RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower Uninterruptible Power Supplies-G2

The RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower Uninterruptible Power Supply-G2 offerings provide extended power protection with increased efficiency and simplified power management to safeguard the high-availability of Lenovo server environments. 

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units can be installed in a data center rack cabinet or can be used as tower UPS units in office and distributed IT environments where extended power protection is required.

The 2U Rack UPS-G2 unit with the Extended Battery Module-G2 is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. 2U Rack UPS-G2 unit (top) with Extended Battery Module-G2 (bottom)

2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units feature Advanced Battery Management (ABM) technology that uses a unique, three-stage charging technique that significantly extends battery service life by up to 50% and optimizes recharge time compared to traditional charging methods.

2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units can enhance system availability with individual receptacle groups or load segments that can be programmed and controlled, which allows mission-critical devices to be prioritized during shutdown to preserve battery run time if there is a prolonged power outage.

2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units meter energy consumption right down to the managed outlet groups. kWh values can be monitored using the LCD or Intelligent Power Software. Intelligent Power Software seamlessly integrates with leading virtualization environments and cloud orchestration tools.

The following tables show the orderable feature code, CTO, LFO and part number codes for the RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA UPS-G2 models.

Table 1. Ordering feature code, CTO and LFO models

* 1.5kVA 2U EBM supported with CTO1 models
** 3kVA 2U EBM supported with CTO2 models

Table 2. Ordering feature code and Part number options

* The RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 models do not come standard with NMC nor EMP, these are optional.

The UPS-G2 models are shipped with the following items:

• An accessory kit that contains the following items:
  • Tower pedestal feet
  • Four-post rail kit
  • Quick start guide
  • Safety guide
  • USB cable
  • RS-232 cable
• Documentation package

The Extended Battery Module-G2 is shipped with the following items:

• An accessory kit that contains the following items:
  • Rack-mount kit
  • Tower kit
  • EBM power cable
  • EBM detection cable

The RT1.5kVA, and RT3kVA 200-240 V UPS-G2 models do not ship with line cords.

The following tables list the compatible line cords which are suitable for RT1.5kVA and RT2.2kVA/RT3kVA 200-240 V UPS-G2 models, respectively.

Table 3. Line cords for 7DD5CTO1WW units (RT1.5kVA models)

Table 3. Line cords for 7DD5CTO2WW units (RT3kVA models)

The RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 models come equipped with a communication slot for the installation of an optional UPS Gigabit Network Management Card (NMC) (4C57A87624).

The NMC provides convenient, over-the-network UPS remote monitoring and management through a standard web browser or UPS Power Manager software.

Figure below shows the NMC.

Figure 2. UPS Gigabit Network Management Card

The Network Management Card has the following features:

• 10/100 Mb Ethernet (RJ-45 connector) with auto-negotiation
• Protocol Support HTTP, HTTPS 1.1, TLS 1.2, SNMP V1, SNMP V3, NTP, SMTP, SMTPS BOOTP/DHCP, CLI, MQTT, SSH, ARP, Syslog, Radius, LDAP, ActiveDirectory
• Graceful shutdown of protected servers and storage
• Configuration of automatic email messages in response to UPS alarms and to transmit periodic reports
• Cybersecurity enhancements, including stronger encryption, configurable password policy and usage of CA and PKI signed certificates
• Control of UPS on/off switching with a web browser
• Adjustment and control of load segments through the HTML interface, including sequential starting of the installation and optimization of backup time by shutting down non-priority systems
• Automatic date and time adjustment through an NTP server
• SNMP v1/v3 and IP v4/v6
• Recording of events and measurements in the system logs
• Data and event logging in the nonvolatile memory
• Card firmware update through the network
• Measurement of humidity and temperature with the optional Environmental Monitoring Probe (EMP)
• Easy installation (can be installed while the UPS is online to maintain the highest system availability)
• Includes IPM software

An optional EMP (part number 4XF7A87625) is used to report local temperature and humidity values and make that information available to management tools.

The EMP connects to the UPS via the NMC. The EMP is shown in the following figure.

