Dell UPS 2700R- Manuals

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 7 Prerequisites Prerequisites: Software download from Dell 1. Get the latest version of the Dell UPS Management Software consisting of the MUMC client and ULNM from support.dell.com or from www.dellups.com :  Software & Technical D...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 8 UPS communications: The Dell UPS must be connected to an IP network using the optional Dell Network Management Card (NMC). USB communications are not supported for the virtualized “Agentless” applications discussed in this document. S...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 11 Figure 10: vCenter  MUMC client tab Figure 11: vCenter  MUMC client  Main menu 11. Within the MUMC client (vCenter plugin), navigate to Views  Node List and verify that all hypervisors are recognized.

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 13 The color-coded text below corresponds to Figure 13, “UPS battery capacity over time.” The following information is from the MUMC client User’s Guide, Virtualization section  Configuring Maintenance and Shutdown. Text modified to in...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 14 Figure 15: UPS Battery capacity over time Figure 16: Shutdown sequence (from ULNM UG)

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 15 If there is a ULNM agent (Dell’s node manager) installed on the server that is hosting the Hypervisor (VM Host), the shutdown is done by the ULNM agent. NOTE: The ULNM agent shutdown scenario (reference Figure 1: Dell UPS Management ...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 16 Figure 18: vCenter  MUMC client tab example Cluster settings:  DRS: Fully automated (to allow VMs to move under maintenance mode request)  DRS Group Manager: Linux1 is set to prefer ESXi hostA. Linux2 to prefer hostB.  DRS Rules:...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 18  Master Shutdown Duration: Time taken for HostB to shut down after VMs are evacuated  Master Shutdown after value: 120seconds. This is the time after Maintenance Mode has been requested that the hypervisor should begin shutdown. Th...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 19 Figure 24: MUMC client  Shutdown Settings  Shutdown Value of 240 seconds In a simulated power failure:  Host B receives “Maintenance Mode” Command from MUMC and moves Linux2 to HostA.  Host B has completed shutdown.  Host A is r...

Dell UPS Management Software: VMware vCenter Shutdown Scenarios 20 Note: Host Shutdown Failure: In previous versions of the MUMC client, there was an issue that allowed the shutdown of a host with active VMs to fail, as shown in the screenshot below. Figure 26: vCenter  Recent Tasks An effective wo...