Re: UPSes

2010-04-23 Thread Devin Meade
"The Symettra sends a shutdown signal" should really say "The Symettra sends status to the windows servers and they are set to react to this status". Hmm must read my own posts before sending... Devin On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Devin Meade wrote: > I would agree on the cable issue. I ha

Re: UPSes

2010-04-23 Thread Devin Meade
I would agree on the cable issue. I have a box with "APC Cables don't touch upon pain of death" written on it. That said our Symettra LX is a tank. Ours has a management card and it works with "APC Network Shutdown software" which is free on our windows servers. The Symettra sends a shutdown sig

Re: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I feel that there is more parity in quality these days across brands. That makes it easier to choose equipment with the right connectors. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Apr 21, 2010 11:20 AM, "Angus Scott-Fleming" wrote: [correcting the gag-me-with-a-shovel

RE: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
2010 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UPSes Re-asking the main question: On 20 Apr 2010 at 19:08, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > Does anyone here have experience with their network software? APC wants $280 > for a 5-to-25-user version of their network console. TrippLite has

Re: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
[correcting the gag-me-with-a-shovel apostrophized subject] On 16 Apr 2010 at 10:37, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > APC used to be wy ahead of the pack, but I don't find that to be ture > anymore. Their quality has gone down a little, and the quality of the other > players in this space have gone

Re: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
Re-asking the main question: On 20 Apr 2010 at 19:08, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > Does anyone here have experience with their network software? APC wants $280 > for a 5-to-25-user version of their network console. TrippLite has a free > network console for up to 250 stations. -- Angus Scott

RE: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UPSes I've also used Eaton (AKA PowerWare, AKA Best Power) UPSes before with

Re: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > My overall experience with Tripp-Lite is a product that is designed to be > basically disposable.  A product designed to last the life of the battery, > at most.  Poor thermal management, overheating components, and overall low > quality

Re: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Roger Wright
FWIW - I had opportunity to make a claim against APC's equipment protection warranty a few years ago. After supplying details they honored the warranty and paid off the claim without a hassle. I think APC's reputation is well-deserved. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Tue, Apr 20, 201

RE: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Ziots, Edward
ipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UPSes My overall experience with Tripp-Lite is a product that is designed to be basically disposable. A product designed to last the life of the battery, at most. Poor the

RE: UPSes

2010-04-21 Thread Phillip Partipilo
re usually happy to take them off your hands for free. From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UPSes On 16 Apr 2010 at 8:25, Reimer, Mark wrote: > > Hi fol

Re: UPSes

2010-04-20 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 16 Apr 2010 at 8:25, Reimer, Mark wrote: > > Hi folks, I´ve done some (or tried to) research on the differences > between APC Backups vs Smart-UPS, or Tripp Lite SmartPro vs OmniSmart. One > set (Backups and OmniSmart) seem to be almost ½ price of the other set > (Smart-UPS and SmartPro)

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Ken Schaefer
Because when the power fails, the most important thing is that people can still print! LOL Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 7 March 2008 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UPSes that restart servers. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008

Re: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Jim Majorowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The UPS the 2900 was plugged into was a Smart 1000, > but because there were other things plugged into it as well, the battery > life is a whopping 9 minutes. I once had a SOHO client who tried plugging their giant high-

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Ses in that server closet and am no figuring out the best way to manage the process. From: Jeff Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: UPSes that restart servers. I have 15 Dell servers in 3 different locations. they

Re: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Jeff Brown
I have 15 Dell servers in 3 different locations. they are all plugged into APC brand units and they all come back up automatically after power comes back on. I intalled the APC units, and other than installing PowerChute did not make any changes to bios or windows settings on any of those machine

Re: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Ames Matthew B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... UPS drops to say 20% remaining, it control shuts down your server ... > ... What will make the UPS start to supply power again? The APC Smart-UPS lines has an EEPROM setting that controls how long the UPS waits. Y

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Ames Matthew B
other servers? Cheers, Matt From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 March 2008 15:50 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UPSes that restart servers. Thanks Ben. I guess I'm going to need to schedule some down time on these servers and refresh my memory about what

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Damien Solodow
With the HP servers it's the iLo, and they've had them standard on servers for at least 3 years now. From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UPSes that restart servers. I don't think

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Thanks Ben. I guess I'm going to need to schedule some down time on these servers and refresh my memory about what can be done with the bios. From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UPSes that re

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-06 Thread Jim Majorowicz
I don't think so. If they do, I'm not sure I've ever used it. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UPSes that restart servers. Do your HP servers have any sort of remote access cards in

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-05 Thread Benjamin Zachary
Im not sure how to 'turn it on' other than set it in the bios to reboot upon power loss or last state. APC has an option to cut power with their web mgmt card that I saw long ago allowing the remote user to 'cycle' power using the webcard on the apc. From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: UPSes that restart servers.

2008-03-05 Thread Sam Cayze
Do your HP servers have any sort of remote access cards in them similar to DRAC cards in Dells? It's a little web server embedded in a management chip that stays powered on in the server as long the power supplies have power. It allows you to remote boot, reboot, kvm, etc... ___