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Page 3 - Table of Contents
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Page 5 - Introduction to the MGE’s Network Solution; MGE’s Network Solution:; supervising; the UPSs over the Network,; protecting; the UPS to the Network.
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Page 6 - Monitoring the UPSs over the network; Depending on your needs, you can either use:; Management Proxy; include a Web server.
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Page 7 - Protecting the computers / servers; The Shutdown modules:; see “Multi-UPS systems” chapter
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Page 8 - Connecting the UPS; Network Management; periodically accesses the information concerning the UPS,
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Page 9 - Connection with Network Management Proxy; Performances; Network Management Card
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Page 10 - Installation; Connection steps
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Page 11 - Software Installation Pre-requisites; On the System Hosting « Network Shutdown Module V3 »; should be; Broadcast administrator messages / Broadcast user messages
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Page 12 - If you use a Firewall with all ports closed by default:; secured; Firefox is mandatory for Linux
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Page 13 - Start; connections are operational:
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Page 14 - Software Installation Procedure; installation prerequisites.; Add
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Page 16 - Application deployment and silent installation (advanced); Network Shutdown Module application deployment; Uninstalling the Network Shutdown Module; Control panel
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Page 17 - Minimal configuration steps; later; The IP address of the UPS that powers your server.; In the; button
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Page 18 - Load shedding configuration on UPS powershare outlets
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Page 19 - Users accounts configuration; User accounts configuration
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Page 21 - Server and UPS supervision; Section « Information on the protected server»; System page; Section concerning the UPS that powers the protected server; The commercial product name.
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Page 22 - Status; The output load level of the device.
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Page 23 - System and UPS event log; Network Shutdown Module event Log; UPS Events list
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Page 24 - Warning
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Page 25 - Test the communication with the UPS; Tests; Icon Description Meaning; communication parameters
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Page 26 - tests; Event log; bin
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Page 27 - Other Configuration possibilities; Power devices and Users; Configure system parameters; System; System parameters configuration
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Page 28 - Configuration; Use central configuration provided by Management Card/Proxy:; example of shutdown sequence.; Shutdown timer (Shutdown when timer reaches); example of shutdown sequence
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Page 29 - Message broadcast to the administrator
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Page 30 - Checking for Upgrades; Check automatically; This operation will preserve your database information.
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Page 31 - appendix
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Page 32 - Systems; complete list of UPSs compatible; Exception; UPSs in Hot standby (Sequential redundancy); MUST
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Page 33 - List of tested multi-UPS configurations; minimal number of UPSs
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Page 34 - Server and multi-UPS supervision
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Page 35 - Multi-UPS configuration
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Page 36 - Appendix; Single UPS Mode compatibility; In single UPS Mode; Network Management Card Transverse 66074; compatibility; In Single UPS Mode; , the following UPSs are compatible through the Cards/Proxy:
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Page 37 - Specific configuration; UPSs in serial redundancy:; UPSs through Static Transfer Switch:; Phase
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Page 38 - Simple associations of the previous configurations; Servers with triple power supplies:
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Page 39 - NOT
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Page 40 - Examples of Multi UPS configurations; Electrical drawing; Multi-UPS Systems and Event Management; Please refer to the
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Page 41 - deployment; in silent mode and provide the card IP address as a parameter
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Page 42 - having customized the Network Shutdown Module; Package
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Page 43 - Install the Shutdown Module in silent mode; Make sure you have administrator rights.; Example of secured deployment script for Linux:; account
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Page 45 - Single UPS Shutdown Sequence
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Page 46 - Machine 1 Machine 2 Machine 3; Shutdown timer
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Page 47 - The Output load level of the first UPS is less than 50 %.; the UPS shuts off; (interrupts the supply of
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Page 48 - Additional information on events and actions; Action settings tab; Action List; “Settings” tab; Restore to default
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Page 49 - User notification
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Page 50 - System shutdown; Shutdown parameters; hibernate
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Page 52 - Configure the send email action
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Page 53 - Tab; Events Tab
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Page 55 - tab; This action will; be really executed; Test Tab
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Page 56 - The action parameters (execute and send email); Parameter
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Page 57 - your own system shutdown solution to be used.
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Page 58 - Instructions for use:; the; Generate; Shutdown Module; Run; action or in a script file.; Open console; option opens a DOS emulation console during execution.
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Page 59 - FAQ and Error messages; During Installation
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Page 60 - (Linux) The menu or the systray are missing; Solutions to build a customized package after reboot:; Cannot display the UPS properties page. HTTP 404 error with IE.
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Page 61 - and password from your administrator.
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Page 62 - Glossary; The NMS supervises SNMP devices connected to the TCP-IP Network.; RSA algorithm with a public key
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Page 63 - Acknowledgements
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Page 64 - Huge thanks from the MGE software development team to the
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