Dell 5600R Installation Manual

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Software Installation on Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V

Installing the Software 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring UPS Shutdown 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring Guest Operating System Shutdown on the Client-Side 7. . . . . . . . . .

3 Software Installation on Hyper-V Server 2008

Installing the Software 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring UPS Shutdown on a Local Agent 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring UPS Shutdown from a Remote Machine 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninstalling the Software 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring Guest Operating System Shutdown on the Client-Side 18. . . . . . . . . .

4 Software Installation on Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Preparing Server Core for Software Installation 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing the Software 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring UPS Shutdown on a Local Agent 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring the UPS from a Remote Machine 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uninstalling the Software 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Introduction

These installation notes provide instructions for installing Dellt UPS Management Software on the
following hypervisor-based server environments:

S Microsoft

S Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (includes HyperV)

S Microsoft HyperV Server 2008

S Microsoft HyperV Server 2008 R2

S Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core

S Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core

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Introduction

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Software Installation on Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V

This chapter provides the procedures for installing the Dell UPS Management Software on a computer
that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V.

This chapter also includes instructions for starting the Dell UPS Management Software and modifying
settings in the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment.

Installing the Software

To install and start the software on Hyper-V:

1 Download the software from the Dell Web site (support.dell.com) or from the CD (F618R A04 or

higher) provided with the UPS.

2 Locate the setup.exe installation file on your machine.

3 Double-click the setup.exe icon to start the installation program.

4 Refer to the installation and configuration manual for the Dell UPS Management Software, which

provides instructions to complete the installation in a graphical user interface (GUI) environment.

5 Start the Monitor. Right click the Dell UPS Management Software Tray Icon and select Start

Monitor (see Figure 1). The Dell UPS Management Software user interface window opens.

Figure 1. Start Monitor

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Configuring UPS Shutdown

To select the UPS and set the shutdown parameters:

1 Select Auto Search UPS from the System menu to search for the UPS.

2 Select the desired UPS from the list of available UPSs.

3 Select Shutdown Parameters from the UPS menu to view or change the shutdown settings

(see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Shutdown Settings Window

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Configuring Guest Operating System Shutdown on the Client-Side

To configure the guest operating system shutdown:

1 Start the HyperV Manager.

2 Select one of the guest operating systems from the Virtual Machines list. Figure 3 shows an

example with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 installed as guest operating
systems.

3 Select Setting from the Actions pane on the right.

The server settings window opens.

Figure 3. Server Settings Window

4 Select Automatic Stop Action Save from the Management list to display shutdown options

(see Figure 3).

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Select one of three ways to protect the guest operating system from an uncontrolled host machine
shutdown:

S Save the virtual machine state. Select this option to retain the guest operating system state

before the host computer shuts down.

S Turn off the virtual machine. Select this option to immediately turn off the virtual machine.

S Shut down the guest operating system. Select this option to shut down the guest operating

system safely before host host machine shuts down.

NOTE:

The option, Shut down the guest operating system, requires that Integration Services be installed and

enabled on the virtual machine. Integration Services controls the guest operating system shut down.

To install Integration Services:

1 Select Insert Integration Services Setup Disk from the Action menu.

2 Click Next to complete the installation.

Figure 4. Installing Integration Services

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Software Installation on Hyper-V Server 2008

This chapter provides the procedures for installing the Dell UPS Management Software on a computer
that is running Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.

Instructions are also provided for starting the software and modifying settings in the Hyper-V Server
2008 environment.

Installing the Software

To install the software on the Hyper-V Server:

NOTE:

You can start the installation from the CD (F618R A04 or higher) provided with the UPS, or you can

download the software from the Dell Web site (support.dell.com).

1 To install the software from the CD, continue to Step 2. To install the software from the Console

window proceed to Step 5.

2 Run setup.exe from the CD drive: \Windows directory.

The installation interface window opens (see Figure 5).

3 Click next to complete the installation.

4 Proceed to Step 7.

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