Dell UPS 1000T - Manual (Page 91)

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Dell tested system shutdown, electrical shutdown, and reboot functions to evaluate virtualization power
management with a redundant UPS configuration. All operations were tested on a VMware server with
two guest operating systems [Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 and Red Hat] when certain
conditions existed, including the following:
• UPS battery is low
• Battery backup time is reached
• Battery discharge time is reached
Tested operations include:
• Safe shut down of the VMware server
• Safe shut down of the guest operating system
• Notifications of power events or UPS alerts to the VMware server
Installation Prerequisites
This section guides you through the installation and configuration prerequisites before installing the
Dell ULNM on a Microsoft Hyper-V architecture.
This procedure was validated using Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise R1, R2 x64 as the main
operating system (hosting Hyper-V). Microsoft Hyper-V was hosting several VMs with the following
applications installed:
• Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Advanced Server SP4
• Windows Server 2003 x86/x64 R2 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 x86/x64 SP1/SP2
• Windows XP Professional SP2/SP3 and x64 SP2
• Windows Vista SP1/SP2 (except Home editions)
• Windows Seven x86/x64 (except Home editions; only on Server 2008 R2)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 & 11
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2/5.3/5.4 x86/x64
• Dell ULNM for Windows
This procedure was validated using Hyper-V Server running on an x64 machine. Microsoft Hyper-V
Server was hosting with the following applications installed:
• Windows Server SP4 and Advanced Server SP4
• Windows Server 2003 x86/x64 R2 SP2
• Windows Server 2008 x86/x64 SP1/SP2
• Windows XP Professional SP2/SP3 and x64 SP2
• Windows Vista SP1/SP2 (except Home editions)
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