CyberPower PowerPanel Business Edition User manual

PowerPanel®Business Edition
Installation Guide
For
Power Distribution Unit
Rev. 14
2014/09/10

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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Hardware Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Install PowerPanel®Business Edition Software........................................................................................... 4
Installation on Windows................................................................................................................................. 4
Installation on Linux....................................................................................................................................... 6
Installation on Text Mode .......................................................................................................................... 9
Installation on VMware ESXi and ESX.......................................................................................................... 9
Installation on ESXi................................................................................................................................... 9
Installation on ESX.................................................................................................................................. 10
Virtual Appliance Deployment on ESXi ....................................................................................................... 10
Installation on XenServer............................................................................................................................ 14
Installation on Hyper-V Server .................................................................................................................... 14
Access PowerPanel®Business Edition Software Interface ...................................................................... 15
Manage PDUs in Center................................................................................................................................ 15
Add PDUs.................................................................................................................................................... 15
Configure Power Protection for Computer ................................................................................................. 16
Assign PDU’s IP Address and Connected Outlet in Client .......................................................................... 16
Setup Necessary Shutdown Time............................................................................................................... 17
Configure Shutdown Action for ESXi........................................................................................................... 17
Configure Startup and Shutdown of Virtual Machines on ESX/ESXi.......................................................... 18
Configure Shutdown of Virtual Machines on Hyper-V Server..................................................................... 19
Mass Deployment .......................................................................................................................................... 20

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Introduction
A Power Distribution Unit (PDU) provides power output controls for individual outlets to your connected
equipment. The PDU can establish communication with PowerPanel®Business Edition Center via the
network. It can relay its state to Center and accepts commands to turn off or turn on the outlets. When the
PDU turns off an outlet, any connected computers running PowerPanel®Business Edition Client are shut
down in an orderly fashion, preventing data loss or a system crash due to an immediate power loss. Refer to
the illustration below.
PowerPanel®Business Edition Center allows the administrator to simultaneously monitor the status and
events from multiple PDUs. Center establishes communication with multiple PDUs via the network and sends
commands to each PDU to turn off or turn on the outlets. The powered computers which have installed the
Client will initiate shutdown sequences prior to turning off outlets.
PowerPanel®Business Edition software can be installed on various platforms including Windows, Linux, Citrix
XenServer and VMware ESX/ESXi. Following sections describe conditions specific to these platforms
individually.
Hardware Installation
Before installing PowerPanel®Business Edition software, make sure that the following hardware installations
are configured properly:
Verify the computer’s power is connected to the PDU outlet properly.
Verify the computer’s network is connected.
Verify the PDU’s network is connected.
Please refer to the Power Distribution Unit User's Manual for a proper hardware installation.

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Install PowerPanel®Business Edition Software
Installation on Windows
A popup page will be displayed automatically when inserting the PowerPanel®Business Edition installation
CD. Users can click the Install PowerPanel Business Edition software shortcut on the popup page to
initiate the installation procedure. If the popup page is not displayed when inserting the CD, browse to the CD
drive and open the folder which locates at /Software/Windows, and then double click the file named
Setup.exe to start the installation procedure. To install follow these steps:
Click the Next button to start an installation.
Accept the license agreement.
Choose the component. In order to monitor multiple PDUs, Center should be installed. In order to
monitor on a single computer powered by the PDU, Client should be installed.
Note: Agent should not be selected because of ability to access to UPS instead of PDU.

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Choose the destination directory.
Choose the start menu folder.

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Click the Finish button to complete the installation.
Installation on Linux
The installer requires root permission to install the Client. The installation wizard will guide users to complete
the installation. Initiate an installation wizard by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh command or double clicking
ppbe-linux-x86.sh from the desktop on 32-bit systems. Initiate an installation wizard by running the
/.ppbe-linux-x64.sh command or double clicking ppbe-linux-x64.sh from desktop on 64-bit systems.
Note: On Linux systems, users may mount the CD by use the mount command. Execute mount –t iso9660
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom as a root user. /dev/cdrom is the CD drive and /mnt/cdrom will be the mount point.
To install follow these steps:
Click the Next button to start an installation.
Accept the license agreement.

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Choose the component. In order to simultaneous monitor multiple PDU, the Center should be installed.
If one single computer which is powered by the PDU requiring protection, the Client should be installed.
Note: Agent should not be selected because of ability to access to UPS instead of PDU.
Choose the destination directory.

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The daemon ppbed will start during installation.
Click the Finish button to complete the installation.

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Installation on Text Mode
When the system does not support graphic mode, the Linux installation needs to be initiated in the terminal by
using the ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh -c command on 32-bit systems or use ./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh -c command
on 64-bit systems.
The installation procedure will be initiated as following steps:
Press Enter to start an installation.
Accept the license agreement.
Choose the component. In order to simultaneous monitor multiple PDU, Center should be installed. If
one single computer which is powered by the PDU requiring protection, Client should be installed.
Note: Agent should be not selected because of ability to access to UPS instead of PDU.
Choose the destination location.
Installation procedure starts and once finished. It will end automatically.
Installation on VMware ESXi and ESX
Installation on ESXi
Installation must be launched in the vMA (vSphere Management Assistant) which is also a virtual machine
on the ESXi host. In order to deploy vMAon the ESXi host and install PPBE in the vMA, users must install the
vSphere Client tool on another remote computer first. To download the vSphere Client installer, users can

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enter the ESXi host IP address to access the web page. Users can visit VMware website for vSphere
Management Assistant Guide document about vMA deployment on VMware ESXi.
The installer will guide users in completing the installation. Refer to Installation on Text Mode section to follow
the same steps to complete installation. The installer requires root permission to initiate the installation
procedure. Mount CD by running mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom as a root user.(/dev/cdrom is
the CD drive and /mnt/cdrom will be the mount point.). Browse the CD drive and find the installer in the
/Software/Linux folder. Initiate an installation procedure by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh command.
Note: In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, VMware tools have to be
installed on each virtual machine. Refer to VMware ESX/ESXi Server documentation for further information
about VMware Tools.
Installation on ESX
Installation must be launched in the Service Console (aka Console Operation System). To initiate the
installation procedure on VMware ESX also requires root permission. Use the same command to mount CD
and initiate the installation procedure. Refer to Installation on Text Mode section to complete the installation.
Virtual Appliance Deployment on ESXi
A virtual appliance (VA) is a prebuilt software solution, comprised of one or more virtual machines that is
packaged, maintained, updated and managed as a unit. It is fundamentally changing how software is
developed, distributed, deployed and managed.
Download the PPBE virtual appliance which is pre-installed Client from CyberPower.In order to deploy the
PPBE virtual appliance on VMware ESXi host, users must install vSphere Client tool first on another remote
computer. To download the vSphere Client installer, users can enter the ESXi host IP address to access web
page of ESXi host.
The deployment procedure will be initiated as below steps:
Launch the vShpere Client. Open the Deploy OVF Template window from File > Deploy OVF
Template…item.