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Date:      Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:10:16 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>
Cc:        "mail.list freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD and UPS
Message-ID:  <20090306101016.8a5971d3.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903061600430.14950@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903061600430.14950@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>

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In response to Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>:

> The vendor of our new server, tells me that an APC Smart-UPS 2200VA
> or APC Smart-UPS 3000VA does not have software for automatic shutdown when 
> power is lost, which is compatible with FreeBSD, it is only compatible 
> with Windows and Linux.
> 
> Is this true? Has someone experience with that?

It's probably true.  However, just because APC doesn't supply software
officially supported by FreeBSD, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

I've had good success with ports/sysutils/apcupsd/

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Bill Moran
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