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Dell Technical Information Note (TIN UPS001)

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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October 2012| Rev 1.0

Dell UPS Management Software:

Activating redundancy and

virtualization modules

Summary of content (9 pages)

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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.
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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): .......................................
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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).
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules  Provides mass configuration and firmware update for Dell UPS Network Management Cards (NMCs). The NMC is recommended for remote management and is 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® and Red Hat®).
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules The issue: Erroneous error messages Dell UPS Management Software, Release 2, 01.04.0010 (A02), announced July 2012, has the capability to manage redundant (multiple) UPSs, known as virtual power sources (VPS), along with virtualization support for leading virtualization solutions.
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules The fix: Enabling the Shutdown module To properly configure the Dell MUMC software to eliminate this erroneous error message: When the Virtualization and Redundancy modules are activated, the Shutdown module needs to be activated in the Module Settings as well. The following procedure shows how to successfully activate the Shutdown module and eliminate these unnecessary error messages. 1.
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules 3. Double-click “Modules Settings.” The “Edit modules setting” box will appear as shown below, with Management, Virtualization and Redundancy settings checked (enabled). Figure 6. MUMC  System  Modules Settings  Edit modules settings 4. Check the box next to “Shutdown” to enable the shutdown module, and click “Save.” Figure 7.
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules 5. Check the “Log” page, and you will see that the alarms are no longer being generated. Figure 8. MUMC  Settings  Log  System logs 6. If desired, delete the existing log entries by clicking “Purge system logs” in the menu to the right, as shown in the following figure. Figure 9. MUMC  Settings  Log  Purge system logs Activating redundancy and virtualization modules is now complete.
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Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules References Dell UPS Technical Information Notes: Available at dellups.com  Software and Technical Documentation  Support FAQ  VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios  Implementing Shutdown on VMware vMA 5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.2  Common Software Installation Scenarios  Understanding Windows® Event Log Scripts Dell Publications: Available at dellups.