CyberPower PowerPanel Business Edition User manual

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User’sManual
PowerPanelBusinessEdition
Rev. 1.5.11
2009/09/03
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PowerPanel®Business Edition
Installation Guide
For
UPS with Remote Management Card
Rev. 11
2013/07/26

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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Hardware Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Installing PowerPanel®Business Edition Software ..................................................................................... 4
Installation on Windows................................................................................................................................. 4
Installation on Linux....................................................................................................................................... 6
Installation on Text Mode.......................................................................................................................... 9
Installation on VMware ESXi and ESX........................................................................................................ 10
Installation on ESXi................................................................................................................................. 10
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
Configure Power Protection for Computers ............................................................................................... 16
Assign IP Address of UPS Units and Connected Outlet ............................................................................. 16
Setup Necessary Shutdown Time............................................................................................................... 16
Configure Shutdown Action for ESXi .......................................................................................................... 16
Configure Shutdown Action for XenServer ................................................................................................. 17
Configure Startup and Shutdown of Virtual Machines on ESX/ESXi.......................................................... 17
Configure Shutdown of Virtual Machines on Hyper-V Server..................................................................... 18
Manage UPS Units in Center ........................................................................................................................ 19
Add UPS Units ............................................................................................................................................ 20
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Introduction
A UPS with a remote management card (RMCARD) can provide access to the UPS directly via the network. It
provides a service to monitor the status and configure the UPS through the network. It also logs the UPS
status and power events.
The PowerPanel®Business Edition Client running on the host can communicate with the UPS via the network.
In the event of power failure, the Client will be informed of this condition from the RMCARD and request the
hosted computer to shut down completely before the UPS stops supplying power due to the battery power
being exhausted. It can be installed on various platforms to initiate a shutdown during a power outage
including Windows, Linux, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX/ESXi. The following sections describe
installation on the various platforms.
The UPS can establish communication with the PowerPanel®Business Edition Center via the network. The
Center serves to simultaneously monitor and manage multiple UPS units. When the UPS stops supplying
power, any computers running the PowerPanel®Business Edition Client, are shut down in advance to avoid a
system crash or data loss.
Hardware Installation
Before installing the PowerPanel®Business Edition software, make sure that the following hardware
installations are configured properly:
zVerify the computer’s power is connected to the UPS outlet properly.
zVerify the computer’s network is connected.
zVerify the RMCARD’s network is connected.
Please refer to the Remote Management Card User's Manual for a proper hardware installation.

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Installing PowerPanel®Business Edition Software
Installation on Windows
A popup window will be displayed automatically when inserting the PowerPanel®Business Edition installation
CD. Users can click the Install PowerPanel Business Edition software shortcut on the window to initiate
the installation procedure. If the popup window is not displayed when inserting the CD, browse to the CD drive
and open the folder which locates at /Software/Windows then double click the file named Setup.exe to start
the installation procedure. To install follow these steps:
zClick the Next button to start the installation.
zAccept the license agreement.

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zChoose the component. In order to monitor multiple UPS units simultaneously, Center should be
installed. If one single computer is powered by the UPS with an RMCARD installed, Client should be
installed.
zChoose the destination directory.
zChoose the start menu folder.

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zClick the Finish button to complete the installation.
Installation on Linux
The installer is used to install the Client and requires root permission. The installation wizard will guide users
to complete the installation. Browse the CD and find the installer in the /Software/Linux folder. Initiate an
installation wizard by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh command or double clicking ppbe-linux-x86.sh from
desktop on 32-bit Linux systems. Initiate an installation wizard by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh
command or double clicking ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh from desktop on 64-bit systems.
Note: On Linux systems, users may mount the CD by using the mount command. Run 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:
zClick the Next button to start an installation.

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zAccept the license agreement.
zChoose the component. In order to simultaneous monitor multiple UPS, Center should be installed. If
one single computer which is powered by the UPS requiring protection, Client should be installed.

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zChoose the destination directory.
zThe daemon ppbed will start during installation.

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zClick the Finish button to complete the installation.
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:
zPress Enter to start an installation.
zAccept the license agreement.
zChoose the component. In order to monitor multiple UPS units simultaneously, Center should be
installed. If one single computer is powered by the UPS, Client should be installed.
zChoose the destination directory.

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zInstallation 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 vMA on 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
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.

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The deployment procedure will be initiated as below steps:
zLaunch the vShpere Client. Open the Deploy OVF Template window from File > Deploy OVF
Template… item.
zClick Browse to import the ppbeXXX_centos.ovf extracted from the download zip file. Click Next to start
a deployment task.
zThe OVF template detail is displayed. Click Next to continue.

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zEnter the name for the deployed PPBE virtual appliance. This name should be unique within the inventory.
zSelect the virtual disk format for the PPBE virtual appliance. The default option is Thin Provision. Refer
to About Virtual Disk Provision Disk Policies for further information about how to select virtual disk format.

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zA deployment detail is displayed. Click Finish to start the deployment task.
zAfter the deployment task is complete, the PPBE virtual appliance will be added into the inventory.

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zClick Power on the virtual machine to power on the virtual machine and ready to access the Client.
zLogin the virtual appliance. The default username and password are admin. In order to perform shutdown
accurately, you must change the time zone settings of the virtual appliance.
This can be a direct copy of the time zone file from the /usr/share/zoneinfo folder. We assume that the
host is located under the Chicago CST zone in Chicago, and the time zone can be changed by running
the command cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime.
Installation on XenServer
The installer requires root permission to install the PowerPanel® Business Edition. 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 run ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh command to initiate an installation
procedure.
Installation must be launched on the Dom0. Refer to Installation on Text Mode section to complete the
installation.
Installation on Hyper-V Server
Use the PowerPanel®Business Edition installation CD to complete the installation on the target computer.
Run the <CD_Drive>\Software\Windows\setup.exe to start the installation procedure (CD_Drive is a CD
drive formatted as D: or E:). A popup window will be displayed when the installation is launched. Refer
to Installation on Windows section to follow the same steps to complete installation.

