APC Battery Management System User Manual

APC

®

USER’S GUIDE

Battery Management System

Contents

I

Features of the System

1

Introduction

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Battery Management Capabilities

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System capacity 2
Battery management features 3

Network Management Features

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Supported network management applications 4
Supported Web browsers 5

Getting Started

6

Initial Setup

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Configuring TCP/IP settings 6
Useful terms 7

Accessing the User Interfaces

8

Access Procedures

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Access priorities among the interfaces 8
Access priority for logging on 8
Web interface 9
Control console interface 10
SNMP interface 12

Password-protected Accounts

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Account types and access 13
How to recover from a lost password 14

Watchdog Features

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Network interface watchdog mechanism 16
Resetting the network timer 16