Powerchute Network Shutdown

[BillP]

At the risk of sounding like I've had my brain removed, I'm assuming that Powerchute Network Shutdown needs to be installed on each server I want to shutdown when events occur?

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Keith,

Fair question. It depends on the environment. If the servers are stand-alone then yes you would install on each server. If the servers are hosts of other virtual machines than it depends on the configuration.

Examples:

6 server running Windows 2012 R2 = install on each system

6 ESXi hosts not managed by vCenter Server = install PCNS appliance on each host

6 ESXi host managed by vCenter Server = install PCNS appliance once

We have application note 180 that discusses VMware ESXi options.

[BillP]

Thanks Bill. The servers are all standalone