ATEN EC2004 User manual

NRGence™ Energy Box

EC1000 / EC2004

User Manual

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EC1000 / EC2004 User Manual

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FCC, CE Information

Warning: This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product

may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take

adequate measures.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE

STATEMENT. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These

limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if

not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in

a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user

will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this

equipment.

RoHS

This product is RoHS compliant.

SJ/T 11364-2006

The following contains information that relates to China.

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User Information

Online Registration

Be sure to register your product at our online support center:

Telephone Support

For telephone support, call this number:

User Notice

All information, documentation, and specifications contained in this manual

are subject to change without prior notification by the manufacturer. The

manufacturer makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or

implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any

warranties as to merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any of

the manufacturer's software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is.

Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and

not the manufacturer, its distributor, or its dealer), assumes the entire cost of all

necessary servicing, repair and any incidental or consequential damages

resulting from any defect in the software.

The manufacturer of this system is not responsible for any radio and/or TV

interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this device. It is the

responsibility of the user to correct such interference.

The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage incurred in the operation

of this system if the correct operational voltage setting was not selected prior

to operation. PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE VOLTAGE SETTING IS

CORRECT BEFORE USE.

International http://support.aten.com

North America http://www.aten-usa.com/product_registration

International 886-2-8692-6959

China 86-10-5255-0110

Japan 81-3-5615-5811

Korea 82-2-467-6789

North America 1-888-999-ATEN ext 4988

United Kingdom 44-8-4481-58923

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Package Contents

The EC1000 / EC2004 package consists of:

1 EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box

1 Power Adapter

1 Mounting Kit

4RJ-45 Cables

1 CD ROM (Manual, eco Sensors Software)

1 User Instructions*

Check to make sure that all of the components are present and in good order.

If anything is missing, or was damaged in shipping, contact your dealer.

Read this manual thoroughly and follow the installation and operation

procedures carefully to prevent any damage to the switch or to any other

devices on the EC1000 / EC2004 installation.

* Features may have been added to the EC1000 / EC2004 since this manual

was published. Please visit our website to download the most up-to-date

version.

F/W Version: 1.0.064

Manual Date: 2013-08-20

All other brand names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective owners.

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Contents

FCC, CE Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

SJ/T 11364-2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Online Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

User Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Chapter 1.

Introduction

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Door Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Sensor Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

EC1000 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

EC1000 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

EC2004 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

EC2004 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2.

Hardware Setup

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rack Mounting - Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rack Mounting - Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Rack Mounting - Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Securing the Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Chapter 3.

Front Panel Operation

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Chapter 4.

EC1000 Browser Operation

Operation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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eco Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Browser Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The EC1000 Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Page Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Browser Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing the Administrator Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Energy Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Environment Sensor Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Administrator Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The System Log Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Device Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Device Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Service Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

IPv4 Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manual Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Network Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Finishing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Login Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Working Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Account Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Login String / IP Filter / Mac Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adding Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Modifying Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Deleting Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Authentication & Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

RADIUS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Importing the Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Firmware File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Backup/Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 5.

EC2004 Browser Operation

Operation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

eco Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Browser Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

The EC2004 Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Page Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Browser Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

First Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Network Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Changing the Administrator Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Energy Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Monitor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

User Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Administrator Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

User Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

The System Log Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Notification Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Service Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

IPv4 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Event Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Manual Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Network Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Finishing Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Login Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Working Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Account Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Login String / IP Filter / Mac Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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Adding Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

IP Filter / MAC Filter Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Modifying Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Deleting Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Authentication & Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

RADIUS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Generating a Self-Signed Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Obtaining a CA Signed SSL Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Importing the Private Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Firmware File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Backup/Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Appendix

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

EC1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

EC2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

IP Address Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Method 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Method 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Method 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Link Local IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Administrator Login Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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About This Manual

This User Manual is provided to help you get the most from your EC1000 /

EC2004 system. It covers all aspects of installation, configuration and

operation. An overview of the information found in the manual is provided

below.

Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces you to the EC1000 / EC2004 System.

Its purpose, features and benefits are presented, and its front and back panel

components are described.

Chapter 2, Hardware Setup, provides step-by-step instructions for setting

up your installation, and explains some basic operation procedures.

Chapter 3, Front Panel Operation, explains how to operate the EC1000 /

EC2004 from the local console.

Chapter 4, EC1000 Browser Operation, describes how to login to the

EC1000 with a browser, and explains the functions of the icons and buttons that

appear on the opening page, and explains the administrative procedures that are

employed to configure the EC1000’s working environment.

Chapter 5, EC2004 Browser Operation, describes how to login to the

EC2004 with a browser, and explains the functions of the icons and buttons that

appear on the opening page, and explains the administrative procedures that are

employed to configure the EC2004’s working environment.

An Appendix, at the end of the manual provides technical and

troubleshooting information.

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Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions:

Product Information

For information about all ATEN products and how they can help you connect

without limits, visit ATEN on the Web or contact an ATEN Authorized

Reseller. Visit ATEN on the Web for a list of locations and telephone numbers:

Monospaced Indicates text that you should key in.

[ ] Indicates keys you should press. For example, [Enter] means

to press the Enter key. If keys need to be chorded, they appear

together in the same bracket with a plus sign between them:

[Ctrl+Alt].

1. Numbered lists represent procedures with sequential steps.

♦ Bullet lists provide information, but do not involve sequential

steps.

→ Indicates selecting the option (on a menu or dialog box, for

example), that comes next. For example, Start

→ Run means

to open the Start menu, and then select Run.

Indicates critical information.

International http://www.aten.com

North America http://www.aten-usa.com

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Overview

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box solution is the latest evolution of ATEN's

energy intelligence product line NRGence™. The EC1000 monitors the

electrical current of 4 Energy PDU's, along with room temperature, humidity,

and differential pressure using environmental sensors. The EC2004 has 4 ports

to monitor the electrical current of two PDUs and the electrical current +

voltage of two additional PDUs; and monitors room temperature, humidity and

differential pressure using four environmental sensors, plus a 4-pin dry contact

Rack Door Sensor port for external sensors to monitor rack door access. Both

Energy Boxes provide instant real-time power management and energy-saving

control for data centers– allowing you to upgrade and maintain your current IT

power resources quickly and cost-effectively.

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box has four RJ-45 ports to connect to four

Energy PDUs and four RJ-11 ports to connect external sensors to monitor

environmental conditions. Each environmental sensor can provide measured

readings of temperature, humidity, and differential pressure from separate

areas of a room, giving you a wide range of monitoring and protection.

The EC1000 / EC2004 features real-time status, system logs, threshold alerts,

and event notification. The Energy Box logs power and environmental

conditions according to customizable minimum/maximum thresholds set for;

current, voltage*, temperature, humidity, and differential pressure.

The Energy Box allows the power and environmental data to be monitored by

display at the rack or remotely for easy viewing and maintenance. The Energy

Box is a standalone unit with over IP monitoring that is controlled by a built-

in web GUI or ATEN's eco Sensors software.

Remote monitoring offers secure access with 128bits SSL encryption, and

customizable account policies for user management. Remote authentication

supports RADIUS and additional management interfaces including HTTP,

HTTPS, and SNMPv1&v2&v3 (Read, Write, Trap). Event notifications can be

monitored via Syslog/SMTP/SNMP trap and by audible alarm for real-time

local and remote alerting.

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The NRGence™ EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box is the intelligent cost effective

solution to monitor ATEN's Energy PDUs – to ensure safe and effective

energy-saving power management.

*Only available with the EC2004 Energy Box.

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Features

Operation

 Space saving 1U and 0U rack mounting with front, rear, and side mounting

 4 RJ-45 Energy Sensor Ports to monitor four Energy PDUs (0A to 32A per

port) electrical currents (EC1000), or 2 electrical currents and 2 electrical

currents + voltage (EC2004)

 4 RJ-11 Environmental Sensor Ports to monitor temperature, humidity,

and differential pressure*

 Maximum Amperage Monitor 32A@100V~240V (Energy Box)

 3 digit 7 segment front panel LED displays current/sensor/IP address

information

 Threshold monitoring for:

 Current

 Voltage (EC2004)

 Temperature*

 Humidity*

 Differential pressure*

 Threshold alerting through:

 Local: audible alarm and LED lights

 Remote: SMTP/SNMP trap/Syslog

Management

 Front panel LED indicators for current, temperature*, humidity*,

differential pressure*, and IP address at the Energy Box

 Remote real-time current, voltage (EC2004), temperature*, humidity*,

and differential pressure* monitoring and management

 Door Sensor support – allows the monitoring of rack mount enclosure

door access to notify users when a door has been opened (EC2004)

 Management through eco Sensors Energy Management Software or 3rd

party SNMP manager

 Supports name assignment for individual Energy PDUs

 Multi-language GUI supports: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified

Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French,

Russian

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 Event Logging – 128 line event log

 Syslog support

 F/W upgradable

Remote Access

 Remote management via TCP/IP using built in 10/100Mbps Ethernet port

 Management via built in browser based GUI

 Network Interfaces: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, SMTP, DHCP,

NTP, DNS, 10Base-T/100Base-TX, auto sense, Ping

 Supports SNMP Manager V1, V2, V3

Security

 Strong security features include password protection and advanced

encryption technologies – utilizing 128 bit SSL

 RADIUS authorization and authentication

*Requires external sensors (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

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Requirements

 Energy PDU PE1216, PE1324, PE2220, or PE2340

 Environmental Sensors EA1140, EA1240, EA1340 to monitor

environmental data

 Door monitoring requires an EA1440 or EA1441 door sensor

 One Cat 5e Ethernet cable to connect the EC1000 / EC2004 to the local

area network

 Browsers accessing the EC1000 / EC2004 must support SSL 128 bit

encryption.

