Questions tagged [apc-smart-ups]
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Unattended Shutdown for Smart-UPS on Windows Server 2012
We will have two smart APC ups. Each server is a VMware server with dual power supplies. How would I configure it so that the VMware server does an unattended safe shutdown only when the ups are both ...
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APC SmartUPS suddenly all lights flashing. What's going on?
upsfault: I have a APC SmartUPS 2U 1500 somewhere in a rack far away. Batteries were replaced recently and UPS was working without issues for a long time.
Suddenly yesterday, the entire equipment ...
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APC Smart-UPS turning off by itself?
I have an APC Smart-UPS 3000.
Last Sunday, it turned off by itself. Noone was in the office and noone was logged in at the time it happened.
What could cause this ? I'm concerned it may happen again....
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APC Smart UPS serial connection on Windows Server 2012 R2
I have an APC UPS 620 and a Windows Server 2012 R2 (non virtual) server. The server and the UPS are connected with genuine APC serial signaling cable.
Without installing any software the APC is not ...
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Smell of rotten eggs in the server room
A week ago I got the following error on my APC Smart-UPS 1000 which I muted.
Warning State:
Connect battery
Load: 55%
Batt: 100%
Today, I could smell a sort of sulfur/sulphur/rotten egg smell when I ...
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APC SMX3000 Smart-UPS Battery has never been cycled. Is it still good?
I've recently inherited an APC SMX3000 Smart-UPS. The UPS has never been used. Is the battery still good?
The battery is plugged in, but the UPS reports "No Batteries".
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UPS Requirements - Max load or actual load?
One of our UPS units failed this weekend (Happy new year!), and so I'm on the look out to replace it.
I've done the calculations for our power requirements, and it comes out just under 8000W. This is ...
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PowerChute vMA server shuts down ESXi host after boot
I've ran into a critical problem first time installing and configuring a UPS connected to a server.
Whenever I boot up the vMA server, ESXi starts shutting down all the VM's and then itself. It's like ...
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Nut says APC UPS is on battery. It is not
Since 2 days my Smart-UPS 1500 RM reports it is on battery but this is clearly not the case since it's been running for more than two days indicating 100% battery with 01:30:00 running time. Batteries ...
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APC PowerChute management
I have 3 server with their Smart-UPS connected by USB cable. I downloaded PowerChute B.E. to manage ups. If I well understand PowerChute usage, I have to install an agent for each server and on unique ...
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Using a single APC UPS via network switch to gracefully shutdown many servers
Here is my situation. I have 10 Dell servers in my rack with 8 1500VA battery backups. I would like to take 1 of those battery backups and connect it to my network switch and use a software solution ...
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How to administer an APC Smart UPS 6000?
I did a scan on a APC Smart UPS 6000 that is connected to the network, and it was discovered with a particular mac address and 62078 and 999 closed ports.
I tried using telnet to login to the ...
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UPS unable to power the 1U server
1U rack server: http://ark.intel.com/products/67786/Intel-Server-System-R1304GL4DS9
Power backup: http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BR1000G-IN
When I try ...
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HP DL380G5 with APC SC1500 UPS -- transfer time failure
I have 2 of these things: APC SmartUPS SC1500 (220v). My Proliant G5 DL380 PSUs seem to really hate them. This is what happens when UPS switches to battery (PSU2 is plugged into the SC1500):
iLo IML ...
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How to configure an Ubuntu client with an APC Smart-UPS RT 5000 XL UPS
I have an Ubuntu machine an APC Smart-UPS RT 5000 XL UPS.
I'd like to configure the UPS to send shutdown messages to the client when there is a power outage but I can't figure out how to install the ...