Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 14:42:20 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070502194218.GG12463@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <302255.40792.qm@web58113.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <302255.40792.qm@web58113.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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In the last episode (May 02), L Goodwin said: > I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer running FreeBSD > 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the hardware compatibility -- UPS are not > even listed. > > The "APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL & COAX" meets my needs, but they > don't offer the software (PowerChute Personal Edition) for FreeBSD > (closest is Mac OS X). The Network UPS Tools package (in ports as sysutils/nut ) can manage all sorts of UPS hardware, and you can set it to shutdown servers when the UPS battery gets low. http://www.networkupstools.org/compat/stable.html says the Back-UPS ES is supported. I use nut on a similar USB-monitored APC UPS at home. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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