Introduction

PowerChute™ Serial Shutdown (PowerChute) provides UPS management, system shutdown, and energy management for devices connected to the UPS, via serial or USB interface.

In the case of a UPS critical event, the software performs a graceful system shutdown of connected devices before the UPS battery is exhausted.

Following installation, configure the software using the PowerChute initial setup wizard. This ensures that PowerChute is configured to monitor and manage your system for power events.

This document describes the options available in the PowerChute Serial Shutdown Agent user interface for a Type B UPS.

During manual installation you are asked to select your UPS from a list of UPS model prefixes:

• The UPS model is found on the printed label at the rear of your UPS:

Smart-UPS models with prefix SMT, SMX, SURTD, SRT, SMTL, SCL, SMC, and SRTL including models SRC2KUXI, SRC3KUXI, and SRC3KUXIX709.

• Smart-UPS models excluding UPS models with prefix SMT, SMX, SURTD, SRT, SMTL, SCL, SMC, SRTL, and models SRC2KUXI, SRC3KUXI, and SRC3KUXIX709.

Visit Knowledge Base article FA315835 to find out more about UPS model types.

This document describes the PowerChute Agent web user interface:

• For information on installing PowerChute Serial Shutdown, see the PowerChute Serial Shutdown Installation Guide.

• For security-related information, see the PowerChute Serial Shutdown Security Handbook.

• For up-to-date information on the operating systems, JRE, service packs, and processors with which PowerChute Serial Shutdown is compatible, see the latest revision of PowerChute Serial Shutdown Operating System and Processor Compatibility Chart.

You can access the user interface of the PowerChute Serial Shutdown Agent in two ways, locally and remotely.

To access the PowerChute Serial Shutdown Agent on a local Windows computer, select the Windows start button, then select PowerChute Serial Shutdown > PowerChute Serial Shutdown.

To access the PowerChute Agent remotely, in a Web browser type the servername or Agent IP address and port:

https://agentipaddress:6547

For example, if your server is named COMP1, enter:
https://COMP1:6547

If you have forgotten the username or password created during installation, you can reset the credentials by using the PowerChute configuration file. See Resetting your Username and Password.

PowerChute will automatically “lock out” for 2 minutes after three unsuccessful login attempts (incorrect username and/or password) to prevent brute force password cracking.

The PowerChute Agent User Interface (UI) is available in 7 languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Brazilian-Portuguese, and Spanish. To change the UI display language, click on the language selector in the top-right corner of the UI, and select a language from the drop-down list.