Quick Start Guide

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Ensuring The High Availability

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Locations

United States

1050 Dearborn Drive

P.O. Box 29186

Columbus, OH 43229

Europe

Via Leonardo Da Vinci 8

Zona Industriale Tognana

35028 Piove Di Sacco (PD) Italy

+39 049 9719 111

Fax: +39 049 5841 257

Asia

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Pasig City 1605, Philippines

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Technical Support / Service

Web Site

www.liebert.com

Monitoring

liebert.monitoring@emerson.com

800-222-5877

Outside North America: +00800 1155 4499

Single-Phase UPS & Server Cabinets

liebert.upstech@emerson.com

800-222-5877

Outside North America: +00800 1155 4499

Three-Phase UPS & Power Systems

800-543-2378

Outside North America: 614-841-6598

Environmental Systems

800-543-2778

Outside the United States: 614-888-0246

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Quick-Start Guide - Version 4

Summary of content (8 pages)

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® Liebert Nform Ensuring The High Availability 0f Mission-Critical Data And Applications. Technical Support / Service ™ Quick-Start Guide - Version 4 Locations Web Site United States www.liebert.com 1050 Dearborn Drive P.O. Box 29186 Monitoring Columbus, OH 43229 liebert.monitoring@emerson.com 800-222-5877 Europe Outside North America: +00800 1155 4499 Via Leonardo Da Vinci 8 Zona Industriale Tognana Single-Phase UPS & Server Cabinets 35028 Piove Di Sacco (PD) Italy liebert.upstech@emerson.
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INSTALLATION CONFIGURE ACTIONS A - OVERVIEW Determine the type of installation, then see the appropriate section: • Upgrade from version 2.0 or later: see A1 - Upgrades. • Install on one computer: see A2 - Installation on the Server. • Install on two or more computers: install a server version on one computer and client versions on any additional computers (see the example below): • See A2 - Installation on the Server (install full package).
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ADD AREAS A1 - UPGRADES An area may be added to organize devices or add graphic floor plans. • Click on the Configure menu, then choose Views. Choose Add, Edit or Copy to open the Navigation View Properties window. • In the Area section, choose Add, Edit or Copy. Liebert Nform devices, licenses, shutdown clients and e-mail actions can be exported from version 2.0 or later, then imported to the new version.
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A2 - INSTALLATION ON THE SERVER • Insert the Liebert Nform CD in the computer’s CD or DVD drive. • The Installation Wizard starts automatically. (If not, open the Windows Explorer and navigate to the Liebert Nform CD, then double-click on Setup.exe.) • Follow the on-screen instructions. • In the Select Installation Type window, choose Nform Full Package to install both the server and client software. (This option may be installed on only one computer per license; for client computers, see Section A3.
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• The Add Discovered Devices window shows all supported devices detected during the search. You may add as many devices as allowed by your license. Review the list and: • Place a check mark ; next to each device you want to add to the list of managed devices. • Click Select all to add check marks to all devices. • Remove check marks from devices you do not want to have managed. • Click Clear all to remove all check marks.
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B - START THE VIEWER AND LOG ON AS “ADMINISTRATOR” To start the application: • Double-click on the program icon (if added to the computer desktop during installation) OR • Click on the Start button, then on Programs, then on Nform Viewer. To log on: • Enter Administrator in the User name box on initial startup. By default, the Administrator account has full access to all software features including configuration. • Leave the Password box blank on initial startup. No password is required for the first login.
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B - DETECT DEVICES ON A NETWORK C - ENTER THE LICENSE KEY The auto discovery feature speeds up configuration with automatic detection of multiple devices within a range of IP addresses on a network. A Liebert Nform license key must be installed before any configuration is possible. If you purchased additional licenses, repeat the following steps to install each license.
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ADD DEVICES Network devices may be added separately or automatically detected. A - ADD A SINGLE DEVICE Devices may be added one at a time through this feature. • Click on the Configure Devices icon at the bottom of the window (or click on the Configure menu, then choose Devices) to open the Managed Devices window. • Click the Add button to open the Nform Add Devices wizard, below right. • In the Add a Single Device window, below left, enter the hostname or IP address of the device you wish to add.