Making Ups Settings - Promise Technology VTrak E610f Product Manual

Making UPS Settings

These settings control how the VTrak subsystem detects the UPS unit and
responds to data reported by the UPS unit.
To make UPS settings:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the UPS
3. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
4. Perform the following actions as required:
• Verify the Current UPS Communication method. See Note 1:
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• Choose a Detection Setting from the dropdown menu:
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• Type values into the Threshold fields. See Note 2:
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• For UPS units with network cards, type the IP addresses or DNS names
in fields UPS 1 and UPS 2. See Note 4.
5. Click the Submit button to apply your settings.
Note 1: VTrak supports multiple UPS units using network or serial
connections, but not a combination of both methods.
Note 2: Detection Setting must be set to Auto. If a UPS is detected, the
setting changes to Enable.
Note 3: The maximum recommended Loading Ratio varies among models of
UPS units. The general range is 60% to 80%.
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SNMP – Network connection.
Serial – Serial connection.
Unknown – No connection.
Automatic – Default. If a UPS is detected when the subsystem
boots, the setting changes to Enable.
Enable – Monitors UPS. Settings changes, reports warnings, and
logs events.
Disable – Monitors UPS only.
Runtime Remaining Threshold – Actual time below this value
resets adaptive writeback cache to writethrough.
Warning Temperature Threshold – Actual temperature above this
value triggers a warning and logs an event.
Loading Ratio Threshold – Actual loading ratio (percentage)
above this threshold triggers a warning and logs an event. See
Note 3.
Battery Charge Remaining Threshold – Reserve capacity below
this percentage triggers a warning and logs an event.
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