Dell UPS 1000R Reference Guide

VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios

using Dell UPS Management Software

Dell Technical Information Note (TIN UPS003)

This Dell Technical Information Note provides ractical examples of
implementing shutdown using Dell UPS Management Software
Release 2 on VMware vCenter.

Authors

Stephen Tavitas, Product Marketing Manager,

Enterprise Product Group, Data Center
Infrastructure

Andy McDonald, Eaton Corp., EMEA Account
Manager for Dell

Barry Gruetzmacher, Eaton Corp., Global Programs
Manager for Dell

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technical inaccuracies. The content is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any
kind.

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Contents

Scope of this document ................................................................................................ 3

The two components of Dell UPS Management Software ........................................................ 3

Prerequisites ............................................................................................................ 7

Prerequisites: Software download from Dell ................................................................... 7

Prerequisites: VMware licensing .................................................................................. 7

Prerequisites: Hardware and software .......................................................................... 7

Prerequisites: Connectivity ....................................................................................... 7

Installing the software ................................................................................................. 8

VMware vCenter example ........................................................................................... 15

Summary ............................................................................................................... 20

References ............................................................................................................. 20

Dell Technical Information Notes: .............................................................................. 20

Dell Publications: .................................................................................................. 20

Tables

Table 1. Protocol, mode/port listing .............................................................................. 8

Figures

Figure 1: Dell’s Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) ........................................................... 4

Figure 2: Dell’s UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM) ................................................................... 5

Figure 3: Dell UPS management software connectivity scenarios ................................................ 6

Figure 4: UPS management architecture in a virtualized environment .......................................... 6

Figure 5: MUMC client  Settings  Auto Discovery  Add Node ................................................ 9

Figure 6: MUMC client  Settings  System  Modules Settings  Edit Scan Settings ...................... 9

Figure 7: Edit Scan Settings  Virtualization ........................................................................ 9

Figure 8: MUMC client  Settings  Virtualization menu item added ........................................ 10

Figure 9: MUMC client  Settings  Virtualization  Add new supervisor ................................... 10

Figure 10: vCenter  MUMC client tab .............................................................................. 11

Figure 11: vCenter  MUMC client  Main menu ................................................................. 11

Figure 12: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List ........................................................ 12

Figure 13: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List  Node Settings .................................. 12

Figure 14: vCenter  MUMC Client  Views  Node List  Node Settings  Shutdown settings ........ 12

Figure 15: UPS Battery capacity over time ......................................................................... 14

Figure 16: Shutdown sequence (from ULNM UG) .................................................................. 14

Figure 17: Node Settings  Shutdown Settings  Node configuration synchronize before and after ... 15

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Figure 18: vCenter  MUMC client tab example ................................................................... 16

Figure 19: vCenter  Cluster Settings  Rules .................................................................... 16

Figure 20: vCenter  Cluster Settings  Virtual Machine Options ............................................. 16

Figure 21: vCenter  Cluster Settings  Swapfile Location..................................................... 17

Figure 22: vCenter  VM Startup and Shutdown .................................................................. 17

Figure 23: MUMC client  Shutdown Settings  Shutdown Enabled ........................................... 18

Figure 24: MUMC client  Shutdown Settings  Shutdown Value of 240 seconds ........................... 19

Figure 25: vCenter  MUMC client  Shutdown/suspend VMs task ............................................ 19

Figure 26: vCenter  Recent Tasks .................................................................................. 20

Scope of this document

This document provides a quick setup guide with practical examples for installing and using Dell
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Management Software, Release 2, 01.04.0010 (A02) [referred to as
Dell UPS Management Software], announced July 2012 with VMware® vCenter™ 1.

This guide is designed for readers who have comprehensive knowledge of and experience with VMware
vSphere / vCenter products. It is intended to complement the full user guide that comes with Dell UPS
management software.

For full information about Dell UPS Management Software — such as hardware and software
prerequisites and details about activating, configuring and using UPS monitoring and management
functions — refer to the complete Users’ Guides for the software components.

The two components of Dell UPS Management Software

The Dell UPS power management suite — Release 2, 01.04.0010 (A02) — is compatible with all Dell
single-phase UPS products. The software suite includes two complementary and integrated offerings,
both managed through a single, Web-based interface:

The Dell Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC):

 Discovers and supervises Dell UPSs and Dell intelligent power distribution units (PDUs)

connected to the network.

 Provides a central control point for configuring, monitoring and reporting actions relating to

UPS and PDU events.

For more information when installing Dell UPS Management Software on VMware vMA 5.0.0.1 or

5.0.0.2, refer to Dell Technical Information Note “Implementing shutdown using Dell UPS Management
Software, Release 2 on VMware® vMA 5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.2.” Download from

http://dellups.com/support_download.asp

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 Provides mass configuration and firmware update for Dell UPS NMCs. The optional NMC is

recommended for remote management and required for managing UPSs in virtualized IT
environments.

 Provides centralized management of Dell UPS Local Node Manager applications running on

remote traditional (Windows/Linux) or virtualized servers (Microsoft®, VMware®, Citrix®,
Red Hat®).

 Provides an agent-less method for managing multiple hosts in clusters using VMware vCenter™

or Citrix XenCenter®.

Figure 1: Dell’s Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC)

The Dell Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) does not:

 Control virtual machine (VM) behavior. This is managed by the host and configured through

vCenter or other host management interface.

 Assume responsibility for VM startup/shutdown/hibernation/VM migration. This is managed by

the host management interface.

 Replace a user’s need to understand VM behavior responding to a host entering maintenance

mode or shutting down.

 Explain all possible scenarios according to the various virtualization vendors, license types and

feature sets.

The Dell UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM):

 Acts as a local shutdown agent on local computers using traditional operating systems, for

graceful, unattended UPS shutdown and restart.

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 Acts as a local shutdown agent in virtualized environments, for virtualization host

Hypervisor Agent and vMA Agent type.2

 Provides a local interface to view UPS power status, events and configurations.
 Is remotely managed by the Dell UPS supervisory console for simultaneous, centralized

configuration and management of multiple ULNM agents.

Figure 2: Dell’s UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM)

Both components (MUMC and ULNM) are included in the Dell UPS Management Software download
bundle available from support.dell.com (and dellups.com). The focus of this document is the
“Agentless” scenario shown in Figure 3.

Hypervisor Agent type: A host on which applications can be directly installed (such as Win2k8).
vMA Agent type: A host on which applications cannot be directly installed and instead use a
management assistant to load applications (such as vMA), refer to Figure 3.
For more information on Dell ULNM and MUMC interaction with virtualized hypervisors, contact your
local Dell representative or refer to the appropriate User’s Guide at dellups.com/soft-tech-doc.asp.

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Figure 3: Dell UPS management software connectivity scenarios

Figure 4: UPS management architecture in a virtualized environment

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