Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:41:16 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Matt Bettinger <mattb@finsyn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: UPS' Message-ID: <XFMail.010122174116.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <3A6C6B4A.44345A0E@finsyn.com>
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On 22-Jan-01 Matt Bettinger wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Had the power go out for me at the home and ofcourse the network went down and
> my
> bsd box had a tough time recovering. Think it is about time fora UPS. What
> would
> y'all recommend for a UPS and how does it work with the upsd port if at all?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt - Houston
APC Smart-UPS 700 and upsmond from the ports. You can get this report:
vanheden> ps ax|grep ups
304 ?? Is 0:04.67 /usr/local/sbin/upsmond -p /dev/cuaa1 -r 20
45358 p0 S+ 0:00.01 grep ups
vanheden> upsstat
UPSMON Status Reporting Facility
--- upsmond version 2.1.3 ---
APC UPS 700 Status Info
--------------------------------------------------------
Model: SMART-UPS 700
CopyRight: (C) APCC
Manufacture date: 12/18/99
Serial #: NS9951331687
Firmware version: 50.11.I
Local ID: UPS_IDEN
Last battery replace date: 12/18/99
Nominal line voltage: 230 V
Nominal battery voltage: 24 V
Available: YES
Standby: NO
Line Power: OK
Battery: OK
Line Voltage: 227.50
Load: 20.20 %
Battery Voltage: 27.60
Battery Level: 100.00 %
--------------------------------------------------------
vanheden>
And it tells vanheden to shutdown if the power is down for more than X minutes.
(-r 20 = 20 mins in the command above).
And it logs too:
vanheden> tail /var/log/upsmon.log
Sep 19 00:29:31 <daemon.alert> vanheden UPS: Input line power back
Oct 14 08:31:11 <daemon.crit> vanheden UPS: Input line power failure
Oct 14 08:31:13 <daemon.alert> vanheden UPS: Input line power back
Oct 25 10:00:21 <daemon.info> vanheden UPS: upsmond daemon started - version
2.1.3
Oct 30 09:24:24 <daemon.info> vanheden UPS: upsmond daemon started - version
2.1.3
Jan 2 13:56:47 <daemon.crit> vanheden UPS: Input line power failure
Jan 2 13:56:47 <daemon.crit> vanheden UPS: Input line power failure
Jan 2 13:56:48 <daemon.alert> vanheden UPS: Input line power back
Jan 2 16:30:28 <daemon.crit> vanheden UPS: Input line power failure
Jan 2 16:30:29 <daemon.alert> vanheden UPS: Input line power back
Very satisfied customer.
/Micke
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