Eaton 66926 Quick Start Guide

Eaton® Intelligent Power® Manager (IPM)

Quick Start Installation Manual

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Table of Contents

1 INSTALLING THE INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 SERVICE AND SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Product Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

On the System Hosting Eaton IPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

On the System that Displays the Web-based GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

JRE Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

JRE Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Quick Start Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 1: Graphical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 2: Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 3: Enter the License Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 4: Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installation Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Uninstalling the Eaton IPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Upgrading the Eaton IPM Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing/Uninstalling the Eaton IPM (Command Line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

JRE Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Chapter 1 Installing the Intelligent Power Manager

This document provides Eaton® Intelligent Power® Manager (IPM) installation prerequisites and quick start
installation procedures
Refer to the Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) User’s Guide for detailed configuration and operation
instructions.

Procedures for uninstalling the product are also included.

Product Introduction

The Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) is ideal for monitoring and managing multiple power and
environmental devices. The Eaton IPM delivers a global view across the network from any PC with an Internet
browser. Exceptionally versatile, the software is compatible with any device that supports a network interface,
including other manufacturer’s UPSs, environmental sensors, other manufacturer’s Power Distribution Unit
(PDU) o
a management table by groups, centralize alarms, and maintain events logs for preventive maintenance of the
entire installed equipment base.

Figure 1 shows the Eaton IPM Main Page.

NOTE Upgrade instructions are not included in this document. See the “Nodes Upgrade”

r Eaton Enclosure Power Distribution Unit® (ePDU®), and applications. The Eaton IPM can also organize

. The procedures include only those steps that are necessary for basic setup and operation

section in the Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) User’s Guide for information
about upgrading the IPM.

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Figure 1. Eaton IPM Main Page

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Installation Prerequisites

This section provides installation prerequisites for the following:

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Systems hosting the Eaton IPM

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Systems that display the Web-based graphical user interface (GUI)

On the System Hosting Eaton IPM

The Eaton IPM can be installed on
Vista® 7,
and 2012.

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Microsoft® Windows 7 and 8, and on

For better performances with multiple nodes, Eaton recommends a Microsoft® Windows Server® OS (that
does not have the limitation of 10 simultaneous network connections)

To avoid network or serial port access conflicts, do not install the Eaton IPM on a machine that also hosts:

- Network management system, such as HP OpenView

- Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP)

- Eaton Enterprise Power Manager

- Eaton Network Shutdown Module

- Network Management Proxy

- Eaton UPS Management Software

Microsoft® Windows 2000,

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, 2008 (including R2 revision),

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or CA Unicenter

Installing the Intelligent Power Manager

Microsoft® Windows XP®,

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Microsoft® Windows

NOTE This is the previous Eaton software for managing UPSs. If you were using it

previously, remove it before installing the new Eaton IPM software.

On the System that Displays the Web-based GUI

The

Eaton IPM

graphical interface can be accessed remotely using a simple Web browser. Access to this
interface can be secured through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection and is also secured through login and
password.

Eaton IPM

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Google® Chrome™

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Mozilla Firefox®

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Microsoft® Internet Explorer® (IE) version 7 and later

graphical interface has been tested with:

NOTE For optimal performance, Google Chrome or Firefox is recommended. For good

performance, IE version 9 and later is recommended. IE6 performance is not
optimal.

JRE Prerequisites

For all features correlated to the infrastructure connector (like VMware, UCS, NetApp) a JRE must be installed
on the system hosting Eaton IPM (see “JRE Installation” on page 8). If this prerequisite is not installed, only

ualization features are available, such as the legacy API for VMware connectors.

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