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• User notification of impending shutdown
• Power event and data logging
• Auto-restart upon power return
• UPS battery conservation features
• Diagnostic and management features, such as scheduled server shutdowns,
interactive/scheduled battery testing, and detailed power quality logging
• Real-time graphical displays of transient data, such as battery voltage, UPS
load, utility line voltage, run time remaining, battery capacity, and battery
voltage
2.4.1.2 PowerChute PLUS Structure
The PowerChute PLUS software consists of two main components:
1. The UPS Monitoring Module,or“server,” communicates with the UPS and
the User Interface Module, logs data and events, notifies users of impending
shutdowns, and when necessary, shuts down the operating system.
2. The User Interface Module consists of the PowerChute PLUS Main Screen
and the System, Logging, Configuration, Diagnostics, and Help menu options.
The User Interface Module lets you access real-time data from the local UPS
Monitoring Module or over a network from UPS Monitoring Modules connected
to other servers. Data includes UPS output, line minimum/maximum voltage,
UPS temperature, output frequency, ambient temperature, humidity, and UPS
status. The User Interface Module also displays event text for the two most
recent events and bar graphs that you can configure to display any three of
the following:
– Utility voltage data
– Battery voltage data
– UPS load data
– Run time remaining
– Battery capacity
– Output voltage
– UPS load
More information is available at:
http://www.apcc.com/products/management/pcp_win2000.cfm
2.4.1.3 PowerChute events
Events are occurrences related to your APC UPS and range in severity from
informational (not critical) to severe (critical). If any of the critical events occur
(see the list below), you must ensure that the Cluster Groups are either moved to
the other node, set offline or the administrator is immediately notified and will take
appropriate action. For most events, you can configure PowerChute PLUS to take
any or all of the following seven actions.
• Log the event.
• Send early warning pop-up messages to specified administrators
• Broadcast messages to users on the network
• Shut down the host computer
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