Device Manager Menus

UPS PowerChute network shutdown Option

Overview

A PowerChute option in the Web interface’s UPS menu allows you to

 

use the APC PowerChute network shutdown utility to shut down servers

 

on your network that are using any client-version of PowerChute

 

network shutdown.

 

 

For more information about PowerChute network shutdown, see the

 

following documents provided in the .\pcns directory on the APC Web/

 

SNMP Management Card utility CD:

 

PowerChute network shutdown Installation Guide (Install.htm)

 

PowerChute network shutdown Release Notes (Relnotes.htm)

 

PowerChute Network Shutdown with more than 50 Computers

 

on One UPS (50.pdf)

Parameters

The following table describes the PowerChute network shutdown

 

parameters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

Event

 

Identifies the port on which the PowerChute network shutdown

 

Notification Port

 

clients will listen for asynchronous events. This value is not

 

 

 

configurable.

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown

 

Defines how the UPS will be turned off after the PowerChute

 

Behavior

 

network shutdown clients finish shutting down their computer

 

 

 

systems.

 

 

 

 

 

Add Client IP

 

Allows you to add up to 50 PowerChute network shutdown

 

 

 

clients to the list of Configured Client IP Addresses. A

 

 

 

PowerChute network shutdown client is also added to the list

 

 

 

automatically when that client is installed on your network.

 

 

 

Note: For information about how you can shut down more

 

 

 

than 50 PowerChute network shutdown clients that

 

 

 

connect to a single UPS, see PowerChute Network

 

 

 

Shutdown with more than 50 Computers on One UPS

 

 

 

(50.pdf) in the .\pcns directory on the APC Web/SNMP

 

 

 

Management Card utility CD

 

 

 

 

 

Configured

 

Allows you to view the list of PowerChute network shutdown

 

Client IP

 

clients, and remove PowerChute network shutdown clients

 

Addresses

 

from the list. A PowerChute network shutdown client is also

 

 

 

removed from the list automatically when that client is

 

 

 

uninstalled.

 

 

 

 

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APC AP9606 UPS PowerChute network shutdown Option, For more information about PowerChute network shutdown, see, Parameters

AP9606 specifications

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