Table of Contents Introduction ..............................3 Hardware Installation ............................3 ® Installing PowerPanel Business Edition Software ..................4 Installation on Windows ..........................4 Installation on Linux ............................6 Installation on Text Mode .......................... 9 ...
Windows, Linux, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX/ESXi. The following sections describe installation on the various platforms. ® The UPS can establish communication with the PowerPanel Business Edition Center via the network. The Center serves to simultaneously monitor and manage multiple UPS units. When the UPS stops supplying ®...
A popup window will be displayed automatically when inserting the PowerPanel Business Edition installation CD. Users can click the Install PowerPanel Business Edition software shortcut on the window to initiate the installation procedure. If the popup window is not displayed when inserting the CD, browse to the CD drive and open the folder which locates at /Software/Windows then double click the file named Setup.exe to start...
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PowerPanel Business Edition Choose the component. In order to monitor multiple UPS units simultaneously, Center should be installed. If one single computer is powered by the UPS with an RMCARD installed, Client should be installed. Choose the destination directory.
PowerPanel Business Edition Click the Finish button to complete the installation. Installation on Linux The installer is used to install the Client and requires root permission. The installation wizard will guide users to complete the installation. Browse the CD and find the installer in the /Software/Linux folder. Initiate an installation wizard by running the ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh command or double clicking ppbe-linux-x86.sh from...
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PowerPanel Business Edition Accept the license agreement. Choose the component. In order to simultaneous monitor multiple UPS, Center should be installed. If one single computer which is powered by the UPS requiring protection, Client should be installed. 7 ...
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PowerPanel Business Edition Choose the destination directory. The daemon ppbed will start during installation. 8 ...
PowerPanel Business Edition Click the Finish button to complete the installation. Installation on Text Mode When the system does not support graphic mode, the Linux installation needs to be initiated in the terminal by using the ./ppbe-linux-x86.sh -c command on 32-bit systems or use ./ppbe-linux-x86_64.sh -c command on 64-bit systems.
It is fundamentally changing how software is developed, distributed, deployed and managed. Download the PPBE virtual appliance which is pre-installed Client from CyberPower. In order to deploy the PPBE virtual appliance on VMware ESXi host, users must install vSphere Client tool first on another remote computer.
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PowerPanel Business Edition The deployment procedure will be initiated as below steps: Launch the vShpere Client. Open the Deploy OVF Template window from File > Deploy OVF Template… item. Click Browse to import the ppbeXXX_centos.ovf extracted from the download zip file. Click Next to start a deployment task.
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PowerPanel Business Edition Enter the name for the deployed PPBE virtual appliance. This name should be unique within the inventory. Select the virtual disk format for the PPBE virtual appliance. The default option is Thin Provision. Refer About Virtual Disk Provision Disk Policies for further information about how to select virtual disk format.
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PowerPanel Business Edition A deployment detail is displayed. Click Finish to start the deployment task. After the deployment task is complete, the PPBE virtual appliance will be added into the inventory. 13 ...
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime. Installation on XenServer ® The installer requires root permission to install the PowerPanel Business Edition. Mount CD by running mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom as a root user (/dev/cdrom is the CD drive and /mnt/cdrom will be the mount point.).
To access the PowerPanel Business Edition interface in Windows, go to Start > All Programs > CyberPower PowerPanel Business Edition > PowerPanel Business Edition Client (or PowerPanel Business Edition Center), which will take you to the login page. On Linux, user can also enter the URL as http://127.0.0.1:3052/ in the address of the web browser to access to the interface.
UPS and receive commands from the UPS for a complete shutdown to avoid data loss or a system crash. ® Refer the Install PowerPanel Business Edition Software chapter for installing the Client. Assign IP Address of UPS Units and Connected Outlet ...
PowerPanel Business Edition Note: In order to allow the interactions between physical and virtual machines, VMware tools must be installed on each virtual machine. Refer to VMware ESX/ESXi Server documentation for further information about VMware Tools. Configure Shutdown Action for XenServer In order to ensure the XenServer host and all virtual machines can be shut down correctly, users have to configure the account and password of root user for host shutdown.
PowerPanel Business Edition Configure Shutdown of Virtual Machines on Hyper-V Server In order for the virtual machines to be shut down correctly when the Hyper-V host shuts down, users should configure a guest operating system shutdown on each virtual machine.
Manage UPS Units in Center ® If the administrator requires monitoring multiple UPS units on the local network at one time, PowerPanel Business Edition Center should be installed. The Center can gather the state and events from the monitored UPS units and the monitored UPS units can also accept commands from the Center for shutting off or restarting.
PowerPanel Business Edition Add UPS Units Users can monitor and control multiple UPS on the Management/Power Equipment page by accessing the Add Device window to add UPS to Center as below: The Add Device window can be accessed by clicking the Add Device button of the toolbar or selecting the Add Device in the context menu of any one group node.
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PowerPanel Business Edition Note: If users require adding multiple UPS units to Center, repeat the aforementioned steps. Note: Please refer to about further details of more functions about Center PPBE User’s Manual 21 ...