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Optional Accessories

Sensors

Sensors are optional accessories. You can use the EC1000 / EC2004 Energy

Box without sensors. However, if you want to have complete energy

management of your data center with the full use of the EC1000 / EC2004

Energy Box, you would need to use eco Sensors software and install 4 sensors

for each of the racks to generate more complete energy-efficient data and

charts. Sensors help you maintain a safe and highly efficient data center by

monitoring environmental conditions. Higher sensor density installations help

to generate more accurate and precise data. Available sensors are show in the

table, below:

Door Sensor

The EC2004 features a 4-pin dry contact port for door sensors that support the

monitoring of rack mount enclosure door access to notify users when a door

has been opened. See the table below for information about the two available

door sensors. Please contact your ATEN dealer for purchasing information:

Sensor Management

Sensors can be managed via the EC1000 / EC2004’s browser based graphical

user interface (GUI) or with NRGence™ eco Sensors software that can be

downloaded from the ATEN website. The download link can be found on the

software CD provided with the EC1000 / EC2004 package.

Sensor Part Number

Temperature EA1140

Temperature / Humidity EA1240

Differential Pressure / Temperature EA1340

Port Part Number Sensor

Door Sensor EA1440 Photo Sensor

EA1441 Inductive Proximity Sensor

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Components

EC1000 Front View

No. Component Description

1 Readout Section

 The first single-digit LED indicates the port selected:

 Energy Sensor (1-4)

 Environmental Sensor (1-4)

 IP Address (1)

 The second 3-digit LED displays information related to

the first LED:

 Current

 Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure

 IP Address

2 Energy and

Environmental Sensor

LEDs

Lights (Orange) for connected Energy Sensors and

(Green) for Environmental Sensors, currently connected

to a port and taking readings.

3 Selection LED Lights (Green) to indicate the selection (Energy,

Environment, IP) that the Readout is currently displaying.

4 Select Button Press the Select button to cycle through the selections

(Energy, Environment, IP) to display their data readout

on the 3-digit LED.

5 Reset Switch This switch must be pushed with a thin object, such as

the end of a paper clip.

 Press and release to reboot the device.

 Press and hold for more then three seconds to

reset the Energy Box to its factory default settings

6 Power LED Lights (Green) when the Energy Box is powered up and

ready to operate.

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EC1000 Rear View

*External sensors are sold separately (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

No. Component Description

1 Grounding Terminal The wire used to ground the Energy Box attaches here.

2 Energy Sensor Ports The four RJ-45 cables that connect the Energy Box to

your Energy PDUs, plug in here.

3 Environmental Sensor

Ports

External sensors plug into these four RJ-11 ports.*

4 Power Jack The power adapter cable plugs into this jack.

5 LAN Port The cable that connects the Energy Box to the LAN

plugs in here.

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EC2004 Front View

No. Component Description

1 Readout Section

 The first single-digit LED indicates the port selected:

 Energy Sensor (1-4)

 Environmental Sensor (1-4)

 IP Address (1)

 The second 3-digit LED displays information related to

the first LED:

 Current

 Temperature, Humidity, Differential Pressure

 IP Address

2 Energy and

Environmental Sensor

LEDs

Lights (Orange) for connected Energy Sensors and

(Green) for Environmental Sensors, currently connected

to a port and taking readings.

3 Selection LED Lights (Green) to indicate the selection (Energy,

Environment, IP) that the Readout is currently displaying.

4 Select Button Press the Select button to cycle through the selections

(Energy, Environment, IP) to display their data readout

on the 3-digit LED.

5 Reset Switch This switch is recessed and must be pushed with a thin

object, such as the end of a paper clip.

 Press and release to reboot the device.

 Press and hold for more then three seconds to

reset the Energy Box to its factory default settings

6 Door Sensor Door sensor: Lights Red when the door is open.

See Door Sensor, page 6, for details.

7 Power LED Lights (Green) when the Energy Box is powered up and

ready to operate.

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4

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EC2004 Rear View

*External sensors are sold separately (see Optional Accessories, page 6).

No. Component Description

1 Grounding Terminal The wire used to ground the Energy Box attaches here.

2 Energy Sensor Ports The four RJ-45 cables that connect the Energy Box to

your Energy PDUs, plug in here. The electrical

measurements are as follows:

 Port 1 Voltage / Amps

 Port 2 Amps

 Port 3 Voltage / Amps

 Port 4 Amps

3 Environmental Sensor

Ports

External sensors plug into these four RJ-11 ports.*

4 Power Jack The power adapter cable plugs into this jack.

5 LAN Port The cable that connects the Energy Box to the LAN

plugs in here.

6 Door Sensor Port This 4-pin dry contact port is for a door sensor which

allows the monitoring of a rack mounted enclosure’s

door access to notify users when a door has been

opened. See Door Sensor, page 6, for details.

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