Re: UPS comments

[inode0 <inode0 gmail com>]

On 3/27/07, Bret Stern <bret_stern machinemanagement com> wrote:
> I am thinking of adding a UPS (APC Back-UPS Pro 650) to one
> of my servers because i'm bored.
>
> Is the apcupsd daemon the common solution for monitoring the UPS,
> or is there a canned rpm with Fedora 6 which will handle a simple
> controlled shutdown?

I just installed RHEL5 Server on a system with an APC Back-UPS RS 1500
and it can be queried and manipluated via hal without any additional
UPS packages it seems. I'm not sure yet what all functionality is
available though.

John