Device Manager Menus

UPS Control Options continued

Smart-UPS,

The Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, and Symmetra Power Array Control

Matrix-UPS, and

options are identical, with one exception: Symmetra Power Array and

Symmetra Power

Matrix-UPS use a bypass mode; Smart-UPS does not.

Array

Note: For information about the Sleep Time setting which appears in

 

 

the Web interface’s “Control” and “Configuration” pages, see

 

the table in Shutdown parameters on page 45.

 

With one exception, control actions are accessed through the Control

 

menu in the Web interface and the Control Console. The Reset UPS To

 

Defaults is a Configuration menu option in the Control Console.

 

Note: Use the Control menu in the Control Console to access the

 

diagnostic tests which are accessed through the Diagnostics

 

option in the Web interface. For descriptions of the Self-Test,

 

Simulate Power Failure, Start/Stop Runtime Calibration, and

 

Test UPS Alarm options, see UPS Diagnostics Options on

 

page 40.

 

 

 

 

 

Action

Definition

 

 

 

 

Turn UPS On

Turns the UPS on.

 

 

 

 

Turn UPS Off

Turns the UPS off after the Shutdown Delay described in the

 

 

table in Shutdown parameters on page 45.

 

 

 

 

Turn UPS Off

Causes the UPS to turn off after PowerChute plus has time to

 

Gracefully1

shut down the server’s operating system safely.

 

Reboot UPS

Reboots the attached equipment by immediately causing the

 

 

UPS to turn off and then back on again.

 

 

 

 

Reboot UPS

Reboots the attached equipment by causing the UPS to turn

 

Gracefully1

off and then back on again, after PowerChute plus has time to

 

 

safely shut down the server’s operating system.

 

 

 

 

Put UPS To Sleep

Turns the UPS immediately off for the period of time defined by

 

 

the Sleep Time setting described in the table in Shutdown

 

 

parameters on page 45.

 

 

 

 

Put UPS To Sleep

Turns the UPS off for the period of time defined by the Sleep

 

Gracefully1

Time setting described in the table in Shutdown parameters

 

 

on page 45, after PowerChute plus has time to safely shut

 

 

down the server’s operating system.

 

 

 

 

Put UPS In/Take

Controls the use of bypass mode, which allows some

 

UPS Off Bypass

maintenance to be performed at a Matrix-UPS or Symmetra

 

 

Power Array model without turning off the UPS.

 

 

 

 

Reset UPS To

Resets all UPS parameters to their default settings.

 

Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

1 For information about the Low-Battery Shutdown parameter that defines how

 

much time PowerChute plus has available to shut down the server safely, see the

 

table in Shutdown parameters on page 45.

 

 

 

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APC AP9606 manual Table in Shutdown parameters on, Test UPS Alarm options, see UPS Diagnostics Options on

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