APC2200 and Linux

[Ed Wilts]

On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 05:56:47AM -0700, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> You'll either need an APC ShareUPS which is basically a serial splitter
> that does smart signaling to one server for UPS monitoring and dumb
> signaling to the rest of the servers for shutdown ... OR ... You can get
> a UPS that has SNMP capabilities that all your servers can monitor.

There are a few open source projects out there that do distributed UPS
management - one server listens for the UPS events and then the other
clients act based on the information they get from that server.  

http://us1.networkupstools.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/inpowerd/

        ../Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Pete Nesbitt
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:07 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: APC2200 and Linux
> 
> On Saturday 02 April 2005 8:38 pm, Robert Canary wrote:
> > I am trying to figure out how to install and
> > configure PowerChute on a Redhat system and use it
> > to notify other servers(on the same ups) to
> > shutdown.  APCs documentation is terrible (of what
> > I have found).  The installatoin gose fine.  But
> > how do I get to the control panels, and set up
> > other machines to be a slave?
> >
> > I see no way to configure the PowerChute or
> > control it.  This is really aggravating, as I was
> > needing to have this done before Sun 12(noon)
> > (trying to go on vacation).  And I have been
> > studying on this for 4 days already.
> >
> > What is everyone using to control an APC
> > Master/Slave PC?
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > --
> >    robert canary
> >   system services
> >     OCDirect.Net
> > (270)298-9331 (o)
> 
> Not sure about that model, but usually you'll need to connect to the ups
> via 
> the serial connection to set it up. Even if it has a web interface,
> you'll 
> probably need to first connect via telnet on a serial line.
> 
> We have a APC Symmetra and I use the powerchute 'network shutdown'
> software. 
> IIRC, after initial set up of the UPS, I can install the PowerChute
> software 
> on a server, then go to the web interface to the UPS (or telnet in) and
> tell 
> it to connect to and add the IP address of the server to the list of
> systems 
> to notify. However, the different models may use different iterations of
> 
> PowerChute.
> 
> -- 
> Pete Nesbitt, rhce
> www.linux1.ca

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