Remotely Controlling A Ups On The Lan Or Internet - Dell PowerEdge UPS 500T Installation And Configuration Manual

Remotely Controlling a UPS on the LAN or Internet

You can remotely monitor any Dell UPS within the same LAN or on the Internet. Up to 256 remote
Agents can be monitored on the Internet.
NOTE:
To remotely monitor any Dell UPS within the same LAN, the computers involved must have TCP/IP
communication protocol.
NOTE:
To remotely monitor any Dell UPS on the Internet, the computers involved must have TCP/IP communication
protocol and must be connected to the Internet.
To remotely control a UPS:
1 Test the performance of the physical network communication:
From a command prompt, enter the ping command with the IP address of the computer to be
monitored. Figure 87 shows that the physical link is in an optimal state.
Figure 87. Pinging the Computer to be Monitored
2 Enable the Accept Remote Control option in the Dell UPS Management Software:
Select Accept Remote Control from the Monitor menu (see Figure 88).
Figure 88. Accept Remote Control
Configuring the Software
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