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From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: APC backup -UPS howto install.
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

> Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za> types:
> > If I may piggy-back on this thread :)
> >
> > I need to run UPS daemons on more than one box, but the UPS is connected by
> > serial cable to one box only.  The info from "make search key=ups", along
> > with a little more digging, reveals that 'nut' is probably the only one of
> > these ports that will enable one box to listen to the UPS via the serial
> > port, and then broadcast the UPS status info over TCP/IP for other boxes to
> > listen and respond to.
> >
> > Does anyone else have this setup running?
>
> Yes. It hasn't been seriously tested yet, as power hasn't gone out
> long enough to force a shutdown.

.... and plug your switch into the UPS.

jan

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