Making Ups Settings - Promise Technology 1000f series Product Manual

Making UPS Settings

These settings control how the VessRAID 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 below.
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• Choose a Detection Setting from the dropdown menu:
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• Choose an Action Mode from the dropdown menu:
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• Type values into the Threshold fields. See Note 2 below.
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• For UPS units with network cards, type IP address or DNS name in the
field provided. See Note 3 below.
5. Click the Submit button to apply your settings.
Notes
1. VessRAID supports multiple UPS units using network or serial connections,
but a combination of both methods.
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SNMP – USB connection.
Serial – USB 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.
ShutDown – Shuts down the subsystem when a Threshold value is
exceeded.
None – No additional action when Threshold value is exceeded.
Running Time 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.
Battery Charge Remaining Threshold – Reserve capacity below
this percentage triggers a warning and logs an event.
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