APC NetBotz 320 Rack Appliance User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Preface

  2
  • CE

    2
  • FCC

    2
  • VCCI

    3
• What’s New?

  10
  • BotzWare Version 2.5 Features

    10
  • BotzWare Version 2.41 Features

    10
  • BotzWare Version 2.4 Features

    10
  • BotzWare Version 2.3 Features

    11
  • BotzWare Version 2.2.2 Features

    12
  • BotzWare Version 2.2 Features

    13
  • BotzWare Version 2.1.3 Features

    13
  • BotzWare Version 2.1.2 Features

    14
  • BotzWare Version 2.1.1 Features

    14
  • BotzWare Version 2.1 Features

    14
• About the Interfaces

  16
  • The Basic View

    16
    • Basic View System Requirements

      16
  • The Advanced View

    16
    • Advanced View System Requirements

      17
  • Appliance SSL Support

    17
• About the Basic View

  20
  • Accessing the Basic View

    20
    • Basic View Panes Accessible by Privilege Set

      21
  • Interface Navigation

    21
  • Using the Basic View on Your PDA

    22
    • Using the Simplified Basic View

      23
      • Viewing Graphs

        23
      • Viewing Alerts

        23
      • Viewing Camera Images

        23
      • Configuring Your Appliance

        23
• Basic View: Monitoring Appliances

  26
  • Viewing Sensor Readings

    26
  • Viewing Camera Images

    27
  • Viewing Alerts

    27
    • Saving Picture Sequences to Your System

      28
  • Viewing Maps

    28
  • Viewing Graphs

    29
  • Triggering Relay Outputs

    30
• Basic View: Configuring Appliances

  32
  • Configuring the Appliance

    32
  • Configuring Camera Pod 120s and Integrated Cameras

    32
  • Configuring CCTV Adapter Pod 120s

    32
  • Configuring Sensor Pod 120s

    32
  • Configuring Integrated Sensor Pods (NetBotz 320/420 Only)

    33
  • Configuring 4-20mA Sensor Pods

    33
  • Configuring Output Relay Pod 120s

    34
  • Configuring Power Control Pods

    34
    • Testing Device Power-On Behavior

      35
  • Configuring Serial and RS232-Based Sensors

    36
• About the Advanced View

  38
  • Adding Appliances

    39
  • Accessing and Logging Into the Appliance Using the Advanced View

    39
    • Advanced View Panes Accessible by Privilege Set

      40
  • Interface Navigation

    40
    • The Navigation Pane

      40
      • Using Folders

        41
      • Locking a Navigation Pane Selection

        41
    • The Sensor Data Pane

      41
    • The Action/Information Pane

      42
  • Advanced View Menus

    43
    • Using NetBotz Central Post-Only Mode

      43
  • Editing Client Preferences

    44
    • Appearance Preferences

      44
    • General Preferences

      45
    • Network Preferences

      46
  • Performing Configuration Tasks

    46
    • Pod and Alert Settings Tasks

      46
    • Appliance Settings Tasks

      49
• Advanced View: Monitoring Appliances

  52
  • Viewing Camera Images

    52
    • Image Zooming

      54
    • Recording Camera Images

      54
  • Viewing Alerts

    56
    • Saving Picture Sequences to Your System

      58
  • Viewing Maps

    59
    • Creating and Editing Maps

      60
  • Viewing Graphs

    60
• Advanced View: Configuring the Appliance

  64
  • Pod and Alert Settings Tasks

    64
  • Appliance Settings Tasks

    66
• Advanced View: Configuring Pods and Alerts

  68
  • Alert Actions

    68
    • Pre-configured Alert Actions

      68
    • Available Alert Notification Methods

      69
    • Creating Alert Actions

      70
  • Alert Profile

    71
    • The Default Alert Profile

      72
    • Creating an Alert Profile

      72
    • Creating an Alert Sequence

      73
    • Globally Disabling Alert Notifications

      74
  • Camera Pods

    75
    • Settings

      76
      • Associating Relays or Switches with Integrated Cameras and Camera Pods

