APC Network Management Card AP9617 User Manual

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Preliminary Information

AP9618U and
AP9619U
upgrade kits

You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX or an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM into an AP9618 Network Management Card EM/
MDM.

You can use an AP9619U kit to convert an AP9617 Network
Management Card EX into an AP9619 Network Management
Card EM.

Integrated
Environmental
Monitor feature
(AP9618 and
AP9619)

The AP9618 and AP9619 Management Cards include an
Integrated Environmental Monitor that provides the following
features:

• A temperature/humidly probe
• Two input contacts
• Two-position output relay

In addition to the Integrated Environmental Monitor, an
AP9618 or AP9619 Management Card can still monitor and
manage an external Environmental Monitoring Unit or
Environmental Monitoring Card.

Internal analog
modem feature
(AP9618)

An AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM has an
internal analog modem that provides for the following out-of-
band communication:

• Dial-out notifications for APC’s Remote Monitoring

Service (RMS)

• Dial-in access to the Management Card’s Console

Interface