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Access PowerPanel®Business Edition Software Interface
To access the PowerPanel®Business Edition interface in Windows, go to Start > All Programs >
CyberPower PowerPanel Business Edition > PowerPanel Business Edition Client (or PowerPanel
Business Edition Center), which will take you to the login page.
On Linux, user can also enter the URL as http://127.0.0.1:3052/ in the address of the web browser to access
to the interface. User can also enter the URL, http://hosted_computer_ip_address:3052/, in the address of
the web browser to access the interface from a remote computer. hosted_computer_ip_address is the IP
address of the host computer which has the PowerPanel®Business Edition installed. For vMA on the ESX or
ESXi, hosted_computer_ip_address is the IP address of the vMA (Note: hosted_computer_ip_address is
the IP address of the host computer on ESX.).
The default username is admin and the default password is admin. For security purposes, it is recommended
you change the login username and password after the initial login.
PowerPanel®Business Edition supports multiple-language function and allows users to change language. It
will choose the suitable language as the default one to display at the initial access. Users can change the
language from the banner. After the language is changed, the page will refresh automatically and choose the
assigned language as the default one to display.

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Configure Power Protection for Computers
In order to ensure the computers which are connected to the UPS have sufficient time to complete the
shutdown prior to turning off outlets, Client should be installed. The Client will establish communication with
the UPS and receive commands from the UPS for a complete shutdown to avoid data loss or a system crash.
Refer the Install PowerPanel®Business Edition Software chapter for installing the Client.
Assign IP Address of UPS Units and Connected Outlet 
Communication can be established through the network by assigning the IP address of the UPS RMCARD
and outlet assignment on the Power/Configuration page in the Client. In order to ensure the UPS RMCARD
can respond to the Client normally, the community configuration must be setup properly.
Assign the IP address of the UPS RMCARD at the Address field or pick an address from the device list which
shows all devices on the local network. Users have to assign the UPS output outlet which supplies power to
the Client computer according to the actual connection. Click the Apply button for Client to establish the
communication between Client and UPS.
Setup Necessary Shutdown Time
Each computer running the Client requires sufficient time to be shut down completely before the UPS stops
supplying power. Therefore users should set up this sufficient time at the Necessary shutdown time option on
the Event Action/Settings page in the Client.
Configure Shutdown Action for ESXi
In order to ensure the ESXi host and all virtual machines can be shut down correctly in case of power events,
users have to configure the host address, account and password of the root user for the host shutdown from
vMA. Fill in the Host Address, Account and Password fields with actual username and password for ESXi host
on the Event Action/Settings page.
Note: Host Address is the IP address of the ESXi host computer on which vMA is operating but not the IP
address of vMA.

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Note: In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, VMware tools must be
installed on each virtual machine. Refer to VMware ESX/ESXi Server documentation for further information
about VMware Tools.
Configure Shutdown Action for XenServer
In order to ensure the XenServer host and all virtual machines can be shut down correctly, users have to
configure the account and password of root user for host shutdown. Fill in the Account and Password fields
with actual username and password for shutdown action on the Event Action/Settings page.
Configure Startup and Shutdown of Virtual Machines on ESX/ESXi
In order to ensure that all virtual machines and VMware ESX/ESXi server host can be shut down and restart
gracefully.
zSelect the topmost VMware ESX/ESXi server host from the tree hierarchy on the left side. Go to
Configuration ÆVirtual Machine Startup/Shutdown menu ÆProperties of the vSphere Client.
zEnable the Allow virtual machines to start and stop automatically with the system option.

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Configure Shutdown of Virtual Machines on Hyper-V Server
In order for the virtual machines to be shut down correctly when the Hyper-V host shuts down, users should
configure a guest operating system shutdown on each virtual machine.
Follow below steps to configure the guest virtual machine to shut down with the host:
zUsing the Hyper-V Manager to choose a VM and the click Settings.

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zChoose the Automatic Stop Action and choose Shut down the guest operating system.
Hyper-V server will shut itself down only after the running virtual machines shut down. Ensure that the
Necessary shutdown time in the Event Actions/Settings page must be sufficient to support the virtual
machines to shut down and the Hyper-V server to shut down.
Note: In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, Hyper-V Integration Service
(HIS) have to be installed on each virtual machine by accessing Insert Integration Services setup disk item
from the Action menu of each virtual machine’s console.
If the virtual machine is running a Linux distribution, refer to the Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V page to
download and re install the Linux integration service for Hyper-V.
Manage UPS Units in Center
If the administrator requires monitoring multiple UPS units on the local network at one time, PowerPanel®
Business Edition Center should be installed. The Center can gather the state and events from the monitored
UPS units and the monitored UPS units can also accept commands from the Center for shutting off or
restarting. Computers running Client can be ordered to initiate a graceful shutdown. Refer to Installing
PowerPanel®Business Edition Software chapter for further details about Center installation.
The Center can also establish communication with multiple UPS units. Monitored UPS units will relay the
state to the Center and notify Center when and what power event occurs.

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Add UPS Units
Users can monitor and control multiple UPS on the Management/Power Equipment page by accessing the
Add Device window to add UPS to Center as below:
The Add Device window can be accessed by clicking the Add Device button of the toolbar or selecting the
Add Device in the context menu of any one group node.
Either enter the IP address of the UPS RMCARD on the Device Address field or click the Browse button to
display the device list and select the IP address from the list. Click OK to proceed to add the selected UPS.