1. INTRODUCTION

Basic Installation procedures for PowerMon II with the NCR 4052 or 4070 UPS on an NCR S20, S40 or 4300 running Unix SVR4. Ver 03.02; to provide a Power Fail Recovery facility.
On the NCR 4300, PowerMon II is designed to be installed onto a system that does not have the internal UPS system fitted.
Power Fail Recovery is known not to function on an NCR 3416, 3259 or 3269.
The correct version of the PowerMon II software comes at present in a box with K519 in its part number and the diskette has MP-RAS Ver 3.2.3 written on it.

Any other part number or version may not work.



2. If Powermon II is being installed onto an existing installed system, then a Project Plan must be produced and approved prior to this installation. Before installation of Powermon II, ensure that the customer has two full verified file saves.
   
   
3. Installation and configuration consists of the following:-

Checking & setting System

Setting up the serial port

Installing the communications cable

Installing the utility



4. SYSTEM
1. Dump Slice

On the system ensure that there is a dump slice on the disk, and that its size is adequate for the amount of memory in the machine.

2. The ups_status File

The ups_status file contains UPS-OFF or UPS-ON. If the file contains UPS-OFF; at power fail it attempts to log out of UniVision, down dating the other UV control files as it exits. If it completes this task successfully, the process returns to the UNIX login. If ups_status does not exist the system defaults to UPS-OFF.

The ups_status file is located in the ./UniVision/univision/admin directory.

This means that for a system with a powerfail recovery strategy, this file must contain UPS-ON. If it does not, in the event of a failure all processes are returned to UNIX login.

To configure ups_status, login to SYSPROG and enter !<CR>. At the UNIX prompt ($) enter UVups<CR>.

If ups-status does not exist the system prompts:

Current ups_status setting = xxx.xxx

Do you want to continue with the change file? (Y/N):

Enter Y <CR>

File "univision/admin/ups_status" not found or of zero size

Do you want to create the file? (Y/N)

Enter Y <CR>

If you enter Y the file is created and the system prompts you as follows:

Enter "0" to set UPS_OFF or "1" to set UPS-ON:

If you enter 1 you get the following message:

New setting of "ups_status" = UPS=ON

NOTE For Orderley Shutdown, the ups_status file must either not exist or if it does it must be set to UPS_OFF.




5. SERIAL PORT

The serial port must use tty01

Ensure that no service is running on the port. If there is one running then remove it.

Enter pmadm -l | pg <CR> to display Port Services.



6. Connect the communications cable between the UPS and the NCR 3000 COM 2 port.
   This should be a Cable Type FZ1.
   
   
7. INSTALLATION OF POWERMON II
1. On the system login to root
2. Enter pkgadd -d diskette1 <CR>
3. Insert the diskette into the floppy drive
4. Enter go <CR> & follow prompts to install software.
5. The software will load and display the configuration screen similar to the one below.
6. At prompt do you wish to modify them at this time?

Enter y <CR>

7. Select the options listed below as the EDP standard setting:

Installation Directory = /etc/UPS.d

Cable type = 3 - or details inside front cover of manual

Serial Port = /dev/tty01

Diagnostic device = console

Shutdown Timer = 180 seconds ***

Shutdown Type = Power Fail Recovery

Polling Interval = 1 second

Startup Delay = 120 seconds

Message Broadcasting Enabled = Yes

Message Broadcasting Wait = 10 seconds

Message Broadcast Interval = 60 seconds

Dialing Out on events Enabled = No

Do you wish to rebuild kernel after installation y

Do you wish to automatically start to monitor UPS after installation y


***The EDP standard (default) setting is 180 secs.

Please refer to para 11 for the latest setting for the type of system used.


8. Follow prompts and reboot system
   
   
8. CONTROL CENTRE
1. The Control Centre can be used to view and alter settings, start or stop Power Mon, and view history
2. When the system has run up again, run the control centre to check settings.
3. Login to root and enter

cd /etc/UPS.d <CR> to access working directory

4. Start the Control Centre by entering

./upsmenu <CR>

5. The following Control Centre Screen will appear:-
6. Select configuration and the following screen will appear
7. Check all entries are correct
   
8. When they are press F8 to exit, Save and Start Power Mon II
   
   
9. TO RESET UV PROCESSES
1. Enter UV setup
2. Select Option 2 Maintain Process Records
3. Reset PROCESS and LINE INFORMATION

Select R for Reset

Select * for all

Select U for unconditioned

Select E for exit

9.4 Select 0 for exit from UV set up.



10. TEST POWER FAIL RECOVERY
1. Ensure that several screens are logged into an application.
2. SHORT MAINS FAILURE
1. Switch OFF the mains input into the UPS, to simulate a short mains failure.
2. Check that: the message "ON BACKUP POWER" is broadcast to all screens, with a time when the system will shutdown.
3. Restore the power to the UPS before this time
4. Ensure message POWER RESTORED. Is displayed and that everything continues as it was before the mains failure.
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4. LONG MAINS FAILURE
   
1. Switch OFF the mains input into the UPS, to simulate a long mains failure.
2. Check that: the message "ON BACK UP POWER "
   is broadcast to all screens with a time when the system will shutdown. After this time, on the system console, it should show it tranferring memory slices, then after this the output from the UPS to the system is switched off.
3. Wait about one minute then restore the mains power to the UPS.
4. Ensure that the system runs up correctly that the messages are displayed on the console showing memory slices being restored. And that the screens return to the point they were before the "Mains Failure". You may have to press <CR>.
5. Testing Complete
   
   
11. LATEST SETTINGS ***
    For S20 systems the Shutdown Timer should be set to 480 secs.

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