Re: Redhat with a UPS

[Amanda Owens <amowens radonc duke edu>]

There is another UPS software package called genpower, which is what I am 
currently trying to configure on RH4.2. The *best* document I have ever 
read on how to configure the UPS is from the genpower documentation, and 
can be found at: www.lugor.org/ups/genpower.txt
It details what is exactly necessary to get your UPS functioning. 
Apparently, it's not so much what UPS you have as what the monitoring 
cable tells you and how. It's not easy to configure, but I do think it 
has the most in-depth documetation on what you *need* to configure it.

HTH.
Amanda Owens
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Radiation Oncology

PS: Does anyone else out there use genpower? I have it running, and it 
seems to be setting the /etc/upsstatus correctly when the UPS loses line 
power, but it isn't telling init to reread it and thus the machine 
doesn't ever get the shutdown command. Has anyone run into this problem 
before, or have any idea how to solve it?



On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Cory Derrick wrote:

> I'm setting up Redhat on a Compaq 1600 Server (not my decision to use 
> Compaq, but that's what I ended up with) and wanting to get the UPS (you 
> guessed it, also a Compaq, Model 700) to work with Redhat and properly 
> shutdown the box upon a power failure. Does anyone have any idea what I 
> need to do to accomplish this? Any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> TIA
> C Derrick
> 
> PS I have read the UPS-HOWTO but I'm a little confused. Is powerd the 
> only thing I need or do I need some of the other software mentioned in 
> the Howto and if so, which major brand of UPS does the Compaq 700 UPS 
> most closely match? Thanks again.
>