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APC Managment Card and Software - Business edition - not understanding ....
We recently purchased three APC SMART-UPS 1500's and their Management Cards ( that have Ethernet connections)
I was able to install the cards and assign them IP addresses and look around their menus.
We have two Windows 2008 and one Windows 2012 Servers that are plugged into the UPS's. I do NOT have any of the COM ports or USB cables connected to the Servers ( I was hoping the IP connections would take care of communications)
I have both the Business Powerchute software ( and the personal powerchute ) software available to me but I dont understand the APC "environment or schema or perhaps I am just confused by their lingo" The business powerchute client seems to want only to look for COM or USB connected UPS.s ( thats were I am confused)
Couldnt the Server software be "informed" by the management Card that its time to shut down ? AM I MISSING THE POINT ?
What I was hoping is that when the building power fails or just one of the circuits on the wall fails, the management card will somehow tell the server its time to shut down gracefully before its batteries reach 5% or XX percent.
I was able to install the cards and assign them IP addresses and look around their menus.
We have two Windows 2008 and one Windows 2012 Servers that are plugged into the UPS's. I do NOT have any of the COM ports or USB cables connected to the Servers ( I was hoping the IP connections would take care of communications)
I have both the Business Powerchute software ( and the personal powerchute ) software available to me but I dont understand the APC "environment or schema or perhaps I am just confused by their lingo" The business powerchute client seems to want only to look for COM or USB connected UPS.s ( thats were I am confused)
Couldnt the Server software be "informed" by the management Card that its time to shut down ? AM I MISSING THE POINT ?
What I was hoping is that when the building power fails or just one of the circuits on the wall fails, the management card will somehow tell the server its time to shut down gracefully before its batteries reach 5% or XX percent.
David Johnson, CD
use USB connections from the server to the UPS and install the management software on the server
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APC support sent me the correct answer and I just posted it.