Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:05:13 -0500 (EST) From: "jamgill@uu.net" <jamgill@UU.NET> To: Unix Admin <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPS software for Smart-UPS APC Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0202281603160.6154-100000@haiti.corp.us.uu.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20020227133309.00e5e448@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Unix Admin wrote:
> Am installing a USB Smart-UPS unit made by APC and its bundled software is
> only for SCO Unix and other non-FBSD OS. Thus, I suppose the SCO is
> incompatible and was wondering which software would be the best choice from
> the ports for monitoring the power and doing the management & shutdown. I
> see the following possibles and if anyone has had with experience with this
> UPS and any of these programs, I would like your recommendations about
> which best to use ...much obliged!:
>
> Port: nut-0.45.3
> Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/nut
> Info: Network UPS Tools
> Maint: DougB@FreeBSD.org
Nut is nice because it is designed to be network-aware and if you have
more than one machine relying on the power coming from this UPS it
provides a way for the machines that are not directly (serial,
USB) connected to the machine to "monitor" it.
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