Nutanix AHV Shutdown - Advanced UPS Configuration

Here, a UPS device is powering the physical PowerChute, and a single UPS is powering the two Nutanix hosts. PowerChute is installed on a physical machine outside of the Cluster and is monitoring all UPS devices. A shutdown command file has been configured for UPS Setup #1 containing UPS #1.

Critical event on UPS #1: Option to shut down virtual hosts and the physical machine are enabled for this UPS.

  1. UPS #1 goes on battery.

  2. PowerChute issues command to gracefully turn off UPS #1, if configured.

  3. A UPS critical event is triggered for the two Nutanix hosts.

  4. PowerChute issues a command to shut down the Nutanix hosts, and shuts down the User VMs, AFS VMs and Controller VMs on the two Nutanix hosts.

  5. The shutdown command file or SSH action is executed.

  6. After the shutdown command file duration has elapsed, if all VMs have shut down, PowerChute shuts down the two Nutanix hosts.

  7. PowerChute shuts down the operating system on the physical machine running PowerChute.