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equipment ,monitors, or other non critical equipment should be connect to the NCL outlets to be
powered off early. This will maximize the battery runtime for critical equipment such as servers on the
CL outlets.
7. The UPS/Load page allows users to establish the communication with the Client by assigning
the Client's IP address. Are there other ways to establish communication?
The communication can be established by assigning the Agent's IP address on the Device Network
Address section on the Power/Configuration page in the Client. See the Power/Configuration
for
more details about how to establish the communication with the Agent.
8. How can I make PowerPanel
®
Business Edition run a program when a particular event has
occurred?
Create a .cmd file and save it into the extcmd folder of PowerPanel
®
Business Edition installation folder.
Then write a command to run your own programs into this script file. Please refer to the default.cmd in
the extcmd folder to write your own script.
9. I am not sure what the IP address of the UPS or PDU is. How can I obtain the correct IP address?
Use the Power Device Network Utility tool to help you to find the correct IP address of UPS or PDU.
This device list will list the all CyberPower device’s IP address on the local network.
10. How do I uninstall PowerPanel
®
Business Edition?
On Windows, go to Start>>Control Panel>>Add or Remove Programs. Click
the Change/Remove button of PowerPanel
®
Business Edition to uninstall the program.
On Linux and VMWare ESX/ESXi, only PowerPanel
®
Business Edition Client can be installed. The
default installation directory is /usr/local/ppbe on the Linux platforms and /opt/ppbe on VMWare
ESX/ESXi. Users can execute the uninstall.sh command of the installation directory to uninstall the
program.
11. How can I get a notice when a power condition has cleared?
When a power condition is clear, it will broadcast a notification and also run the command file. A custom
script can be created for events. The script can utilize the environment variable EVENT_STAGE to
compare the key OCCUR to identify an event that has occurred or FINISH to identify an event that has
cleared.
12. What network protocol is used in PowerPanel
®
Business Edition?
SNMP is used on communications between the Client and a PDU or a UPS with remote management
card. HTTP and HTTPS are used between the Agent and the Client.
13. What the network ports are used by PowerPanel
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Business Edition?