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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