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PowerChute network shutdown |
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| Installation |
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Requirements:
To install and operate the PowerChute network shutdown software, perform the following steps.
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| Silent Installation |
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On Mac OS X, Windows, and UNIX systems, you can install PowerChute network shutdown
from a command line, which allows you to set up quickly many servers that
run the same operating system and that have the same PowerChute network
shutdown configuration. To install PowerChute network shutdown silently,
perform the following steps:
Note: This parameter is necessary only if you are installing PowerChute network shutdown
on more than 50 computers for one Management Card. See the document "PowerChute
network shutdown with a UPS powering more than 50 computers," available
from the download page for PowerChute network shutdown
for your operating system on APC's Web site. For an installation on Windows, type the following as the command line: C:\temp dir\pcns211.exe -q temp dir\silentInstall.iniwhere temp dir is the location of the Installation program and of the valid m11.cfg and silentInstall.ini files. Note: If you are using a directory name containing spaces, enclose the path name with quotation marks. Otherwise, no quotation marks are required. For example: C:\pcinstall\pcns211.exe -q "C:\Program Files\InstallDir\silentInstall.ini"For an installation on UNIX, use the following command on one line: Java home dir/bin/java -cp .:pcns201.jar:swingall.jar:util.jar load -q tempdir/silentInstall.iniAfter you complete the installation, check the install.log and errors.log files for error conditions. |
| Registering an IP Address with the Management Card |
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If the installation program cannot communicate with the Web/SNMP Management Card, you must manually register the IP address of the computer on which PowerChute network shutdown is installed. In some cases, the installation program registers the IP address, but is unable to confirm that it is registered; in such cases, you must check to ensure that the IP address is registered.
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| PowerChute network shutdown Configuration Utility |
The stand-alone
PowerChute network shutdown Configuration Utility is not part of the PowerChute
network shutdown user interface. The Configuration Utility allows you to
change the following PowerChute network shutdown settings after you install
PowerChute network shutdown:
To run the Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:
On Mac OS X sudo java -cp .:confutil.jar:swingall.jar:m11.jar:ds.jar: On Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP: Java home dir\bin\java -cp .;confutil.jar;swingall.jar;m11.jar;ds.jar; On NetWare: If you installed
PowerChute network shutdown to a non-default directory, use the name of
that directory instead of PowerChute in the envset commands below: envset CWD=SYS:\PowerChute <Enter> envset CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;SYS:\PowerChute\confutil.jar;SYS:\PowerChute\m11.jar; On AIX, Linux, HP-UX, or Solaris Java home dir\bin\java -cp .:confutil.jar:swingall.jar:m11.jar:ds.jar:The Configuration Utility can also be used to set up m11.cfg files for silent installations where the same PowerChute network shutdown configuration is used to monitor multiple Management Cards, as follows:
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| Using PowerChute network shutdown on MacOS X |
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You must have Mac OS X 10.1 or later with BSD utilities installed to use PowerChute network shutdown. To stop PowerChute network shutdown, type the following at the command line:
To start PowerChute network shutdown manually, type the following at the command line:
To remove PowerChute network shutdown, run the uninstall script. If you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card using the PowerChute option on the Management Card user interface menu. |
| Using PowerChute network shutdown on Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP |
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You must have Windows NT version 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP to use PowerChute network shutdown. Always use the latest available Service Pack. The PowerChute directory includes executables to shut down some common applications. See the section Run Command File in the Help file for information on setting up PowerChute network shutdown to run these executables.
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| Using PowerChute network shutdown on NetWare |
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You must have NetWare 5.1 or 6.0 to use PowerChute network shutdown. PowerChute network shutdown requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.2.2 or later, on your server. Obtain this JVM and the associated operating system patches from the Novell web site, or contact your Novell service provider. Before installing PowerChute network shutdown, make sure that the file SYS:\ETC\HOSTS includes a line with your file server's IP address and server name. Installing PowerChute network shutdown on NetWare requires a screen resolution of 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768.
To stop the PowerChute network shutdown process, do the following:
To start the PowerChute process, execute the file APCpcns.ncf in the PowerChute directory. To remove PowerChute network shutdown, you must stop the PowerChute process, delete the PowerChute directory, and remove the following startup lines from the AUTOEXEC.NCF file: # Start APC's PowerChute network shutdown applicationIf you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card by using the PowerChute option of the card's user interface menu. |
| Using PowerChute network shutdown on HP-UX |
You must have HP-UX 10.20 or 11.00 to use PowerChute network shutdown. XWindows is required to install PowerChute network shutdown. PowerChute network shutdown requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.2.2 or later, on your server. Obtain this JVM and the associated operating system patches from the HP web site, or contact your HP service provider. To stop PowerChute network shutdown, type the following at the command line:
To remove PowerChute network shutdown, run the uninstall script. If you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card by using the PowerChute option on the Management Card user interface menu. |
| Using PowerChute network shutdown on Solaris |
You must have Solaris 2.7 or 2.8 (SPARC) to use PowerChute network shutdown. XWindows is required to install PowerChute network shutdown. PowerChute network shutdown requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.2.2 or later, on your server. Obtain this JVM from the Sun Microsystems web site, or contact your Sun Microsystems service provider. When the daemon starts, the script adds 256 file handles; delete ulimit -n 256 from the PCNS startup script if you do not need them. To stop PowerChute network shutdown, type the following at the command line:
To remove PowerChute network shutdown, run the uninstall script. If you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card using the PowerChute option on the Management Card user interface menu. |
| Using PowerChute network shutdown on Linux |
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You must have RedHat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 to use PowerChute network shutdown. XWindows is required to install PowerChute network shutdown. PowerChute network shutdown requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.2.2 or later, on your server. Obtain this JVM from http://www.blackdown.org, or contact your Linux vendor or service provider. To stop PowerChute network shutdown, type the following at the command line:
To remove PowerChute network shutdown, run the uninstall script. If you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card using the PowerChute option on the Management Card user interface menu. |
| Using PowerChute network shutdown on AIX |
You must have AIX 4.3.3 to use PowerChute network shutdown. XWindows is required to install PowerChute network shutdown.
PowerChute network shutdown requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM), version 1.2.2 or
1.3.0, on your server.
Obtain this JVM and the associated operating system patches from the IBM web site,
or contact your IBM service provider.
After the installation is complete, you must start the PowerChute network shutdown daemon manually or reboot the system. The installation program cannot start the PowerChute network shutdown daemon on AIX.
To stop PowerChute network shutdown, type the following at the command line:
To remove PowerChute network shutdown, run the uninstall script. If you do not intend to reinstall the software, remove the server IP address from the Management Card using the PowerChute option on the Management Card user interface menu. You may see Java exceptions displayed during the installation of PowerChute network shutdown on AIX. These errors are cosmetic, and will not affect the successful completion of the installation. |