This often happens not only with the sale of used equipment but also when there isn t good documentation or a company acquires a competitor and has to absorb all their power management it infrastructure.
Apc metered rack pdu factory reset.
Rack pdu 2g metered zerou 17 2kw 208v 6 c13 12 c19.
Rack pdu 2g metered by outlet with switching zerou 20a 208v 16a 230v 21 c13 3 c19.
If you use the loopback address or address such as 255 255 255 255 or 0 0 0 0 for the default gateway it can disable access to the pdu and yes the only way to reset it would be via a serial login.
Resetting the network interface using the small reset button near the network jack has no effect on the electrical output of the rack pdu or rack ats.
Press the reset button and as soon as the status lights start flashing green orange press the reset button again then press enter on the keyboard until you get a prompt from the unit.
Press the reset button for 10 seconds the light might start pulsing or go out release the reset button and press it again for 1 second the light should pulse go orange.
This procedure simply reboots the embedded network management card which will render the network port inaccessible for a short period of time while it reboots.
User defined alarm thresholds mitigate.
Perhaps you picked up an apc metered rack pdu used and want to use the built in management features but can t because you re locked out.
The initial button press should be for 10 seconds or so.
Apc metered rack power distribution units pdus provide active metering to enable energy optimization and circuit protection.
Published on oct 28 2016 if you forget the password to your apc rack pdu generation 2 starts with part number ap8xxx.
Metered switched rack pdus ap78xx ap79xx rack automatic transfer switches ap77xx environmental monitoring units ap9320 ap9340 netbotz 200 network management card 2 ap9630 ap9630ch ap9631 ap9631ch ap9635 35ch.
The login username password then is apc apc.
Apc metered by outlet with switching rack power distribution units pdus enable advanced user customizable power control and individual outlet power metering.
Devices with an embedded network management card 1 include but are not limited to.