MicroNet Technology Attached UPS Monitor Status, Power Management, About this MaxNAS Info

3-Administering the MaxNAS

1.4 Attached UPS Monitor Status

The MaxNAS will monitor and respond to UPS status messages from a compatible attached UPS (for a list of compatible devices, please see appendix D.) To access the UPS monitoring control , select Status -> UPS. The following table describes the options available. To confirm settings, click Apply .

Item	Description
UPS Monitoring	Enable or disable UPS monitoring.
Manufacturer	Choose the UPS manufacturer and model number from the dropdowns.
Battery Status	Current status of the UPS battery
Power	Current status of the power being supplied to the UPS
Seconds between power failure and first notification	Delay between power failure and first notification in seconds.
Seconds between subsequent power failure notifications	Delay between subsequent notifications in seconds.
Shutdown the system when the battery charge is	Amount [n] of UPS battery remaining before system should auto-
less than [n]%	shutdown.

1.5 Power Management

The MaxNAS can turn itself on and off according to a user preset schedule. To control the power schedule, navigate to “Status” -> “Power Management.” To enable the scheduler, check “Enable Timer” as shown right. Enter the desired times to power on and off for each day of the week, and click Apply to activate. In order to access the MaxNAS during its scheduled downtime, the system employs the “Wake on LAN (WOL)” protocol. To enable WOL, navigate to “Status” -> “Wake up on LAN” and enable the service.

Note:

The MaxNAS will only wake in response to a special network command specific to the Wake on LAN protocol called “Magic Packet.” For more information on how to generate a magic packet as well as WOL, consult your operating system documentation or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN

1.6 About this MaxNAS (Info)

The About page details the name and firmware revision of the MaxNAS. It is the page that displays upon initial login.

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