The Environmental Monitoring Probe has the following features:

• Monitors temperature, humidity, and status of two user-provided contact devices or sensors
• Compatibility with the UPS Network Management Card
• Can be located 50m from the network card using standard CAT5 network cable
• Ability to be daisy-chained (up to 3 per host), allowing multiple sensor connection to a single host
• Operating Temperature - 0 ° C to 70 ° C with an accuracy of ± 2 ° C
• Operating humidity - 10 % to 90 % with an accuracy of ± 5%
• Temperature, humidity, and contact status can be viewed with a Web browser through the Network user interface
• Stores events in the NMC's event log
• Sends SNMP alarms to network management systems
• Sends e-mail notifications through SMTP
• Dimensions (L x W x H) 57 x 37 x 29 mm
• Weight 34 g

Note: The EMP requires Network Management Card ( NMC )

A UPS is a device that acts as a defensive barrier between electronic equipment and incoming power problems. It conditions, regulates, and filters out power disturbances to ensure a clean power source for IT equipment. A UPS also provides battery backup if there is a power failure.

In today’s high availability server environments, unplanned power outages or line quality irregularities can have a considerable financial impact on all sized businesses. The typical utility power is 99.9% available, but that means that there can be almost 9 hours of downtime a year, not to mention brownouts and other power quality problems. 

Uninterruptible power system (UPS) protects your sensitive electronic equipment from the most common power problems, including power outages, voltage sags, impulsive transients, line noise, and long-term under and over voltage conditions.

Power outages can occur when you least expect it and power quality can be erratic. These power problems have the potential to corrupt critical data, destroy unsaved work sessions, and damage hardware - causing hours of lost productivity and expensive repairs.

Selecting the right UPS can help protect against these potentially costly incidents.

The RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units are most effective against power failures, power sags, power surges, under-voltage, and over-voltage.

The RT1.5kVA and RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 models offer the following features:

• High-efficiency protection for more real power (Watts) in a compact tower or 2U rack design, which lowers power and cooling consumption
• A graphical Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) that provides intuitive configuration, management, and monitoring capabilities in the following languages to reduce management complexity:
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Russian
• Hot-swappable batteries for maximum uptime, availability, and ease of maintenance
• Subscription based Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) Software seamlessly integrates with leading virtualization environments and cloud orchestration tools. IPM provides effective local or remote power monitoring and management for servers and virtual machines and allows for graceful remote system shutdown
• ABM technology that significantly extends battery service life by up to 50% and optimizes recharge time
• Load segments for individual control of receptacle groups to manage sequential shut downs and start ups and reserve battery run time for the most critical equipment
• Optional Extended Battery Module (EBM) that provide extra run time to critical systems during a prolonged power outage
• An optional NMC for enhanced UPS monitoring and control over-the-network through a standard web browser
• An optional EMP for thermal management requirements (temperature and humidity)
• Dual channel communication through the USB or RS-232 port and an optional NMC at the same time to maximize communications flexibility
• The USB port supports HID (Human Interface Device) Power Device Class which means that the UPS can be directly managed by operating systems that support such USB classes.
• Remote flash upgradeable firmware for the UPS and NMC, which makes it an ideal solution for remote locations
• An ROO/RPO port to control power of the UPS unit through a wired remote switch

Table 4 lists the technical specifications for the 100-125 V UPS-G2 models.

The following table lists the technical specifications for the 2U Rack or Tower 200-240 V UPS models.

The following two tables list the expected period that the 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 models operate based only on batteries, depending on the load.

Note: Battery backup times are approximate and can vary with equipment, configuration, battery age, and temperature.

The front of the 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units feature a 5-button graphical LCD. The display provides useful information about the UPS, load status, events, measurements, and settings.

The following figure shows the control panel on the front of the 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2

Figure 4. Control panel on the front of the 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2

The following functions are available on the control panel:

• Status information: Displays the battery status, load percentage, output power, operational mode, and load group information.
• Measurements: Displays the output Watts VA, amperage, power factor, voltage, frequency, input voltage, input frequency, battery voltage, efficiency, and power usage.
• Control: Displays the battery test, reset error state, configure load segments, clear power usage measurements, and restore settings.
• Settings: Allows you to change product general parameters and set input and output parameters, on/off conditions, and battery configuration.
• Fault log: Displays the event log and alarm history.
• Identification: Displays the machine type, model, and serial number of the unit, and the firmware level of the UPS, including the optional NMC’s firmware level and IP address, if installed.

