43UPS Network Management Card 2 User’s Guide
Display status of a Synchronized Control Group member
The following information is displayed about the Synchronized Control Group membership of this group
member when its group membership is enabled.
Configure a Synchronized Control Group member
Status item Description
IP Address The IP address of the Network Management Card of this group member (UPS).
Input Status The state of the input power of this group member: good (acceptable) or bad (not
acceptable).
Output Status The status of the output power of this group member: On or Off
Parameter Description
Group Membership Determines whether this Synchronized Control Group member is an active member of
its group. If you disable group membership, this UPS functions as if it were not a
member of any Synchronized Control Group. When you enable or disable Group
Membership, the change causes the management interface to reboot the next time you
log out. The change takes effect at that time.
Control Group
Number
The unique identifier of the Synchronized Control Group of which this Management
Card’s UPS is a member. This value must be a number from 1 through 65534. A UPS
can be a member of only one Synchronized Control Group. All members of a
Synchronized Control Group must have the same Control Group Number and Multicast
IP Address.
Multicast IP
Address
The IP address used to communicate among members of a Synchronized Control Group.
For IPv6, any valid IPv6 multicast address can be used.
For IPv4, the allowed range is 224.0.0.3 to 224.0.0.254. All members of a Synchronized
Control Group must have the same Control Group Number and Multicast IP Address.
Power
Synchronized
Delay
The maximum time (120 seconds by default) that the initiating UPS waits, if necessary,
for other group members to regain input power when the initiating UPS is ready to turn
on. When this delay expires, the initiating UPS waits to recharge its battery to the
runtime specified as Return Runtime Duration or the battery capacity specified as
Minimum Battery Capacity, if necessary, then waits the time specified as Return Delay,
and then turns on.
N
OTE: For information about configuring the Return Runtime Duration, see “Return
Runtime Duration” on page 36. For information about configuring the Minimum Battery
Capacity, see “Minimum Battery Capacity” on page 36.