Dell UPS 4200R - Manual (Page 3)

Dell UPS Management Software: Activating redundancy and virtualization modules
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Scope of this document
This document provides guidance when activating redundancy and virtualization modules in Dell’s
Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) software. The information in this document pertains to Release
2 of Dell UPS Management Software (01.04.0010, A02, announced July 2012).
This guide is designed for readers who have knowledge and experience of operating systems supported
by the Dell MUMC software (referred to in this document as the Dell UPS console). It is intended to
complement the detailed User’s Guide that comes with the UPS management software.
For full information about the Dell UPS Management Software suite — such as hardware and software
prerequisites and details about activating, configuring and using UPS monitoring and management
functions — refer to the complete User’s Guides for the software components, available on
support.dell.com .
The two components of Dell UPS Management Software
The Dell UPS power management suite — compatible with all Dell single-phase UPS products — includes
two complementary and integrated offerings, both managed through a single, Web-based interface:
The Dell UPS Local Node Manager (ULNM):
 Acts as a local shutdown agent on local computers using traditional operating systems, for
graceful, unattended UPS shutdown and restart
 Acts as a local shutdown agent in virtualized environments, for virtualization host Hypervisor
Agent and vMA Agent type 1
 Provides a local interface to view UPS power status, events and configurations
 Is remotely managed by the Dell UPS supervisory console for simultaneous, centralized
configuration and management of multiple ULNM agents
The Dell Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC):
 Discovers and supervises Dell UPSs and Dell intelligent power distribution units (PDUs)
connected to the network.
 Provides a central control point for configuring, monitoring and reporting actions relating to
UPS and PDU events.
1 Hypervisor Agent type: A host on which applications can be directly installed (such as Win2k8).
vMA Agent type: A host on which applications cannot be directly installed and instead use a
management assistant to load applications (such as vMA).
For more information on Dell ULNM and MUMC interaction with virtualized hypervisors, contact your
local Dell representative or refer to the appropriate User’s Guide at
dellups.com/soft-tech-doc.asp .