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Enter the
Name
of the particular remote UPS that you want to remotely monitor. This name
must be the name that the remote UPS was configured with on the remote
console server
(because the remote
console server
may itself have multiple UPSes attached that it manages
locally with NUT). Optionally, enter a
Description.
Enter the IP
Address
or DNS name of the remote
console server
* that is managing the remote
UPS. (*This may be another Black Box
console server
or it may be a generic Linux server running
Network UPS Tools.)
Note
An example where centrally monitor remotely distributed UPSes is useful is a campus or large
business site where there’s a multitude of computer and other equipment sites spread afar, each
with their own UPS supply
…
and many of these (particularly the smaller sites) will be USB or
serially connected.
Having a
console server
at these remote sites would enable the system manager to centrally
monitor the status of the power supplies at all sites, and centralize alarms. So he/she can be
warned to initiate a call-out or shut-down.
Check
Log Status
and specify the
Log Rate
(minutes between samples) if you want the status
from this UPS to be logged. You can view these logs from the
Status: UPS Status
screen.
Check
Enable Shutdown Script
if this remote UPS is the UPS providing power to the
console
server
itself. If the UPS reaches critical battery status, the custom script in
/
etc/config/scripts/ups-‐shutdown
runs, enabling you to perform any
“
last gasp
” actions.
Click
Apply.
8.2.3 Controlling UPS powered computers
One of the advantages of having a Managed UPS is that you can configure computers that draw power
through that UPS to shut down gracefully if you have UPS problems.
For Linux computers, set up
upsmon
on each computer and direct them to monitor the
console server
that is managing their UPS. This will set the specific conditions that will be used to initiate a power down
of the computer. Non-‐critical servers may be powered down some seconds after the UPS starts running
