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The Center defines the below alarms and issues the alarm when its related events are triggered:
Alarm Definition
Description
Triggered Event
Trigger Level
PPBE UPS Communication
Event
Alarm is triggered when
PPBE lost communication
with UPS.
Communication lost with UPS in
battery mode.
Alert
Communication lost with UPS.
Warning
Communication established.
Normal
PPBE UPS Critical Event
Alarm is triggered when a
critical UPS event occurs.
UPS Low battery.
Alert
UPS Remaining runtime exhausted.
Alert
UPS Utility power failure.
Warning
UPS Power restored.
Normal
For example, when the utility power fails, a warning-level alarm whose name is PPBE UPS Critical Event will be
issued in the Triggered Alarms view under the Alarm tab. A related event will be logged in the Events view of the
Tasks & Events tab.
Note: Triggered alarms are visible through the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client connected to a vCenter server.
Energy Consumption
Statistics
The Statistics page shows a chart of how energy is spent in a specified period of time and also shows the energy
statistics of the current target node and entire system.
Energy Consumption/Statistics page
The consumption of each UPS, PDU, ATS and outlet of Metered by Outlet PDU is logged on an hourly basis and each
group that contains these UPS, PDU and ATS will accumulate the consumption data. Data logged can be used to