MGE UPS Systems Pulsar Esprit 313.5 kVA Internet-Grade Monitoring and Communications, Windows

Internet-Grade Monitoring and Communications

All Esprit models come standard with built-in communications capabilities using either an RS232 or USB port. UPS-to-server communications is essential to secure the operation of your operating system during an extended power failure. The UPS will signal the O/S when its batteries are almost depleted to launch an orderly, graceful shutdown process to make sure all files are protected. This feature is vital for systems running unattended, such as Web servers.

Esprit communication is based on	Operating Systems Supported	RS232	USB
the new Microsoft's HID protocol, which	Win 98 SE / Windows 2000
will become the
	Win 95 OSR2 / NT 3.51 & 4
standard for any
	Linux RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.0.x
device interfaced
	Linux RedHat 6.0 kernel 2.2
with Windows
2000. By already implementing this	Netware 3.12, 4.12, 5.0
industry standard, MGE offers seamless	SCO 5.0x
integration and faster, more reliable	Unixware 7.x
communications to its customers.

Web-based Management Using XML

MGE UPS SYSTEMS is currently chairing the W3C UPS industry workgroup, which will define an industry standard for power management over the Web. XML will quickly replace HTML as the protocol of choice for web-based management. HTML can only display information in a browser, it cannot easily send the data to another piece of software to perform an automatic action such as triggering a shut down command of the system or paging an administrator. MGE's XML-@gentruns on a Windows NT/2000 server and constantly monitors the status of the incoming power, publishing browser alerts during a power problem to all subscribing web-enabled nodes. MGE is the first UPS to offer Web-based management using the new XML/XSL (Extended Mark-up Language/Extended Style Language) specification for data communications

Windows

MGE has been partnering for several years with Microsoft to co-develop

power management interfaces for Windows products. As a result, Windows 2000 will ship with a dedicated power panel for MGE's Esprit product. Simply connect your UPS to the PC and Windows 2000 will install automatically all the drivers to secure your operating system and its files during a power failure.

MGE power management software is available for

Windows 95/98/NT 4 and 2000 & is fully Plug & Play.

Linux MGE's popular Solution-Pac power management software is available for Linux. It provides a simple way to secure the operation of multiple Web servers during a power outage.

SNMP Management

Enterprise users can take advantage of the extensive TCP/IP-based communications offering developed by MGE.

Features include:

◗Remote management from an NMS platform such as

HP OpenView, CA Unicenter TNG, SunNetManager and more

◗Shutdown of multiple servers running different operating systems

◗Perform automatic actions based on power events such as paging the network administrator or sending an eMail

UM Switch

MultiSlot Communication Expander

UM Sensor

◗Reboot a locked up server remotely using the UM Switch power controller (option)

◗Monitor the temperature and humidity of the computer room with the UM Sensor environmental module (option)

Connection to the network is achieved through an Ethernet/SNMP card that fits into the MultiSlot Communication Expander. The multiple slots available let you manage 2 or 3 redundant Esprit UPSs as one single system over the network.