How to install PowerChute
Network Shutdown 3
3.0.1
0 1 on
VMware vMA 5.0
Basic knowledge of Linux commands and Linux administration is needed
before user should attempt the installation of the software.
PowerChute Network Shutdown (PCNS) 3.0.1 is required.
PowerChute Network Shutdown requires VMware Infrastructure
Management Assistant (vMA) 5.0 install on the VMware ESXi host. if you
need help installing vMA please contact VMware support or review KBase
document FA159777
The vMA client requires AMD Opteron, Rev E or later CPU or Intel
processors with EM64T and VT support
You will need VMware vSphere Client installed on your desktop / laptop
to log into the ESXi host system. Review KBase document FA159775 for
vSphere Client installation instructions or contact VMware support.
Communications ports TCP 3052, 6547, 80 and UDP port 3052 need to be
open on the network.
Note: vMA 5.0 is delivered with the firewall inactive.
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To install VMWare vCenter client
review KBase # FA159775 for
instructions
or use the utilityy PuTTY to log
g
onto the vMA.
To load PCNS from the vSphere client click on the shortcut and the
login
g window will launch.
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View of Infrastructure Client
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Next you need to log into the vMA.
To load VMware vMA please review VMware technical support video
provide on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KdUoToCxM or
review KBase # FA159777
Click here to power the vMA on if it
g
is not running
Once the vMA client has been added select it from the list of available
virtual systems to load PCNS.
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Click on the console tab to log
into the vMA then press the enter
key to go to the log in screen.
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Enter user name and password.
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Install PowerChute Network
Shutdown 3.0.1 on vMA 5.0
Note: if installing from CD review pages
56 - 63
If the install files were downloaded from APC web site you will need to copy the files to a
temporary directory to be uncompressed before the program can be installed.
installed See FA159776 for
instruction on how to copy file to the vMA.
Assuming you copied the downloaded files to /opt/temp the commands are
cd /opt/temp
sudo
d gunzip
i pcns301ESXi.tar.gz
301ESXi t
sudo tar –xf pcns301ESXi.tar
There will now be a new directory named ESXi created in /opt/temp
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After uncompress the file change directory to /opt/temp/ESXi (caution Linux is case sensitive)
Assuming you are still in the /opt/temp directory the commands are
cd ESXi
ls –la (to view the contents of the directory)
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After running the command ls – la to view the contents of the directory you need change the permissions
of the file install_en.sh to make it executable.
The command is
sudo chmod 777 install_en.sh
install en sh (en indicates the English version)
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Next run the installer
The command is
sudo ./install_en.sh
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When running the install file view and accept the license and answer the installation questions as they
appear on the console.
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Select the default installation path or enter a new path.
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Select yes to accept the path.
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Select yes to use the bundled java (recommended) or enter the path to a preinstalled java version.
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Be sure when asked to enter the host server ipaddress, user name, and password. This enables
communication
i ti between
b t
the
th vMA
MA client
li t and
d the
th host
h t server.
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Once the installation is complete open web browser to configure PCNS
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PCNS Configuration Wizard
Configuration Wizard
● The first time logging into PCNS the configuration wizard is
displa ed automatically.
displayed
a tomaticall This can occur
occ r after a regular
reg lar install or a
silent install which failed to register PCNS with a Network
Management Card.
● Post install, the user will be redirected to the PCNS web user
interface. If PCNS has not previously been configured, the user
will be automatically logged in and directed to configure PCNS to
ensure server protection. Once the first time wizard completes,
the session ends and the user will be redirected to the login
screen.
● If PCNS has been configured by this wizard or by a successful
registration during a silent install, a visitor to the PCNS web user
interface will be welcomed by the log in screen.
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Click I
understand the
risk.
Since we use SSL and the browser does not know site a connection warning will appear
appear.
You will need to accept the SSL certificate that is generated by PCNS.
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Click Add
Exception
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Click Confirm
Security
Exception
After accepting the security exception the customer will be directed to the PCNS
Configuration wizard .
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This is the opening window for the configuration Wizard. The
wizard can be accessed at anytime
y
via the web interface and is the
same for all supported OS!
Click next
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Click next
Enter the User Name and Password along
g with the Authentication Phrase
The User Name and Authentication Phrase must match the one entered on the NMC
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If the server
has multiple
NICs you must
chose the IP
Address that
will be
registered with
the NMC
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After choosing
the IP Address
that will be
registered with
the NMC click
next
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Select if the configuration is Single, Redundant, or Parallel UPS then
click next.
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Single-UPS Configuration
In a Single
Single-UPS
UPS configuration
configuration, each
h computer
t server or group off servers is
i
protected by a single UPS. That is, each server has one PCNS agent
communicating with a single NMC installed on a UPS.
