After installation, the PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent console will automatically launch.
Discovery
Click the 'Discover Agents' button to launch the discovery pop-up window.
The PowerAlert Network Shutdown Agent can search for Tripp Lite devices on the entire subnet by entering an "*" providing a list of available devices or it is possible to enter an IP address to connect to connect to a specific address. Click the 'Add to list' button to add to the search list. In addition to the IP address to search, it is also necessary to enter the appropriate SNMP community name to search on. The default community name 'tripplite' will be satisfactory in most cases. The only time the default needs to be changed is when attempting to connect to a Tripp Lite SNMPWEBCARD where the SNMP community may not be defined or has changed from its default of 'tripplite'. (Note: SNMP community strings were not defined in firmware versions less than 12.04.0040). Click the 'Add to list' button to add the SNMP community string to search on.
After defining the IP addresses and community names to search, click the ' OK' button to begin the discovery process which will pop-up the following screen.
The shutdown agent software allows for selection of either one or two UPSes to monitor. This allows the shutdown agent to monitor either a single UPS for standard configuration or two UPSes in a redundant configuration.
After selecting the UPS(es) to monitor then click the 'OK' button to close out of the discovery process.
Settings
Shutdown
After discovering which UPS(es) to monitor define which events the shutdown agent should initiate a shutdown process on and the delay to wait before shutting down the operating system. By default the shutdown agent is configured to shutdown 15 seconds after a low battery event is received from the remote host.
Shutdown Type
Define how the operating should be shutdown.
Shutdown - shuts down the operating system and powers off the PC.
Hibernate - saves the current state of the PC to hard disk and puts the PC in a low power state. Hibernate needs to enabled on the PC for this feature to be active.
Operating Mode
Standard - This is the most common usage scenario, whereby, a PC is being powered by a single UPS. In this case the PC running the shutdown agent only needs to receive notification of power events from a single UPS that has an SNMPWEBCARD or has another PC that is monitoring the UPS through a USB or serial connection through the PowerAlert Local or PowerAlert Network Management PC software. The shutdown agent will register with either the SNMPWEBCARD or the PC software to receive event notifications of power problems. The shutdown agent then listens for shutdown events from these remote hosts and initiates a shutdown of the local operating systems when shutdown events are received.
Redundant- This is an advanced usage scenario, whereby, a server has two power supplies installed for redundancy purposes. In order to ensure a fully redundant system each power supply on the server would be plugged in to a separate UPS to protect against a UPS failure. In this case the PC running the shutdown agent needs to receive notification of power events from a both UPS systems that it is receiving power from. Each of these UPS systems have either a SNMPWEBCARD or a PC that is monitoring the UPS through a USB or serial connection through the PowerAlert Local or PowerAlert Network Management PC software. The shutdown agent will register with either the SNMPWEBCARD or the PC software on both UPS systems that is supplying power to the shutdown agent's PC to receive event notifications of power problems. The shutdown agent then listens for shutdown events from these remote hosts and initiates a shutdown of the local operating systems. In this case, the shutdown agent would require both UPS systems to a shutdown event before initiating a shutdown of the local PC.
Warning: In a redundant configuration, each UPS must have the enough remaining load capacity to handle the loss of the other UPS.
Security
Defines if a password is required to access the shutdown agent's console. By default, no password is defined.