What it is
UPS devices join CreaRack through the Auto-Provision Wizard, like every other network device. CreaRack talks to the UPS’s network management card over SNMP and identifies vendor and model automatically.
Before you start
- The UPS needs a network management card with an IP address and SNMP enabled (check the card’s web interface; most APC/Eaton/CyberPower cards ship with SNMP v1/v2c available).
- The Local Agent (
CreaRackAgent.exe) must be running on a PC inside your network — it performs the scan, since the cloud cannot reach your private IPs. - Have the SNMP community or v3 credentials at hand.
How to add a UPS
- Open the Terminal page → sidebar Network Tools → Auto-Provision.
- Step 1 · Discovery — scan the UPS management IP (Single Device) or its subnet (Subnet Scan) with the SNMP credentials.
- Step 2 · Results & Assign — the UPS appears in the results; if the type was not auto-detected as ups, change it in the row.
- In the Destination column choose UPS, then click Apply. The saved SNMP credentials are inherited securely on the server — the browser never handles them.
- Optionally also choose Rack to place the UPS in its physical cabinet.
The UPS appears in the UPS Monitor sidebar with its battery badge within moments.
After adding
- Click the UPS in the sidebar: “Battery Status”, “Input” and “Output” populate from regular polling.
- Run Deep Discover from the detail view to fill vendor-specific tables (battery age, temperature, alarm details).
- Consider setting alerts on battery charge and output load so you are notified before a power event becomes an outage — see [[crearack—monitoring—alertas]].
Troubleshooting
- The UPS is not detected in the scan — verify SNMP is enabled on the management card and the community is correct; some cards also restrict SNMP to specific source IPs (allow the Agent’s PC).
- Detected but shows offline — wrong credentials or the card only supports SNMP v1: open Config in the detail view and adjust.
- Battery shows ”—” — regular polling has not completed yet, or the model needs a deep discovery pass first.
Related
- [[crearack—network—auto-provision-wizard]] — the wizard in full detail
- [[crearack—monitoring—que-es-ups]] — module overview
- [[crearack—ups—dashboard-and-charts]] — what you see once the UPS is in
Véase también
- [[crearack—monitoring—que-es-ups]]
- [[crearack—network—auto-provision-wizard]]
- [[crearack—ups—groups-reports-troubleshooting]]