From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 11:45:43 2002 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 2222937B404 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:45:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B98643EAF for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:45:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id gB2JjZwN000621; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 13:45:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 13:45:35 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Joseph Maxwell Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Power Management Message-ID: <20021202194535.GB61876@dan.emsphone.com> References: <3DEBB32E.37CB3979@jaymax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DEBB32E.37CB3979@jaymax.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Dec 02), Joseph Maxwell said: > Hello, > Could someone advise on UPS systems and Power Management related > software for FREE BSD systems. > i. What systems are dependable and reasonable priced, esp. at the low > end for use with workstations > ii. Is it possible to power down several work stations > simultaneously from one UPS. > I am not concerned with any extended working after a power failure, just > an orderly shutdown of the whole system. I've seen some 1KVA units that > are capable of supporting several machines buy with only 1 serial port > connection on the back, thus connecting only one machine. Is there a way > to replicate the signals to several machines? Network UPS Tools , at http://www.exploits.org/nut ( an old version is available in ports at ports/sysutils/nut ) supports a whole mess of UPSes, and works with multiple machines on a single UPS. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message