Dell PowerEdge UPS 500T Operating and maintenance instructions

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Dell™UPS Management Software

Installation and Configuration

User’s Guide

Notes

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

Dell UPS Management Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Dell UPS Management Software Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Installation

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Supported Platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing in a GUI Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing in a Console Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Starting the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Software Startup in a Microsoft Windows Operating System . . . . . . 21

Software Startup in a Linux Operation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Uninstalling the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Uninstalling in a Microsoft Windows Operating System . . . . . . . . . 23

Uninstalling in a Linux Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3 About the Software

The Dell UPS Management Software Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting Software Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Changing the Window Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Changing the Date Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Changing Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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4 Configuring the Software

Auto-Searching the UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Modifying the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Viewing the Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing the Data Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting Event and Data Log File Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring Event Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Broadcasting a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Sending Event Messages by E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Sending Event Messages by Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sending Event Messages by Pager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Resetting the Dell UPS Sensor Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Setting up UPS Load Segment Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Renaming the UPS Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring Shutdown Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Remote Shutdown by Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Shutdown Remote Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Shutdown Devices Monitored by Network Management Card . . . . . . 66

Redundant UPS Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Entering the UPS Warranty Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Testing the UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Performing a UPS Self-Test Immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Scheduling a UPS Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing a Scheduled UPS Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Removing a Scheduled UPS Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Turning the UPS On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Scheduling a UPS On/Off Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Changing a Scheduled UPS On/Off Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing a UPS On/Off Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing Scheduled Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Remotely Controlling a UPS on the LAN or Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Monitoring a UPS through SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Rebooting Computers after a Utility Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Exporting Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

5 Event Descriptions

6 Installation on a VMware ESX Server

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Dell UPS Management Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Installing VMware Tools on a Microsoft Windows Guest . . . . . . . . . 105

Installing VMware Tools on a Linux Guest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

VMware Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Communication Through an RS-232 or USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Communicating Through the Network Management Card . . . . . . . . 114

7 Installation on a VMware ESXi Server

Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

vMA Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

vMA Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

VMware ESXi Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Installing VMware Tools on a Microsoft Windows

Guest Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Installing VMware Tools on a Linux Guest Operating System. . . . . . . 121

VIMA/vMA Shutdown and Startup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Dell UPS Management Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Shutdown Parameter Setting for Network Management Card . . . . . . 128

Dell CUI Commands List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Introduction 7

Introduction

Dell™ UPS Management Software supports either an individual computer or network-connected

computers [including both local area networks (LANs) and the Internet].

The software monitors the UPS and safeguards computer systems from uncontrolled shutdowns due to

power failure. With the Dell UPS Management Software, you can monitor and configure the UPS on any

computer within the same LAN. One UPS can provide multiple computers in a network with

simultaneous power management, including system shutdown, saving application data, and shutdown of

the UPS when utility power fails.

Dell UPS Management Software Components

Dell UPS Management Software has three components:

•

The Agent

is the core component of the Dell UPS Management Software and runs in the background

as a system service. It communicates with the UPS, logs events, notifies users of events, arranges

actions according to the user's specifications, and initiates shutdown when necessary. The Agent can be

managed by the Monitor.

•

The Monitor

is the user interface application of the Dell UPS Management Software. Relying on the

Agent, it gathers real-time UPS information, UPS status, and server information, and allows the user to

tailor the UPS working parameters. The Monitor can run on any computer on the LAN or on a

standalone computer.

•

The Tray

Icon is the management tool of the Dell UPS Management Software, and it appears in the

status area of the system task bar. The Tray Icon is available only for the Microsoft

Windows

platform.

The Tray Icon uses two different icons to display the current Agent status (see Table 1):

Table 1. Tray Icon

Agent is running.

Agent is stopped.

Introduction 8

Right click the Tray Icon to display a shortcut menu (see Figure 1). Use the shortcut menu to start and

stop the Agent or Monitor.

Figure 1. Tray Icon Shortcut Menu

Figure 2 shows the relationships between the software components and the UPS.

Figure 2. Relationship Between Software Components and UPS

UPS

Agent

Tray Icon

Monitor

Introduction 9

Dell UPS Management Software Applications

Figure 3 shows the software application with a standalone computer.

Figure 3. Standalone Computer Application

Figure 4 shows the software application with a LAN.

Figure 4. LAN Software Application

Software UPS

Power Supply Cable

Communication Cable

Software Software SoftwareUPS UPS UPS

Hub

Power Supply Cable

Communication Cable

Network Cable

Introduction 10

Figure 5 shows the software application with the Internet.

Figure 5. Internet Application

Software Software SoftwareUPS UPS UPS

Hub

Power Supply Cable

Communication Cable

Network Cable

Software Software SoftwareUPS UPS UPS

Hub

Router

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