Users Guide

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Installation
This chapter provides Dell Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) installation prerequisites, quick
start installation procedures
, and command line procedures . Procedures for uninstalling and upgrading the
product are also included.
Installation Prerequisites
This section provides installation prerequisites for the following:
• Systems hosting the Dell MUMC
• Systems that display the Web-based graphical user interface (GUI)
On the System Hosting Dell MUMC
The Dell MUMC can be installed on Microsoft
®
Windows XP
®
, Microsoft
®
Windows Vista
®
7, and on
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 and 2008 (including R2 revision).
• For better performances with multiple nodes, Dell recommends a Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
OS
(that does not have the limitation of 10 simultaneous connections)
• To avoid network or serial port access conflicts, you can't install the Dell MUMC on a machine that
also hosts:
– Dell UPS Management Software
NOTE: This is the previous Dell software for managing UPSs. If you were using it previously, remove it before
installing the new Dell MUMC software)
– Dell MUMC
On the System that Displays the Web-based GUI
The Dell MUMC 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.
The
Dell MUMC graphical interface has been tested with:
• Google
®
Chrome™
• Mozilla Firefox
®
3.0, 3.5
•Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
6(*), 7, 8, 9 (*) IE6 should work but the performance is not optimal.
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