The monitoring of the Battery Pack is conducted via the serial interface (COM port) of your LANCOM product. To check the status of your Battery Pack, proceed as follows:
COM-port configuration
The device operating mode is configured under . Click the button Device mode and add a new entry to the table or edit an existing one.
Set the device type to "Outband" and the device mode to "UPS" (Uninterruptable Power Supply). This mode ensures that the status of the Battery Pack can be queried.
Configuring the Battery Pack monitoring
Configure the monitoring of the Battery Pack using and the section "Battery Pack".
Click the button Battery Pack and enable the checkbox Monitor Battery Pack. Set a valid e-mail address as the recipient of the status notifications.
- Monitor Battery Pack
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This is where you enable the status monitoring of the serially connected Battery Pack.
Note: Please note that in order for the device operating mode to be monitored, the device must be connected to the Battery Pack via an outband cable and the device operating mode of the outband interface needs to be set to "UPS" under .
- E-mail for notifications
- In the case of critical events, a message is sent to the e-mail address configured here so that the device administrator can respond in a timely manner.Note: Please note that successful e-mail transmission requires the settings to be configured under .
- Notifications
- Adjust the settings for the notifications here.
Configuring notifications
Specify the notification settings that apply for critical events.
- Send e-mail notification
- If this event occurs, the administrator is notified via e-mail. The e-mail is sent to the address configured under .
- Send SNMP trap
- If this event occurs, the administrator is notified via SNMP. The SNMP message is sent to the SNMP server configured under .
- Send SYSLOG notification
- If this event occurs, the administrator is notified via SYSLOG. The SYSLOG message is sent to the SYSLOG server configured under .
