APC iSCSI SATA II 4 UPS, UPS Type Shutdown Battery Level Shutdown Delay s

3.7.4 UPS

Enter “UPS” function to set up UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).

Currently, the system only support and communicate with smart-UPS function of APC (American Power Conversion Corp.) UPS. Please check detail from

http://www.apc.com/.

First, connect the RAID system UPS port and the APC UPS via RS-232 for communication. Then set up the shutdown values when the power is gone. UPS of other vendors can work fine, but they have no such function of communication.

UPS Type

Shutdown Battery Level

(%)

Shutdown Delay (s)

Shutdown

UPS

Status

Select UPS Type. Choose Smart-UPS for APC, None for other vendors or no UPS.

When below the setting level, system will shutdown. Setting level to “0” will disable UPS.

If power failure occurred, and system can not return to value setting status, the system will shutdown. Setting delay to “0” will disable the function.

Select ON, when power is gone, UPS will shutdown by itself after the system shutdown successfully. After power comes back, UPS will start working and notify system to boot up. OFF will not.

The status of UPS.

“Detecting…”

“Running”

“Unable to detect UPS” “Communication lost” “UPS reboot in progress” “UPS shutdown in progress”

“Batteries failed. Please change them NOW!”

Battery Level

(%)

Current percentage of battery level.

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