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Article #: KA-03719
Published: Mar/10/2025
Last reviewed: Mar/10/2025
How to manage security cards in Smartzone
Contents
Introduction
SmartZone has the ability to manage access cards giving the user the ability to update multiple PDU’s all at once. The options available are to delete, alter or add card details at racks or PDU’s level.
Purpose
The feature gives the user the ability to centrally mange access card reducing the administration time required to update access card details on PDU’s. Managing card access codes in this way will also reduce the possibility of errors in the updating the cards individually on each PDU.
Requirements
The PDU needs to have been discovered in SmartZone with SNMP read and write access (see SmartZone documentation for details on how to do this).Procedures
Manage cards at rack level
Expand the location tree and select the racks or cabinets you wish to update by selecting the first one and then holding down control select the other you wish to update.
If you then right click on one of the selected cabinets and select “Rack Access Card Management” you will be presented with the screens below.
You can now preview what cards have already been added to individual PDU’s by selecting the PDU from the dropdown box and then clicking browse.
Modifying Cards
You can modify the cards assigned user by entering the card ID on the modified cards tab and then selecting the racks you wish to update as below and then click apply. Now you can add additional modified cards or click save to perform the task. After selecting the selecting the save you are presented with a couple of popup windows to confirm you action and you will then return to the main screen. In the bottom left corner you will have a process window popup show the process that is running.
Adding Cards
To add cards you can enter the details of the card and select the racks you wish to add the new card to and then apply on the add cards tab. After selecting the selecting the save you are presented with a couple of popup windows to confirm you action and you will then return to the main screen. In the bottom left corner you will have a process window popup show the process that is running.
Deleting Cards
You also have the ability to delete cards from the racks by entering the card details selecting the rack and clicking apply. After selecting the selecting the save you are presented with a couple of popup windows to confirm you action and you will then return to the main screen. In the bottom left corner you will have a process window popup show the process that is running.
Monitoring and viewing the process selected.
After selecting the save you are presented with a couple of popup windows to confirm you action and you will then return to the main screen. In the bottom left corner you will have a process window popup show the process that is running.
When the process completes you will see a success or error popup.
Selecting feedback will provide details of the failed task.
If successful you will see the popup below.
Once you are finished with process you can click remove to remove it from the process window.
Managing cards at the PDU level.
If you select individual PDU’s as below.
Clicking the results will show the popup window below.
The screen although different from the Rack level screens perform the same task as previously shown for the rack level card management.
Troubleshooting
If you find the process failing try reducing the number of PDU’s or racks in the selection as the process of updating to many PDU’s at one time could cause the process to timeout.
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