RCCMD Quick Setup: Windows, Linux and macOS

This article contains the following:

Step 1: Status > System Status

Step 2: Options > Connections

Step 3: Control Heartbeats under Options > Heartbeats

Step 4: Check the shutdown sequence

Step 5: Check and change license

How to change the RCCMD license key:

Step 6: Change User Password

Login and quick configuration

This chapter is about getting started quickly and securing your RCCMD installation.

How to access the web-based interface:

• https://127.0.0.1:8443
• https://[IP address of the computer]:8443
• https://localhost:8443

Password: RCCMD or your password

If you have assigned a password during installation, you need to enter it now for access.  If you left the field blank, use this original password:

• RCCMD or the password you entered during installation.

After logging in, you can access the configuration menus:

Step 1: Click on Status > System Status

Please check that under System Status RCCMD is set to "not running". This ensures that your server cannot be accidentally shut down for now.

Step 2: Options > Connections

Under Connections, click "Insert" and enter the IP address of the responsible CS121/ CS141/ UPSManager, ... - in short, the valid RCCMD Shutdown Sender.

Make sure that you also click on "Save Changes" at the top right so that the stored IP address is valid.

What you do with this step:

As soon as an IP address is stored here, the RCCMD client will only accept exactly THIS IP address as an authorized transmitter. Other signals are politely documented, but the execution is refused.

Step 3: Control Heartbeats under Options > Heartbeats

With this function, you can determine whether the RCCMD client can reach its CS141 and whether communication is running. Please note that for licensed products—i.e., manufacturers of SNMP cards that have obtained an RCCMD license—this function is not necessarily supported by the hardware.

All GENEREX cards (BACS / CS121/ CS141/ SITEMONITOR / SITEMANAGER) support this function; RCCMD will provide an "OK" at this point.

Important: You don't necessarily need the heartbeats with a simple shutdown scenario. For using advanced redundancy functions, this function must be activated - this function carries out the redundancy check in case of a power failure.

Step 4: Check the shutdown sequence

Under Options, click on Shutdown Settings.

By default, the command sequence "Shut down system" should already be included:

RCCMD triggers a shutdown script that will advise the Windows operating system to shut down and switch off the hardware. If the computer should simply restart afterwards, this is set within the BIOS. Keep in mind that some settings must be configured in the BIOS. Among other things, these settings affect the mainboard directly and determine how the entire computer will react to a power failure.

How does the RCCMD shutdown job list work?

If an RCCMD shutdown is triggered via a valid transmitter, this list is executed from top to bottom as entered. So, make sure that "System Shutdown" is always the last item to be executed.

Step 5: Check and change license

 Open Status > System Status and click on Start

Proceed to "Event log". If you see this entry, the key you entered is not correct:

How to change the RCCMD license key:

Click on Options > Advanced Settings

At the very bottom, you will find the setting "Update license key":

Simply enter the new key and click "Restart" under "Status". The test key log file entry appears until a valid key is entered.

Step 6: Change User Password

Click on Options > User Settings

Using the default password is a crucial security leak – if not changed during the installation to a custom password, RCCMD will grant access to all RCCMD functions to anyone who knows how to read a manual. For this reason, we strongly recommend changing the password as soon as possible.

How to change the password

Note:

Remember to choose a “strong password”, e.g. “Refl-Jobo-45&3-Hable”.