Dell PowerEdge UPS 500T User Manual

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Dell UPS Local Node ManagerUSER'S GUIDE EXTENSION FOR VMWARE ESX 4.0 VIRTUAL ARCHITECTUREDellups.comDell ULNM – User guide extension - VMWare ESX ServerVMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.rev0.01CHAPTER: Installation4Those recommendations will guide you through the installation process of Dell UPS Local NodeManager on VMware ESX architecture to allow electric continuity.2.1. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITESDell validated this how-to on an ESX Server 4.0 with a Dell UPS Local Node Manager, and a distantadministration workstation with VMware vSphere Client 4.0.Notes: ESX Server 3.5 is not compatible with Dell ULNM Through Dell Network Management Card (H910P minimum firmware revision 1.08), the DellUPSs are compatible with Dell ULNM on ESX.Through USB/RS232 connection, Dell UPSs should be compatible (TBC) To allow a graceful shutdown of the Virtual machines, you have to install VM-Ware Tools oneach virtual machine.2.1.1. WMWARE ESX SERVER 4.0 CONFIGURATION For the automatic OS boot on start-up: you must configure physical machine to allowautomatic OS boot on start-up. This is effective in your machine’s BIOS. For furtherinformation, see specific documentation. To allow interactions between physical et virtual machines, VMware tools have to beinstalled on each virtual machine. For further information, see VMware ESX Serverdocumentation. For the automatic virtual machine boot on VMware ESX start-up:From the Virtual Infrastructure Client interface, go in the“Virtual machine startup / shutdown” menu “Configuration” “Properties” “Startand stop VMs with the system”, and tick “enable”.Note:In the « Properties…» page, you also have the possibility to define the Startup Order of your virtualMachines: Start and Stop VMs with the system: Enabled Default Startup Delay: x Seconds Default Shutdown Delay: x Seconds Startup Order: Automatic StartupThis configuration is illustrated on the following screenshot: