From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 15 19:07:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4124016A4CF for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:07:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.istop.com (dci.doncaster.on.ca [66.11.168.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2BAE43D53 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:07:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from login@istop.com) Received: from istop.com (ns.istop.com [66.11.168.199]) by smtp.istop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id F0D1417C27C; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:07:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:07:43 -0400 (EDT) To: From: X-Mailer: TWIG 2.7.6 In-Reply-To: <41489069.2050501@jc-news.com> X-Remote-IP: 67.69.27.58 Message-Id: <20040915190743.F0D1417C27C@smtp.istop.com> Subject: Re: UPS on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:07:47 -0000 Hi all, I am interested to buy a brand new UPS for a host with: # uname -a FreeBSD host.domain.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 This is Dell PowerEdge 2600 that comes with 2 USB and 2 serial ports. Any suggestion on go-far/stay-away on a particular UPS in North America? Also, if someone can share their handy notes/links in setting up UPS would be appreciated. Once I implemented UPS (hopefully), will get back to list with my UPS how-to. I promise on this one! S. Mohammad [ login@istop.com ]