        77
    • Capture Settings

      78
    • Masking Settings

      81
      • The Motion Mask Tab

        83
      • The Block Out Mask Tab

        83
    • Visual Mode Settings

      84
    • Sensor Settings

      85
      • Motion in Pan and Scan Mode

        86
  • Device Crawlers

    86
    • About Advanced Device Crawlers

      87
    • Adding, Editing, and Removing SNMP Targets

      88
    • Specifying Global SNMP Settings

      89
    • Sensor Settings

      90
  • IPMI Devices

    91
    • Adding, Editing, and Removing IPMI Devices

      92
    • Sensor Settings

      93
  • Output Control

    95
    • Output Control Label Settings

      96
    • Output Control External Port Settings

      96
      • Defining Custom Output Action Types

        97
    • Output Control Sensor Settings

      99
      • Relay/Sensor Settings

        99
      • Relay Threshold Settings

        100
      • Testing Device Power-On Behavior

        100
  • Periodic Reports

    101
    • Configuring Periodic E-mail Reports

      101
    • Configuring Periodic FTP Reports

      103
    • Configuring Periodic HTTP Reports

      104
  • Sensor Pods

    106
    • Settings

      106
    • Sensors

      107
    • External Ports

      108
      • Defining Custom Dry Contact or Analog Sensors

        109
  • Wireless Sensor Discovery

    113
• Advanced View: Configuring Appliances

  114
  • Backup

    114
  • Clock

    115
  • Custom Audio Clips

    116
    • Adding Custom Audio Clips

      116
    • Deleting Custom Audio Clips

      116
  • DNS

    116
    • Configuring DNS Settings

      116
    • Configuring Dynamic DNS Settings

      117
  • E-mail Server

    117
  • External Storage

    119
    • Configuring Your Appliance to Use External Storage

      119
    • Using an Extended Storage System

      120
    • Using a Windows Share

      120
    • Using an NFS Mount

      121
    • Removing External Storage

      122
  • IP Filter

    122
  • License Keys

    123
  • Location

    124
  • Log

    125
  • Network Interfaces

    127
    • Ethernet Network Interface

      127
    • Wireless Network Interface

      129
  • PPP/Modem

    131
    • Managing your Appliance Using a Dial-In PPP Connection

      134
    • PPP Performance Considerations

      134
    • Using SIM Security

      136
    • Upgrading Over PPP

      136
      • Upgrading Over a Dial-Out Connection

        136
      • Upgrading Over a Dial-In Connection

        136
  • Proxy

    137
  • Region

    138
  • Pod Sharing

    139
  • Restore

    141
  • Serial Devices

    142
    • Removing Serial Ports

      142
  • SMS

    142
  • SNMP

    144
  • SSL

    145
  • Upgrade

    146
  • Users

    146
  • Web Server

    149
• Advanced View: Defining Thresholds

  150
  • Analog Sensor Thresholds

    150
  • State Sensor Thresholds

    150
  • Defining Analog Thresholds

    150
    • Maximum Value Threshold

      151
    • Minimum Value Threshold

      152
    • Range Threshold

      154
    • Above Value for Time Threshold

      156
    • Below Value for Time Threshold

      157
    • Rate of Decrease Threshold

      159
    • Rate of Increase Threshold

      161
  • Defining State Thresholds

    163
    • Alert State Threshold

      163
    • Alert State for Time Threshold

      164
    • State Mismatch Threshold

      166
    • State Mismatch For Time Threshold

      168
• Advanced View: Creating Alert Actions

  170
  • Creating an Activate Button Output Alert Action

    170
  • Creating a Call Web Services Alert Receiver Alert Action

    171
  • Creating a Play Audio Alert Action

    171
  • Creating a Play Custom Audio Alert Action

    172
  • Creating a Send Custom HTTP Get Alert Action

    173
    • Example Target URLs

      174
      • Example #1:

        174
      • Example #2:

        174
  • Creating a Send Custom Text File to FTP Server Alert Action

    174
  • Creating a Send Data to FTP Server Alert Action

    175
  • Creating a Send E-mail Alert Action

    177
  • Creating a Send HTTP Post Alert Action

    179
  • Creating a Send Short Message E-mail Alert Action

    180
  • Creating a Send SNMP v1 Trap Alert Action

    181
  • Creating a Send Wireless SMS Message Alert Action

    182
  • Creating a Set Switch Output State Alert Action

    183
• Add-Ons: Advanced Device Crawlers

  186
  • OID-Specific Monitoring

    186
    • Enhanced Environmental Monitoring

      186
    • Enhanced Alert Notification

      186
  • Enabling Advanced Device Crawlers

    186
  • Using Advanced Device Crawlers

    187
    • The Device Definition Files View

      187
      • Downloading DDFs

        187
    • The Advanced Data Sensor Set

      188
    • The Supplemental OIDs View

      188
• Add-Ons: RAE Systems Sensors Option

  190
  • Additional Features

    190
  • Remote RAE Clients and Servers

    190
  • Enabling RAE Systems Sensors Option

    190
  • New Pod/Sensor Settings Task: RAE Systems Sensors

    191
  • New Appliance Settings Task: RAE Systems

    191
    • The RAE Systems Devices Tab

      192
    • The Remote RAE Server Tab

      193
• BotzWare Macros

  196
  • Appliance Macros

    196
  • Location Macros

    197
  • Alert Macros

    198
• Overloaded Appliances: Symptoms & Solutions

  202
  • Overloaded Appliances: Symptoms

    202
  • Overloaded Appliances: Solutions

    202
• Camera Usage Considerations

  206
• Verifying Signed M-JPEG AVI Files

  208
  • Output Examples

    208