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04-Jul-2008, 12:30 PM #1
Power Down servers with UPS
Hi,

I have 2 TRIPP LITE UPS - model SU1000 XL.

How do I set them so that if the battery goes below a certain percent the servers will automatically shut down.

Is their some software that one needs to install on the server?

Thanks
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04-Jul-2008, 02:00 PM #2
Some UPS, come with their own Config software but Windows has it builtin natively. Look in Control Panel under Power Options.
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04-Jul-2008, 04:01 PM #3
Hi,

I saw something in the control panel as you had suggested.

When I select Generic, Custom it prompts me for COM1 or COM2.

On the TRIPP LITE UPS - model SU1000XL - I can see that their is a RS232 port. I am not an IT guru - so I assume its the same as COM1 or COM2.

If I were to connect that cable from the UPS (i.e from RS232) to server - what would happend to the rest of the servers?


i.e since we have run out of ports on the UPS from which to connect from.


Is their a COM port card or adapter that we need to buy.

Thanks for your help.
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04-Jul-2008, 09:16 PM #4
If you are running multiple servers from one UPS, you will have to communicate the shutdown to the others over the network.

I do it a simple way, I wrote a script that checks for the existence of a "flag" file in a folder on the secondary servers (not connected to the UPS). When the UPS shutdown event occurs, I have a script run on the machine connected to the UPS write the "flag" file into the folder(s) on the other machines. When they see the file, they erase it and shutdown.
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05-Jul-2008, 08:53 AM #5
Thanks for your help
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