Avocent EVR1500 EVR1500-AM EVR1500-AM Installation and maintenance instructions

Installer/User Guide
EVR1500

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EVR1500
Installer/User Guide

USA Notification
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Note: 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.
Canadian Notification
This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
Safety and
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Product Overview
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2: Installation
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mounting the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 11
Installing the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . . . 12
Configuring the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance . . . . 13
Chapter 3: Basic Operations
Launching the Web Browser GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Launching Through DSView Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Email Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the Login Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring Digital Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring Analog Inputs and Internal Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring Digital Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring XML Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring Delimited Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring User Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring Email Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring FTP Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring Combination Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring Output Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring Report To File Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Viewing Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4: Advanced Operations
Setting Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Configuring Timed Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring User Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table of Contents (Continued)
Appendices
Appendix A: Application Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix B: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix C: EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Pinouts . . 67
Appendix D: SNMP Trap MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Appendix E: Customer-Supplied Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Appendix F: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Contents
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1
Product Overview

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Chapter 1: Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent EVR1500 environmental monitor and control appliance manages
environmental conditions within a rack and/or data center through a standard
web browser or the Avocent DSView®software. By combining analog and
digital technology, the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance collects data
from internal and external sensors, compares it to pre-configured parameters,
issues alarms, generates reports and acts on conditions and events. Multiple
users can access the appliance locally or remotely.
Access via network connection
Users can access the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance remotely over
Ethernet from a web browser or a PC running DSView software. User PCs can
be located anywhere a valid network connection exists. No special software or
drivers are required on the attached, or host, computers. The EVR1500
environmental monitor appliance can be configured on a separate network
from your data network, allowing you to view and report your environmental
conditions even if your applications network is down. This feature is important
because loss of access to the data network could be due to adverse
environmental or security conditions.
Web-based GUI
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides an easy-to-use web-
based GUI (Graphical User Interface) that enables you to configure the
network, digital and analog sensors, thresholds and alarm reports. The
software is a Java™ applet uploaded from the EVR1500 environmental monitor
appliance to a computer.
User-configurable environmental conditions
Environmental thresholds set through the web GUI trigger alarms that can be
automatically reported on the application screen, emailed, sent to a pager or sent
to an NMS (Network Management System) using SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol).
Internal and external sensors
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides four internal sensors:
Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow and Audio. The EVR1500 environmental
monitor appliance also supports up to eight external analog sensors, six
external digital sensors and two digital outputs. The external sensors enable
you to monitor precise locations within the rack or data center. See Figure 1.1
and the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features table for details.

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Analog Sensors Digital Sensors USB Ports
Serial Port
Ethernet
Connection
DC Power
Internal Sensors
Figure 1.1: EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Front and Back Panel
EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features
Feature Description
Internal Sensors Four internal sensors (Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow, Audio)
Analog Sensors Eight inputs (RJ-45) with 12 VDC (Volts DC) powering
Digital Sensor Inputs Six, plug-in modules 1 to 6
Digital Sensor Outputs Two, plug-in modules 7 and 8
USB port 1 Reserved for future use
USB port 2 Reserved for future use
Serial port Used for configuration
DC power connection For power supply (provided by Avocent)
ARI port Not in use
KVM console Not in use
Typical Configuration
Shown in Figure 1.2, a typical configuration consists of the EVR1500
environmental monitor appliance, a serial connection for setup, an Ethernet
connection and a PC running Microsoft® Internet Explorer (IE) or Avocent
DSView software.

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Analog Sensors
(up to eight)
TCP/IP
TCP/IP
Serial
Connection
Internal Sensors
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Air Flow
• Audio
External Sensors
Digital Inputs
(up to six)
Digital Outputs
(up to two)
DSView Software
User
Web GUI User
Figure 1.2: Typical EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Configuration
Safety Precautions
To avoid potential problems when using Avocent products, use only DC power
supplied by Avocent.