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The CheckUPS II for Novell NetWare is available for monitoring UPS models with either

Advanced (RS-232 communications) type UPS models.

Basic (contact closure communications) type UPS models.

For BestLink SNMP/WEB Adapter users, CheckUPS II Advanced for Novell NetWare also incorporates the shutdown client functionality required for BestLink to control the shutdown of one or more NetWare servers during an extended power failure. NetWatch client software is available separately for those other operating systems (Windows 9x, NT/2000 and UNIX) that also need to be shutdown automatically by a BestLink SNMP/WEB Adapter.

CheckUPS software is compatible with NetWare versions 3.20, 4.1x and 5.x.

Note: NetWare 3.20 users should read the additional comments

below before running the CheckUPS II Advanced NLM.

For users with UPS models capable of

Advanced communications, CheckUPS II Advanced for Novell NetWare provides the user with software capable of being used in several scenarios.

Possible Scenarios:
1. UPS monitoring to be done by a NetWare server connected locally (via RS-232) to its UPS, where additional, networked servers and/or workstations need to monitor the same UPS remotely (via TCP/IP). Click here here to view a diagram of this scenario.

2. UPS monitoring to be done by a NetWare server connected remotely (via TCP/IP) to a separate server or workstation running CheckUPS II Data Server software (NetWare, NT/2000 or UNIX version).

3. UPS monitoring to be done by a single NetWare server connected locally (via RS-232) to its UPS (No remote monitoring possible by other servers or workstations because integral Data Server is not started).

4. UPS monitoring by a single NetWare server connected remotely (via TCP/IP) to a UPS being controlled by a BestLink SNMP/WEB Adapter.

Help text is available

here in the form of an html document for CheckUPS II Advanced. Please save and/or print this documentation for reference as you install and configure the software. The text is also included in this installation package as a text file.

Note: If you previously installed ANY version of CheckUPS software on your server, please make sure you remove it completely before installing the newer version.

Windows Workstation-based Installation:

Select the Advanced button below to begin the installation process for CheckUPS II Advanced. Once the Windows-compatible installation package is saved on your PC, run the installation file (chkadnov.exe) to begin the installation process to your NetWare server. It is assumed that you have administrator rights on your NetWare server when you begin this process.

Advanced

Server Console/Rconsole-based Installation of the same software for NetWare 4.x and above:

If you install the CheckUPS II Suite for Windows NT/2000 on a server and have other networked servers and/or workstations that are dependent on on that server's UPS for power, we suggest that you install CheckUPS II Advanced client software on those operating systems also. Click

here to view a diagram showing an example of this type of environment.

Important NetWare 3.20 requirements for the CheckUPS II Advanced NLM:
1. CLIBAUX.NLM must be loaded before loading CHECKUPS.NLM. If CLIBAUX.NLM is not in your SYS:\SYSTEM directory, go to http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm, and then download and install the Netware 3.2 CLIB update file "LIB312D.EXE". Modify the AUTOEXEC.NCF file in SYS:\SYSTEM to include the line "load clibaux", or load the NLM manually before loading CHECKUPS.NLM.

2. NETDB.NLM must be in the SYS:\SYSTEM directory before loading CHECKUPS.NLM. If NETDB.NLM is not present on your system, go to http://support.novell.com and search for "NIP22B.EXE". Download this file to a temp directory, and then double-click on it to extract the contents. You do not have to install NetWare IP, simply copy NETDB.NLM from the "dhcp\dhcpsrvr\utils\3x" directory to the SYS:\SYSTEM directory of your server.

3. After the above steps are completed, CHECKUPS.NLM can be loaded. For users with UPS models capable of

Basic communications, CheckUPS II Basic for Novell NetWare provides the user with software capable of being used in a single basic UPS to single NetWare server environment.

Help text is available

here in the form of an html document for CheckUPS II Basic. Please save and/or print this documentation for reference as you install and configure the software.

Note: If you previously installed ANY version of CheckUPS software on your server, please make sure you remove it completely before installing the newer version.

Select

Basic to begin the installation process for CheckUPS II Basic. Once the file is saved on your PC, run the self-unarchiving file and copy the produced files to SYS:SYSTEM on your NetWare server. Once the files are on your server you may continue by configuring and loading the NLM.

Important:

If you install CheckUPS II Advanced on a NetWare server and have other networked servers and/or workstations that are dependent on on that server's UPS for power, we suggest that you install CheckUPS II Advanced client software on those operating systems also. Click

here here to view a diagram showing an example of this type of environment.

Once you have installed the CheckUPS II Advanced software for Novell NetWare, you may elect to also install CheckUPS II Advanced for Windows 9x on a networked PC running Windows 9x or NT/2000. Doing so provides you with a graphical user interface (GUI) that presents changes in UPS status and data values in an attractive, easy-to-read fashion. Select

Advanced GUI Client Application to begin the installation process.