Dell UPS 500T User Manual
Dell Technical Information Note (TIN UPS001)
Dell UPS Management Software:
Activating redundancy and
virtualization modules
This Dell Technical Information Note describes how to eliminate a
common error message that occurs when implementing shutdown with
redundant power sources in virtualized environments using Dell UPS
Management Software Release 2.
Authors
Stephen Tavitas, Product Marketing Manager,
Enterprise Product Group, Data Center Infrastructure
Brian Bartell, Eaton Corp., Sustaining Engineer
Barry Gruetzmacher, Eaton Corp., Global Programs
Manager for Dell
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules
Contents
Scope of this document ............................................................................................. 3
The two components of Dell UPS Management Software ...................................................... 3
The Dell UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM): .................................................................... 3
The Dell Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC): ........................................................... 3
The issue: Erroneous error messages ............................................................................. 5
The fix: Enabling the Shutdown module ......................................................................... 6
Summary ............................................................................................................... 8
References ............................................................................................................. 9
Dell Technical Information Notes: .............................................................................. 9
Dell Publications: .................................................................................................. 9
Figures
Figure 1. Dell UPS management software connectivity scenarios ........................................... 4
Figure 2. MUMC system logs with erroneous error message ................................................... 5
Figure 3. MUMC error event details ............................................................................... 5
Figure 4. MUMC Settings System logs .......................................................................... 6
Figure 5. MUMC Settings System information ................................................................ 6
Figure 6. MUMC System Modules Settings Edit modules settings ................................... 7
Figure 7. MUMC System Modules settings Edit modules settings Shutdown ................... 7
Figure 8. MUMC Settings Log System logs .............................................................. 8
Figure 9. MUMC Settings Log Purge system logs ....................................................... 8
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules
Scope of this document
This document provides guidance when activating redundancy and virtualization modules in Dell’s
Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) software. The information in this document pertains to Release
2 of Dell UPS Management Software (01.04.0010, A02, announced July 2012).
This guide is designed for readers who have knowledge and experience of operating systems supported
by the Dell MUMC software (referred to in this document as the Dell UPS console). It is intended to
complement the detailed User’s Guide that comes with the UPS management software.
For full information about the Dell UPS Management Software suite — such as hardware and software
prerequisites and details about activating, configuring and using UPS monitoring and management
functions — refer to the complete User’s Guides for the software components, available on
support.dell.com.
The two components of Dell UPS Management Software
The Dell UPS power management suite — compatible with all Dell single-phase UPS products — includes
two complementary and integrated offerings, both managed through a single, Web-based interface:
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
Acts as a local shutdown agent in virtualized environments, for virtualization host Hypervisor
Agent and vMA Agent type
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
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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.
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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).
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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