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8. Power, Environment and Digital I/O

Serial and network-connected UPS systems must ﬁrst be connected to and conﬁgured to communicate with the console

server:

• For serial UPS systems, attach the UPS to the selected serial port on the console server. From the Serial and Network:

Serial Port menu, conﬁgure the Common Settings of that port with the RS-232 properties required by the UPS (refer to

4.1.1 Common Settings). Select UPS as the Device Type.

• Similarly, for each network-connected UPS, go to Serial & Network: Network Hosts menu and conﬁgure the UPS as a

connected host by specifying it as Device Type: UPS. Click Apply.

• No such conﬁguration is required for USB-connected UPS hardware.

• Select the Serial & Network: UPS Connections menu. The Managed UPS section will display all UPS connections that

have already been conﬁgured.

• Click Add Managed UPS.

• Select if the UPS will be Connected Via USB, over preconﬁgured serial port or SNMP/HTTP/HTTPS over the preconﬁgured

network host connection.