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units have the following physical specifications (approximate):

• Height: 86 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 441 mm (17.4 in.)
• Depth:
  • RT1.5kVA: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
  • RT3kVA: 602 mm (23.7 in.)
• Weight:
  • RT1.5kVA (100-125VAC): 23.0 kg (50.7 lb)
  • RT1.5kVA (200-240VAC): 33.8 kg (74.5 lb)
  • RT3kVA (100-125VAC): 22.4 kg (49.4 lb)
  • RT3kVA (200-240VAC): 32.1 kg (70.6 lb)

The 2U Rack or Tower Extended Battery Module-G2 have the following physical specifications (approximate):

• Height: 85.5 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 603 mm (23.7 in.)
• Depth:
  • RT1.5kVA/RT2.2kVA: 522 mm (20.6 in.)
  • RT3kVA: 438 mm (23.7 in.)
• Weight:
  • RT1.5kVA/RT2.2kVA: 27.8 kg (61.3 lb)
  • RT3kVA: 40.4 kg (89.1 lb)

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units are supported in the following environment:

• Temperature (operation): 0 - 40 °C (32 - 104 °F)
• Relative humidity: 0-90% non-condensing
• Maximum altitude (operation): 3,000 m (9,843 ft)

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units conform to the following regulations:

• RoHS Compliant
• BESC
• CBSA
• CE
• cUL/CSA
• Pvoc
• SGS
• UKCA
• UL

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 models and the Extended Battery Module, including batteries, have a 3-year warranty, 9x5 Next Business Day (NBD) onsite response for hardware only. Software is owned by Eaton.

Eaton’s Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) software for disaster avoidance applications provides the tools you need to monitor and manage power equipment in physical or virtual environments to keep IT devices running during a power or environmental event. This innovative software ensures system uptime and data integrity by allowing you to remotely monitor, manage and control devices on your network. IPM provides a solution that is easy to use, maintains business continuity and allows you to do more with less.

Intelligent Power Manager (IPM)

IPM is an easy-to-use disaster avoidance platform with sophisticated capabilities that include triggering alerts and automating resolutions to keep applications running. IPM enables you to:

• Leverage Eaton’s integrations with industry leaders to keep critical applications running and automate resolutions for your entire network risking potential downtime.
• Migrate workloads to increase system uptime and minimize generator load by suspending non-critical virtual machines.
• Power cap servers to keep critical loads running longer by limiting server power consumption.
• Support for 5 nodes.

The Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) offers three levels of licenses

Monitor, manage and optimize. IPM Optimize is the premium offering and provides the most complete set of capabilities.

Maintain business continuity: Minimize operating expenses

• Intelligent load-shedding: Increase system uptime while extending battery runtime and minimizing generator load by suspending non-critical virtual machines.
• Site Recovery Manager failover: Reduce data recovery expenses by syncing primary and disaster-recovery sites prior to power failures.
• Power capping on demand: Keep critical workloads running longer during a power outage by limiting server power consumption.

Eaton’s Intelligent Power Manager resources:

Refer to the following resources:

• Setup guide
• IPM User guide
• Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) FAQ

Eaton’s software subscription

Intelligent Power Manager software subscription for eligible Lenovo UPS-G2 models include a 3-year subscription for up to 5 equipment nodes of Eaton’s Intelligence Power Manager (IPM) software (Optimize subscription).

IPM subscription is available from:

• https://Eaton.com/LenovoIPM
• LenovoIPM

Note:
To use the IPM software, you must have the NMC installed.
UPSes, PDUs and ATSs, as well as rack mounted servers, hypervisors, and storage devices count as nodes.

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 offerings are compatible with all ThinkSystem, System x and ThinkServer systems and other devices that require AC power.

To determine the best fit UPS for a particular configuration, the following needs to be considered:

• Total power load of the hardware that will be connected to the UPS
• Number and type of outlets required
• UPS outlet and group limitations for connecting the hardware to the UPS

To help calculate the power consumption and current value in different deployments, use the Lenovo Capacity Planner (LCP). The tool can be leveraged online from https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lcp

The Lenovo Capacity Planner (LCP) is a useful tool to determine the power draw of other devices such as storage and switching that will be attached to the UPS, refer to the products user manual for the maximum power draw. 

The 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2 units can be installed in all 19 inch rack cabinets.

• For specifications about these racks, see the Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference, available from:
  https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference

For more information about this topic, see the following resources:

• Lenovo Capacity Planner (LCP):
  • https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lcp
• Product specifications and resources - RT1.5kVA 2U UPS-G2 (100-125VAC):
  • https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.5PX1500RTG2.specifications.html
• Product specifications and resources - RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS-G2:
  • https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.5PX1500RTG2.specifications.html
• Network Management Card 
  • Network Management Card User Guide
• Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference
  • https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference