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Chapter 8: Power Management
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Figure 8-8. Add managed UPS screen.
Select if the UPS will be Connected Via USB, over a pre-configured serial port, or via SNMP/HTTP/HTTPS over the preconfigured network Host
connection.
When you select a network UPS connection, then the corresponding Host Name/Description that you set up for that connection will be entered as
the Name and Description for the power device. Or, if you selected to Connect Via a USB or serial connection then you will need to enter a
Name and Description for the power device (and these details will also be used to create a new Managed Device entry for the serial/USB
connected UPS devices).
Enter the login details. This Username and Password is used by slaves of this UPS (that is, other computers that are drawing power through this
UPS) to connect to the console server to monitor the UPS status so they can shut themselves down when battery power is low. Monitoring will
typically be performed using the upsmon client running on the slave server (refer to Section 8.2.3)
NOTE: These login credentials are not related to the Users and access privileges you configured in Serial & Networks: Users & Groups.
If you have multiple UPSes and require them to be shut down in a specific order, specify the Shutdown Order for this UPS. This is a whole positive
number, or -1. 0s shut down first, then 1s, 2s, etc. -1s are not shut down at all. Defaults to 0.
Select the Driver that you will use to communicate with the UPS. Most console servers are preconfigured so the drop down menu presents a full
selection of drivers from the latest Network UPS Tools (NUT version 2.4).