteria Sort Criteria Sort Order MAC Oddress Description Double click of drag criteria to change sort order Iv Ascending Cancel Figure 5 9 1 Sort Criteria Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 6 Technical Support Tripp Lite technical support personnel are available via email and the web at E mail techsupport tripplite com Web The latest PowerAlert software updates are available at http www tripplite com software Technical Support Assistance http www tripplite com support Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Tripp Lite has a policy of continuous improvement Specifications are subject to change without notice TRIPP LITE 1111 West 35th Street Chicago IL 60609 USA www tripplite com support Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners
18. mp Critical Device 2 10 20 0 54 SU3000RTXL3UHV 10 20 0 54 poweralert 06 1033 SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0062 E Critical Device 1 10 20 0 63 ISUINT3000RTXL2U Where Am I 10 20 0 63 trippliteUps SNMPWEBCARD 12 04 0055 A Warning Device 1 10 20 0 8 IPDUMH 15AT 10 20 0 8 ijhonson tsoftware SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0062 0999 Warning Device 1 10 20 0 57 PDUMH20AT 10 20 0 57 biged tisoftwarede SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0062 0999 A Warning Device 3 10 20 0 5 IPDUMH30ATNET 10 20 0 5 Imy50card tisoftwa SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0062 0994 A Warning Device 1 10 20 0 25 PDUMH30ATNET 10 20 0 25 poweralert 06 1033 SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0061 A Warning Test PDU IPDUMV30NET mra lab 10 20 0 22 poweralert 06 1033 SNMPWEBCARD 12 06 0061 IP Host 10 20 0 13 Description poweralert 06 103351029 Secondary Source Not Present 10 20 0 2 trippliteUps Battery Age Above Threshold Figure 5 2 2 List View Rows that change from normal to an alarm status will move to the top of the table automatically You can right click the device row and Choose Acknowledge Alarm to remove the alarm status from the row and restore the previous sort order The alarm icon will remain unchanged until the device reports that the alarm has cleared You can see additional alarm detail about the highlighted device including separate listings of multiple alarms in the Alarms Section B of the management console The Devi
19. om the device listing and add the device again using the new community string Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners SNMPWEBCARD Firmware 12 04 0034 Go to Settings gt Events Window and configure each event to send a traps to PowerAlert Network Management System a You must configure at least the first event in the list To configure an event highlight the event name and click the SNMP Trap Notification check box A pop up window Figure 5 6 1 will appear Highlight the PowerAlert Network trap destination and click the Save Changes button Verify that SNMP Trap Notification is enabled in the Settings gt Events window and click the Figure 5 6 1 SNMP Settings Save Changes button Repeat for each event PowerAlert Network Management System will periodically check the device to see 1f the first event is configured to send traps When the configuration change is detected the Un configured Device alarm will clear SNMPWEBCARD Firmware 12 04 0019 0032 1 Go to Settings gt Contacts Window 2 Click the SNMP tab 3 Select the PowerAlert Network Management entry it will have an empty IP address 4 Click the Edit button and enter IP address for the PowerAlert Network Management System station Go to Settings gt Events 6 Configure all events to send SNMP traps to PowerAlert Network
20. tate Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners IMPORTANT SNMPWEBCARDs running versions before 12 04 0048 using original hardware cannot be upgraded to version 048 or above Also SNMPWEBCARDs using version 12 04 0048 or later cannot be downgraded below 12 04 0048 TRIPPLITE Path to Image Files Directory c mages Global Credentials Save Job Log Figure 5 4 4 Update Menu If an SNMPWEBCARD does not have username and password on the Equipment screen and the username and password are not defined on this menu manufacturing defaults will be used If the username and password do not match the actual username and password of a SNMPWEBCARD the SNMPWEBCARD will not be updated Important You must enter Administrator and FTP credentials including port for Version Updates to occur This can be done globally by selecting the Global Credentials button or on the Equipment Menu by selecting the Edit Device Credentials button If FTP is turned off on the card the Mass Updater will automatically enable FTP during the update process and disable it at the completion of the update process NOTE If necessary the update process will try to query its version from the SNMPWEBCARD If the query fails and the SNMPWEBCARD version cannot be determined this SNMPWEBCARD will not be updated After the version update process is complete the card version on
21. ter with PowerAlert Network Monitoring and Control Shutdown Agent PANSA DPEN m TCP IP Communications L Computer without PowerAlert Monitoring Only Figure 1 2 PowerAlert Network Topology Example Copyright 2013 Tripp Lite All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2 System Requirements for PANMS For Windows Windows XP Server 2003 R2 Vista Server 2008 Windows 7 and 8 e Pentium 4 CPU e 512MB RAM e Java Runtime Environment 1 6 0_4 or above e TCP IP IPv4 network connection e Available USB or serial port optional e Open TCP UDP ports 3664 3665 161 and 162 any firewall For LINUX e Fedora 15 CentOS 6 3 and OpenSUSE 11 e Tripp Lite SNMPWEBCARD or supported PowerAlert Local system 12 04 0040 and above e Open TCP UDP ports 3664 3665 161 and 162 any firewall e Root user required for installation e Supported local UPS with an RS232 interface optional IMPORTANT Ensure that you firewall has ports open for TCP and UDP communications Failure to do so will result in incorrect operation of PANMS 3 Installation 3 1 Windows Installation Step 1 Java Software Installation IMPORTANT Before installing PANMS you MUST install Java Runtime Environment 6 or above The latest version and installation instructions are available at www java com Installation will fail if Java is not installed Step 2 PANMS Software Installation Windows After intstallin
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