Dell PowerEdge UPS 500T Operating and maintenance instructions

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Dell™UPS Management Software
Installation and Configuration
User’s Guide

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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
1
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.

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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

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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

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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
Router

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Features
The Dell UPS Management Software has the following features:
• Runs continuously to protect the equipment after the Agent starts.
• Uninstalls easily and completely.
• Provides a panoramic view of all information, including utility power, UPS, load, and battery status, all
in the same window.
• Automatically searches and remotely monitors any Dell UPS on the LAN.
• Manually searches and remotely monitors any Dell UPS on the Internet.
• Provides security protection with an administrator password. Only the system administrator has full
access; other users have only view access.
• Protects data automatically by closing open applications and saving the related files.
• Turns the UPS on and off, providing maximum protection for your computer system.
• Initiates a UPS self-test.
• Supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) monitoring.
• Shuts down the network.
• Logs data and events (including utility power, UPS, load, and battery status) so the system
administrator can perform daily system maintenance.
• Provides flexible methods of notifying users of UPS status, including:
– Broadcasting messages to all users in the network.
– Sending messages to a pager.
– Sending messages by e-mail.
– Sending messages to a mobile phone with Short Message Service (SMS).

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2
Installation
System Requirements
• A minimum of 128 MB of physical memory (256 MB is recommended)
• A minimum of 160 MB of hard disk space
• More than 256 colors and 800 x 600 resolution or above display is recommended
• Administrator credentials (for Microsoft Windows Vista
®
and Windows 7 operating systems)
• Superuser credentials for Linux
®
operating systems
• TCP/IP communication protocol installed to support network management
• An available communication port (RS-232 serial port or USB port)
Supported Platforms
• Microsoft Windows Server
®
2008, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition (includes Hyper-V™)
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
•RedHat
®
Enterprise Linux
• Novell
®
SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
• Microsoft Windows XP
®
Professional
• Microsoft Windows XP Home
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x32, x64
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

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• Ubuntu
®
Linux
•VMware
®
ESX
®
Server
•VMwareESXi
®
Server
Installing the Software
This section includes installation instructions in a graphical user interface (GUI) environment and a
console environment.
Installing in a GUI Environment
To install the software in a GUI environment:
1
For a Microsoft Windows operating system, run setup.exe from the CD drive: \Windows directory to
start the installation program (see Figure 6).
Figure 6. Setup Icon
NOTE: In the Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, you are prompted to enter the
administrator account information.
For other operating systems, enter the command:
./setup.bin
or
setup_console.bin (see Figure 7).
Figure 7. setup.bin

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2 Select the language for the software and click OK (see Figure 8).
Figure 8. Selecting the Language for Installation
3 Read the introduction and click Next (see Figure 9).
Figure 9. Introduction Window

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4 If there is a previously installed version of the Dell UPS Management Software, the software prompts
you to remove it. Click
Yes to remove the software and continue with the installation (see Figure 10).
Figure 10. Removing the Previous Software Version
5 The software provides an option to keep the previous software configuration parameters, such as local
UPS information, Network Management Card settings, shutdown parameters, and alarm settings.
Click
Yes to keep the previous configuration file; otherwise, click No .
Figure 11. Saving the Previous Configuration Parameters
The software begins uninstalling the software (see Figure 12).
Figure 12. Uninstalling the Software

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6 By default, the software installs to C:\Program Files\Dell\UPS Management Software. Update the
location if needed and click
Next (see Figure 13).
Figure 13. Choose Install Folder Window

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7 Select the shortcut folder and click Next (see Figure 14).
Figure 14. Choose Shortcut Folder Window

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8 Review the selected installation options. If the options are correct, click Install to begin the installation
(see Figure 15).
Figure 15. Pre-Installation Summary Window

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The Installing window displays (see Figure 16).
Figure 16. Installing Window

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9 When the installation program is complete, click Done to exit the installer (see Figure 17).
Figure 17. Install Complete Window
If the software installed successfully, the Dell UPS Management Software application can be found in All
Programs from the Start menu (see Figure 18).
Figure 18. Dell UPS Management Software Application in the Start Menu