User Manual

107Rack ATS AP44xx User Manual
General Configuration
This menu contains miscellaneous configuration items including device identification, date and time,
exporting and importing your ATS configuration options, quick links, and data consolidation for
troubleshooting.
Configure identification
Path: Configuration > General > Identification
Host Name Synchronization: Allows the host name to be synchronized with the system name so both
fields automatically contain the same value.
NOTE: When enabling this feature, the system name identifier can no longer contain a space character
(since it will be synchronized to the host name field).
Name, Contact, and Location: Define the Name, the Contact (the person responsible for the device),
and the Location (the physical location), used by the SNMP agent of the ATS and StruxureWare.
These fields are used by the sysName, sysContact, and sysLocation object identifiers (OIDs) in the
SNMP agent of the Rack ATS. For more information about MIB-II OIDs, see the PowerNet
®
SNMP
Management Information Base (MIB) Reference Guide, available at www.apc.com.
The Name and Location fields also identify the device when you register for the Remote Monitoring
Service.
System Message: When defined, a custom message will appear on the log on screen for all users.
Configure date, time, and daylight savings
Path: Configuration > General > Date/Time > Mode
Set the time and date used by the ATS. You can change the current settings manually or through a
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server:
Time Zone: This is your local time difference with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), also known as
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Manual Mode: Do one of the following:
• Enter the date and time for the ATS.
• Select the Apply Local Computer Time check box to apply the date and time settings of the
computer you are using.
Synchronize with NTP Server: Have an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server define the date and time
for the ATS. By default, any ATS on the private side of StruxureWare Server obtains its time settings by
using StruxureWare as an NTP server.
• Override Manual NTP Settings: If you select this, data from other sources (typically DHCP) take
precedence over the NTP configurations you set here.
• Primary NTP Server: Enter the IP address or domain name of the primary NTP server.
• Secondary NTP Server: Enter the IP address or domain name of the secondary NTP server,
when a secondary server is available.
• Update Interval: Define, in hours, how often the ATS accesses the NTP Server for an update.
Minimum: 1; Maximum: 8760 (1 year).
• Update Using NTP Now: Initiate an immediate update of the date and time by the NTP Server.