Re: APC2200 and Linux

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 04/03/05

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    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@redhat.com
    > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@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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