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APC Web/SNMP Management Card
and PowerChute Network Shutdown
Overview
PowerChute plus was originally designed for 1-4kva,
one-server-one-UPS systems
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Monitoring
Configuration
Control
Logging
Shutdown
But what functions are for what device?
What really belongs where?
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Monitoring - of UPS
Configuration - of UPS
Control - of UPS
Logging - of data from UPS
Shutdown - of SERVER
PowerChute plus does all of these:
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Monitoring - of UPS
Configuration - of UPS
Control - of UPS
Logging - of info from UPS
• Shutdown - of SERVER
For 5kva and over, 1 UPS, many-server systems:
Web/
SNMP
Card
Sends events
over
network
PowerChute
Network Shutdown
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Monitoring - of UPS
Configuration - of UPS
Control - of UPS
Logging - of info from UPS
• Shutdown - of SERVER
Network Diagram with Web Card and PCNS
Increasingly, you will see the following:
• PowerChute plus on 1-5kva
systems
• Web/SNMP Management Card
and PCNS on 5 kva and up
systems
Will Web/SNMP Card replace PowerChute plus on
smaller UPSs?
• Probably not; cost the major
factor
• Customers will still want
PowerChute plus for low-kva
apps
Web/SNMP Management Card
• Provides standards-based Management:
– Web browser
– SNMP support
– Telnet support
• Can configure, monitor, and control APC UPSs
unit, and can shut down multiple PowerChute
Network Shutdown clients
• Can send SNMP traps and SMTP emails
directly to warn of power events
Web card uses MD-5 authentication
Web card Shows UPS Status
You can configure low-battery setting, etc:
Web card includes an event log to view power events
All the same information can be accessed/controlled via
telnet (a favorite tool of many network administrators)
Web Card now has SMTP e-mail Capability
Paging Support
• Customers can use the Web Card’s SMTP
Email Support to send pages via a gateway
at their paging service.
PowerChute Network Shutdown
Specific Feature Details
• Supports shutdown based on time on battery or
low battery
• Web/SNMP Card can find out the longest time
needed for all systems, wait, and then turn off
UPS
• Supports running a command file before
shutdown for customization
PowerChute Network Shutdown
• Browser based interface
• Reliable architecture
• Supports virtually unlimited number of
clients
More specific feature details
• On Windows NT, includes server app
shutdown
– BackOffice
– Notes
– Web server (Netscape, IIS)
Each client has the IP address of the Web Card
Four actions for each event possible:
- Log
- Notify
- Run Command File
- Shut down system
Configure multiple events simultaneously via a Wizard
Event wizard steps user through each decision...
You can configure shutdown behavior
- Run command file
-Turn off UPS if preferable
Each PCNS client has an event log