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PowerChute Business Edition
PowerChute® Business Edition
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UPS management and safe system shutdown for servers and workstations.

PowerChute Business Edition enables you to simultaneously monitor up to 25 UPSs protecting servers or workstations. In the event of an extended power outage graceful unattended shutdown ensures no information is lost and time to recovery is minimized. Advanced notification and analysis features help you to identify the causes of potential UPS and power related problems before they occur ensuring the health of your system.


Features & Benefits
Manageability
Operating System Shutdown Prevents possible data corruption by performing graceful, unattended operating system shutdown in the event of an extended power outage.
Manage multiple UPSs View status and configure multiple UPSs simultaneously.

Basic version supports up to 5 UPSs.

Deluxe version supports up to 25 UPSs.

Hibernation Preserves entire state of system and speeds time-to-recovery (Windows XP).
Recommended Actions Providing descriptions of problems together with recommended actions reduces the need of training, eases deployment and speeds troubleshooting.
Discovery Speed deployment by specifying remote networks segments or an IP address range to discover APC UPSs
Fault Notification Notification of critical issues via email/pager or SNMP traps (events), ensures crucial situations are dealt with in a timely manner.
Higher Level Power Events Analyze power by pinpointing frequent or extended under and over voltages. Alerts you to unusual or chronic power situations that require attention.
System Event Log Integration Writes events to NT/2000 OS log, allowing monitoring of UPS via standard tools such as NetIQ.
Run Command File Customize actions in response to user-defined character strings.
Scheduling Customize shut down and reboot of connected equipment and UPSs.
Convenience
Power Analysis Graph Graph power and UPS events by time of day or week to easily identify periodic, recurring power disturbances. (Deluxe version only.)
Silent Install Deploy large numbers of software agents efficiently. (Deluxe version only.)
Application shutdown Specify shutdown sequence ensuring sufficient time for each application to close safely. Supports Lotus Notes/Domino, MS-SQL Server, MS-IIS, MS-Exchange, and Siebel eBusiness Applications on Windows. (Deluxe version only.)
Data Logging Identify problematic trends before they escalate or export the data log for analysis.
Event logging Pinpoint the timing and sequence of events leading up to an incident with the event log.
Risk assessment summary Maximize uptime by identifying potential threats to the availability of your equipment such as aging batteries or insufficient runtime.
Discovery Speed deployment by specifying remote networks segments or an IP address range to discover APC UPSs
Protection
Password Security User-selectable password protection.
Compatibility
Current Version Version 7.0 for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP/2000/NT, Linux, NetWare, and Solaris
Operating System Windows 2003
Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3
Windows XP
Red Hat Linux v.7.3, 8.0 and 9.0
SuSE v.8.0 and 8.1
TurboLinux v.7.0 and 8.0
Novell Netware 6.0 with Support Pack 1
Novell Netware 6.5
Novell Netware 5.1 with Support Pack 3 or above (using PowerChute Business Edition v6.2.2 agent)
Sun Solaris 8 and 9
Cables 940-0020B
940-0024C
940-0095A or B
Communication UPS cable provides dedicated serial/USB communication between the UPS and server independant of the network.
UPS Models Compatible with APC Smart-UPSs, Matrix-UPSs.
Model Information
Technical Specifications Part Number
PowerChute Business Edition Deluxe Upgrade (for customers using 25-node version 6.x) AP9410U
PowerChute Business Edition Deluxe AP9411
PowerChute Business Edition Basic SDW78


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