User`s guide

Virtualization
Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) User’s Guide v1.40 P-164000289—Rev 2 93
Configuring Maintenance and Shutdown
After you enter the correct credential information for your Managers and Hypervisors, you need to configure
the Maintenance and Shutdown sequences according to the availability needs of your IT infrastructure when
power fails. There are two types of VMHost nodes:
l
No Eaton IPP on VMHost
l
Eaton IPP Running on the VMHost
No Eaton IPP on VM Host
If no Eaton IPP is installed on the server that is hosting the Hypervisor (VMHost), the Shutdown is performed
remotely by IPM. This shutdown configuration is used only with VMware Hypervisors and Citrix XenServer.
To configure the node and add a Power Source in the Shutdown Settings dialog:
1. From the M
anagement > Nodes Settings menu item, click the host in the Nodes list (see “Nodes
Settings” on page 71).
2. In the Shutdown Settings panel on the right side of the page, select the applicable checkboxes to
configure the required parameters (see Figure 105 and Tabl e 10).
NOTE The shutdown settings that display vary depending on the node you select. In this
example, the node functionalities include remote maintenance mode and remote
shutdown.
Figure 105. Example Shutdown Settings - Before Configuration
Table 10. Shutdown Settings for VMhost without Eaton IPP
Parameters Values Description
Remote Maintenance
Enabled or Disabled When enabled, the Eaton IPM client sets the host to
“Maintenance Mode.”
Depending on your host/cluster configuration, this can trigger vMotion/live
migration to another host. This event is triggered at the time set in the
“Maintenance Timer” parameter.
Maintenance Timer
User to type a value This represents the time elapsed “on
battery state” before the Eaton IPM script
changes the state of the host to maintenance mode. The “-1 second(s)” value
means that timer is disabled.
Remote Shutdown
Enabled or Disabled When enabled, this setting allows Eaton IPM to gracefully shutdown this server in
case o
f “UPS on battery state” and Shutdown criteria reached.
Remote Shutdown of
the Virtual Machines
Enabled or Disabled When enabled, this allows the Eaton IPM to shut down the VMs.
Power Source
IP address of UPS This parameter identifies the U
PS powering this server. This node must already
exist in Eaton IPM.