Dell UPS 5600R - Manual (Page 2)

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios
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Contents
Scope of this document ................................................................................................ 3
The two components of Dell UPS Management Software ........................................................ 3
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................ 7
Prerequisites: Software download from Dell ................................................................... 7
Prerequisites: VMware licensing .................................................................................. 7
Prerequisites: Hardware and software .......................................................................... 7
Prerequisites: Connectivity ....................................................................................... 7
Installing the software ................................................................................................. 8
VMware vCenter example ........................................................................................... 15
Summary ............................................................................................................... 20
References ............................................................................................................. 20
Dell Technical Information Notes: .............................................................................. 20
Dell Publications: .................................................................................................. 20
Tables
Table 1. Protocol, mode/port listing .............................................................................. 8
Figures
Figure 1: Dell’s Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) ........................................................... 4
Figure 2: Dell’s UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM) ................................................................... 5
Figure 3: Dell UPS management software connectivity scenarios ................................................ 6
Figure 4: UPS management architecture in a virtualized environment .......................................... 6
Figure 5: MUMC client  Settings  Auto Discovery  Add Node ................................................ 9
Figure 6: MUMC client  Settings  System  Modules Settings  Edit Scan Settings ...................... 9
Figure 7: Edit Scan Settings  Virtualization ........................................................................ 9
Figure 8: MUMC client  Settings  Virtualization menu item added ........................................ 10
Figure 9: MUMC client  Settings  Virtualization  Add new supervisor ................................... 10
Figure 10: vCenter  MUMC client tab .............................................................................. 11
Figure 11: vCenter  MUMC client  Main menu ................................................................. 11
Figure 12: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List ........................................................ 12
Figure 13: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List  Node Settings .................................. 12
Figure 14: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List  Node Settings  Shutdown settings ........ 12
Figure 15: UPS Battery capacity over time ......................................................................... 14
Figure 16: Shutdown sequence (from ULNM UG) .................................................................. 14
Figure 17: Node Settings  Shutdown Settings  Node configuration synchronize before and after ... 15