Web/SNMP Management SmartSlot Card User’s Guide 40
Device Manager Menus
UPS Diagnostics Options
Overview There are two types of diagnostics options you can use with a
Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, or Symm etra Power Array (a Silcon DP300E
has no diagnostic options):
• Options which cause a specified test to occur immediately.
• A scheduling option which controls when a UPS self-test occurs.
How these options are accessed depends on whether you use the Web
interface or Control Console.
Diagnostics The following table describes the available diagnostics options.
Note: In the Control Console, the diagnostics options are in the
Control menu.
Scheduled UPS self-
tests A scheduling option allows you to control when a UPS self-test occurs.
The available selections are Never, UPS Startup, Every 7 Days, or
Every 14 Days.
In the Web interface, this option is located on the same page as the
diagnostic test options.
In the Control Console, the location of this option depends on the type of
UPS:
• Symmetra Power Array has a Scheduled Tests option in the
UPS menu.
• Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS has a Self-Test Schedule option
which is accessed as follows:
a. Select Configuration from the UPS menu.
b. Select General from the Configuration menu.
Test Definition
Self-Test Causes the UPS to perform a self-test.
Simulate Power
Failure Causes the UPS to test its ability to go on battery.
Start/Stop
Runtime
Calibration
Initiates (or cancels) a runtime calibration, a process which
determines how much runtime the UPS has available when its
battery is at 100% capacity.
Note: You can perform a runtime calibration only when t he
battery is at 100% capacity.
Test UPS Alarm
(Smart-UPS and
Matrix-UPS)
Causes a Matrix-UPS to generate an alarm tone, and a
Smart-UPS to generate an alarm tone and flash its front pa nel
lights.