PowerChute Network Shutdown v4.4 for Virtualization - appliance management port changed?

[bbiandov_apc]

Hi everyone,

A prior versions of PowerChute Network Shutdown for Virtualization had 2 ports. One was 6547 which is the actual payload management; the PowerChute configuration so on but there was also another port - 5480 which was used for appliance management. For those who haven't worked with those appliances below is the login screen for that appliance management GUI

What I have noticed is that the appliance management GUI is gone in version 4.4. Is that correct? If not, has the power changed to something other than 5480?

Thank you

Boyan

[BillP]

@bbiandov_apc 

The use of port 5480 with the PCNS VM was discontinued. 

[bbiandov_apc]

@BillP Thank you for clarifying that Bill. In this case how do we manage the underlying settings of the appliance VM, for example NTP, etc settings? Do we do that via CLI? Is there a guide on the CLI (assuming that's the way to manage it)?

Thank you

Boyan

[BillP]

@bbiandov_apc 

The VM pulls the time and date from the ESXi host. You should set the time zone and NTP on the PowerChute VM during initial setup,

If you did not set the time zone during initial setup and would you can follow the instruction here to set the time zone.

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-set-or-change-timezone-on-centos-8/

If you want to enable NTP on the VM follow the instructions at this link.

https://unihost.com/help/how-to-config-time-and-date-on-centos-8/

If you want to rerun the initial setup follow the instruction in Schneider Electric FAQ406746 to relaunch the PowerChute VM initial setup . There you can set the time zone and NTP. 

NOTE: If you relaunch the initial setup be sure to re-enter the root password. 

[geek]

This article was a real lifesaver! I was running into issues with PowerChute Network Shutdown v4.4, especially when trying to locate the appliance management GUI, which used to be on port 5480. After some digging and seeing your comment, I realized that the appliance management GUI was indeed removed in version 4.4, so I no longer need to worry about port 5480. I appreciate the clarity you provided!

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