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Hey guys,

I don't know where to post this, I am sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.

I am looking for some kind of on and off switch for my routers and switches.

This is my entire lab:

Skeletek 16U rack, 1x 2620XM (w/ 2x WIC-1T), 2x 2620 (w/ 3x WIC-1T), 1x 2620 w/ NM-8A/S, 2511 Console server, 1x 3550 POE, 1x 3550, 2x 2950EI, 1x 2950.

Right now, I can remotely connect to my console server to do some labbing,  but I have to turn all my routers before I go to work.  I am planning to (if possible) to add another equipment to remotely turn on all my some routers and switches, and turn them off remotely when done.

The cheaper it is the better, but of course must be realiable device.

What do you guys use?

Thanks

I personally use APC AP9212 Master Switch Power Distribution Unit. Search Ebay. I think you can buy it for 150$ or less.

Brian,

Sorry to interrupt you.

I first saw you on CCIE 12 days Bootcamp.

Good contents and well sophisticated.

One thing I would like you to do.

Could you be more specific about the contents?

I mean;

22 Mock Lab 1 Configuration Part 1 

23 Mock Lab 1 Configuration Part 2  

24 Mock Lab 1 Configuration Part 3  

25 Mock Lab 1 Configuration Part 4

At this rate, we viewers have no choice but to open each of them.

If we would like to strength the particular area, it takes time and patience.

Same thing can be seen on;

8 Interior Gateway Routing Part 1 

9 Interior Gateway Routing Part 2 

10 Interior Gateway Routing Part 3

I just want to watch EIGRP, but which one?

I will leave it entirely to your kind consideration.

Thanks in advance.

nixwork,

I have no problems with the AP9211 and AP9606 Management Card. It uses a character-based menu tree - once you log in:

2511A#apc
Translating "apc"...domain server (...)
 (...)Trying apc (...)... Open

User Name : **********
Password  : **********


American Power Conversion               Web/SNMP Management Card AOS     v3.0.3
(c) Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved  MasterSwitch APP                 v2.2.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : ************         Date    : 09/23/2011
Contact   : ************         Time    : 09:03:27
Location  : Clovis, CA USA              Up Time : 89 Days 15 Hours 41 Minutes
Status    : P+ N+ A+                    User    : Administrator

MasterSwitch : Serial Communication Established

------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------

     1- Device Manager
     2- Network
     3- System
     4- Logout

     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> 1

------- Device Manager --------------------------------------------------------

     1- C2414A                  ON                                          
     2- C2514B                  ON                                          
     3- C2501A                  ON                                          
     4- C2501B                  ON                                          
     5- C3640B                  ON                                          
     6- C2509A                  ON                                          
     7- C1720A                  ON                                          
     8- C1604R                  ON                                          
     9- Master Control/Config

     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>


American Power Conversion               Web/SNMP Management Card AOS     v3.0.3
(c) Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved  MasterSwitch APP                 v2.2.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : **************         Date    : 09/23/2011
Contact   : **************         Time    : 09:04:09
Location  : Clovis, CA USA              Up Time : 89 Days 15 Hours 42 Minutes
Status    : P+ N+ A+                    User    : Administrator

MasterSwitch : Serial Communication Established

------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------

     1- Device Manager
     2- Network
     3- System
     4- Logout

     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>

Just follow the prompts - after selecting a device or group of devices to change the power state, you will need to type YES to validate the command.

Of course you will need to configure network address via console before the network interface will work unless you are using its default ip address.

nixwork:

 

@Arik19 @Brian

I found this on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Ports-Remote-Power-Manage-Switch-Web-IP-Reboot-PDU-/260775935324?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb774fd5c

What do you guys think of this?  It seems pretty easy to configure since it uses WebGUI.

I am looking at the manual of the AP9211 and the CLI is kind of confusing.

 

nixwork,

I have no problems with the AP9211 and AP9606 Management Card. It uses a character-based menu tree - once you log in:

2511A#apc
Translating "apc"...domain server (...)
 (...)Trying apc (...)... Open

User Name : **********
Password  : **********


American Power Conversion               Web/SNMP Management Card AOS     v3.0.3
(c) Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved  MasterSwitch APP                 v2.2.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : ************         Date    : 09/23/2011
Contact   : ************         Time    : 09:03:27
Location  : Clovis, CA USA              Up Time : 89 Days 15 Hours 41 Minutes
Status    : P+ N+ A+                    User    : Administrator

MasterSwitch : Serial Communication Established

------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------

     1- Device Manager
     2- Network
     3- System
     4- Logout

     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> 1

------- Device Manager --------------------------------------------------------

     1- C2414A                  ON                                          
     2- C2514B                  ON                                          
     3- C2501A                  ON                                          
     4- C2501B                  ON                                          
     5- C3640B                  ON                                          
     6- C2509A                  ON                                          
     7- C1720A                  ON                                          
     8- C1604R                  ON                                          
     9- Master Control/Config

     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>


American Power Conversion               Web/SNMP Management Card AOS     v3.0.3
(c) Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved  MasterSwitch APP                 v2.2.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      : **************         Date    : 09/23/2011
Contact   : **************         Time    : 09:04:09
Location  : Clovis, CA USA              Up Time : 89 Days 15 Hours 42 Minutes
Status    : P+ N+ A+                    User    : Administrator

MasterSwitch : Serial Communication Established

------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------

     1- Device Manager
     2- Network
     3- System
     4- Logout

     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>

Just follow the prompts - after selecting a device or group of devices to change the power state, you will need to type YES to validate the command.

