[CentOS] Power Fail Protection
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Tue Aug 15 03:07:43 UTC 2017
On 8/14/2017 4:01 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> You didn't say what brand/model of UPS you are using so I can't be
> specific. Check with the manufacturer of your UPS to see if they have
> an application that can communicate power status with your CPU. Many
> UPS devices are capable of signaling power loss. The UPS can give you
> enough warning to initiate a graceful shutdown.
>
> For example APC brand UPS devices. Many of them can connect to the CPU
> through either Ethernet, USB, or serial cable so they can send the bad
> news that the power is going down soon. Check with your UPS
> manufacturer first.
NUT supports virtually *ALL* UPS's without messing with manufacturer
proprietary software, and its in the EPEL repository, kept up to date.
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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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