Supported UPS devices: The entire Smart-UPS range of UPS devices,
including Smart-UPS VT and MGE Galaxy 3500 1- and 3-phase, Galaxy 7000,
Galaxy 300; the Symmetra 1-Phase and 3-Phase, the Symmetra PX, and the
Sil
Silcon
DP3500E and
d Silcon.
Sil
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Single-UPS Configuration
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Redundant Configuration
In a Redundant-UPS Configuration, PowerChute Network Shutdown
recognizes a group of either two or three UPS’s as a single UPS. In this
configuration, one PowerChute Network Shutdown Agent on a server
communicates with two or three NMCs (depending on the number of UPS’s in
the configuration). Typically, the servers have multiple (dual or triple) power
cords. Each UPS has its own NMC, which has a unique IP address. In
addition all the NMCs use the same HTTP port and the same administrator
addition,
user name, password, and authentication phrase.
Each UPS has the capacity to supply power to the load on its own. The first
UPS provides
id allll the
h power ffor the
h lload,
d the
h additional
ddi i
l UPS(
UPS(s)) act as reserve.
When the first UPS in unable to supply power, the server switches over to take
power from the next UPS. As a result, if one of the UPS’s goes down, for
whatever reason, the other UPS(s) can continue to supply power to the load
and therefore provide redundancy between UPS’s. PowerChute Network
Shutdown recognizes that the UPS’s are set-up in a Redundant-UPS
configuration and listens to all the UPS NMCs for a shutdown command.
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Redundant Configuration
See the updated Applications Note #98 for more information
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Redundant Configuration
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Parallel Configurations
In a Parallel-UPS
Parallel UPS Configuration, two or more UPS’s
UPS s (up to nine depending
on the model) support the load. Each UPS does not need to be capable of
supporting the load on its own as the combined output of all UPS’s in the
configuration share the load. However, depending on the size of the load there
may be
b reserve UPS(
UPS(s)) available.
il bl R
Redundancy
d d
iis provided
id d if th
there iis att lleastt
one more UPS than is required to support the load.
See the updated Applications Note #169 for more information
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Parallel Configurations
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Parallel Configurations
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Enter protocol, NMC
communication
port and NMC ip
port,
address then click
next
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Select whether to
check for updates,
whether to
shutdown
the UPS then click
next
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Click apply after
verifying the
information is
correct.
correct
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PCNS will register with the NMC
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If the UPS has the
proper firmware
and supports
pp
outlet groups you
can select the
outlet group the
server is plugged
into.
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For this example we
selected outlet
group 1 then
clicked apply.
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Once registered
Click next
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Click Finish
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PowerChute Network
Shutdown web interface
After the configuration is complete you will be logged into the PCNS client
This is the opening page for PCNS client on all supported OS.
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This is the configure events page for all PCNS clients
To see a full list of configurable and non-configurable event view PCNS help
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If the UPS has the
proper firmware
and supports
outlet groups you
can select the
outlet group
g
p
shutdown
behavior.
This is the configure shutdown page for all PCNS clients
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If the UPS has the
proper firmware
and supports
outlet groups you
can select the
outlet group the
PCNS client is
attached to.
This is the Set Up Communications page for all PCNS clients
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This is the check for Updates page for all PCNS clients
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How to add host servers to the
server list
If you would like to add additional host server to the server list (this will allow for the shutdown of multiple host by a
single vMA) first check to be sure the server is not already in the list by running the command vifp listservers
If the server is not in the list add the server to the list by running the command
sudo vifp addserver 10.218.45.20
Verif the ser
Verify
server
er has been added
vifp listservers
NOTE: The address of the host running the vMA should always be last in the list.
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Next you need to add the server to the fasspass list the command is vifptarget –s <server name or
ipaddress> NOTE: there is a known issue with this command on vMA 5.1.x
To verify there is communications between the client and the host run the command Vicfg
Vicfg-nics
nics –ll (lower
case letter l) should display a list of the host NICs.
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Install PCNS 3.0.1 onto vMA
5.0 from CD
If loading PCNS from CD
y that the CD drive is
verify
connected on the client and
the CD is loaded into the host
system CD drive. If installer
was downloaded from
APC.com go to page 11
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Note to make any changes to
profile the vMA
the hardware p
will need to be powered down
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Click on the console tab to log
into the vMA then press the enter
key to go to the log in screen.
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O ce logged
Once
ogged in if one
o e has
as not
ot
been created, create a mount
point for the CD.
sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
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Change the permissions on the new mount
p
point
sudo chmod 666 /mnt/cdrom
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Mount the APC CD and change directory to view
the files in the ESXi directory.
Commands
sudo mount –t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/
ls to list the contents of the CD
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For this example the CD contains a parent directory of PCNS 3
3.0.1
01
and child directory of ESXi
Change directory to ESXi and copy the contents to /opt/temp
Change directory to /opt/temp
Continue with instruction on page 13
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Thank You