
Section II: Installation and Quick Start
Section II, page ManageUPS CIO User Guide
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WHEN WILL SMARTGROUP CONTENTS CHANGE?
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WORD ABOUT PROPERTIES
SmartGroups are very potent mechanisms that can be used to
accomplish a variety of tasks.
SmartGroup rules remain active even when the SmartGroup window
is closed. In other words, the SmartGroup continues to watch the All
Devices inventory for devices with
properties that satisfy the rules
established in the SmartGroup Settings dialog..
It is likely clear that the content of a SmartGroup will change if the
rules establish thresholds for
properties that you expect to change –
such as input volts, %load, battery age, or specific alarm conditions.
It might be less obvious that the content of a SmartGroup could
change if the watched
properties are things that normally do not
change…such as UPS manufacturer – or UPS power rating.
When new devices are added to the All Devices list and have
properties that meet the conditions of a SmartGroup, the contents of
that SmartGroup will change to include the new devices.
For example, a default SmartGroup watches for devices that do not
have a Pin Map association. If the entire existing inventory has been
assigned a PinMap location, new devices will automatically appear
in the “No Map Location” SmartGroup until you place them on an
appropriate map.
Default SmartGroups
A number of pre-defined SmartGroups are created for you when you
install ManageUPS CIO.
Some partition the All Devices inventory based
on the power rating of the UPS.
Others watch for replace battery indications,
under-used capacity, devices not yet located on
a map, devices off the network or Severe
alarms.
You can delete the default SmartGroups,
modify the rules or add more SmartGroups.
If you end up with a long list of SmartGroups that begin to clutter the
navigation pane, use the Folders feature to contain Groups that you use
to create monthly reports or inventory analyses that you don’t need to
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