Of course you will need to configure network address via console before the network interface will work unless you are using its default ip address.

nixwork:

 

@Arik19 @Brian

I found this on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Ports-Remote-Power-Manage-Switch-Web-IP-Reboot-PDU-/260775935324?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb774fd5c

What do you guys think of this?  It seems pretty easy to configure since it uses WebGUI.

I am looking at the manual of the AP9211 and the CLI is kind of confusing.

 

 

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I just received my AP9211 with AP9606.  I powered it on, but I am unable to configure it.

I tried to use the Serial port on the AP9211 using the Cisco Serial port.  The other end of the serial port is connected to my MBP's NIC port.  I am not sure if the MBP is able to connect to it, but I have no idea where to connect the other end(RJ45) other than the NIC port on my laptop.

I opened SecureCRT and added this configuration on the serial settings.

Baud Rate 2400

Data Bits 8

Stop Bits 1

Parity None

Handshaking None

Local Echo Off

Terminal Type ANSI (VT100

The SecureCRT seems to be connected (with a green check mark), but I cannot type or do anything.

Is there a way to configure this AP9211? Am I missing some hardware that I need to use to console to this AP9211?

nixwork,

The console port is RS-232/EIA-232 serial DB-9 male - it needs to connect to a serial port.

For my Win 7 laptop that does not have a serial port, I use a USB to serial adapter - works well with terminal applications, such as this, but does not work well for more intensive data transfers. I don't have a Mac Book yet, so don't know if this type of adapter is supported.

For this to work, you need a DB-9 female to DB-9 female cable - the USB to serial adapter has a DB-9 male connector, as does my XP laptop, and most older desktops and laptops.

The cable I just tried from my XP laptop to the APC AP9606 consists of a Cisco console cable (DB-9 female to RJ45 male) and the DB-9 female to RJ-45 female that was part of the console/aux cable kit with a 25XX router. The kit consisted of a DB-9 female to RJ45 female, DB-25 female to RJ45 female, DB-25 male to RG-45 female, and a rollover cable (RJ45 male to RJ45 male).

If you have a 2509/2511 Access Server/Router, you can use one of the cables with a DB-9 female to RJ45 female adapter - just need to configure the 2400 baud rate for the Async port.

Once you get access via the console port and configure IP address, you can telnet to the APC for further configuration, and to control the power outlets.

The quick configuration guide also shows using arp to configure the IP address: arp -s <ip address> <mac address>. The mac address may be on the AP9606 card - I don't see it on the outside of my AP9211.

nixwork:

I just received my AP9211 with AP9606.  I powered it on, but I am unable to configure it.

I tried to use the Serial port on the AP9211 using the Cisco Serial port.  The other end of the serial port is connected to my MBP's NIC port.  I am not sure if the MBP is able to connect to it, but I have no idea where to connect the other end(RJ45) other than the NIC port on my laptop.

I opened SecureCRT and added this configuration on the serial settings.

Baud Rate 2400

Data Bits 8

Stop Bits 1

Parity None

Handshaking None

Local Echo Off

Terminal Type ANSI (VT100

The SecureCRT seems to be connected (with a green check mark), but I cannot type or do anything.

Is there a way to configure this AP9211? Am I missing some hardware that I need to use to console to this AP9211?

It looks to me like you need a cable that is DB-9 female serial on both ends (a null modem cable).  I recently got a NPS-115 and I used a Cisco console cable with a RJ-45-to-DB9 adapater on the RJ-45 end.  A brief glance at the manual suggets you may be able to connect via an arp method or using bootp

I tried to use the "arp -s ip-address mac-address" on my MBP, but I am unable to telnet to the AP9211.

The AP9211's AP9606 is connected is connected to my FIOS router, and I can ping the ip address that I used on arp -s command.  However, I still can't telnet to the AP9211.

About the bootp, is that the old DHCP?  I do not know how to use bootstrap.

nixwork,

It sounds like you need to use the serial console port to get into this thing. Telnet can be disabled for the AP9211/9606. Bootp, which is similar to DHCP, is also disabled when a static IP address is configured.

Are you trying to telnet from the router? If not, you might try this.

Do you have a router with an aux port? Might be able to configure the aux port as Async, set the baud rate, and plug the RJ45 connector into the aux port to connect to the APC console DB-9 port.

nixwork:

I tried to use the "arp -s ip-address mac-address" on my MBP, but I am unable to telnet to the AP9211.

The AP9211's AP9606 is connected is connected to my FIOS router, and I can ping the ip address that I used on arp -s command.  However, I still can't telnet to the AP9211.

About the bootp, is that the old DHCP?  I do not know how to use bootstrap.

When I do the show line, I got this:

*   17 AUX   9600/9600  - inout     -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -

*   18 VTY              -    -     23    -    -      1       0     0/0       -

I also created a loopback0 with an ip address 1.1.1.1/24

When I tried to telnet (telnet 1.1.1.1 2017), I got "% Connection refused by remote host".  I also tried to clear the line 17, but still getting the same message.  Am I missing a configuration for AUX port?