APC UPS

[Yves Leclerc]

I just purchased a new APC UPS and have installed the included
Powerchute software on the server; there are two additional clients
powered by this UPS.

When power is interrupted, I'd like to have the server send a hibernate
command to the clients before it hibernates itself.

Unfortunately, the APC software has no provision for this, no doubt
hoping to sell more units.

Has anyone found a solution?

Firstm you bought a Back-UPS model. Unless it also has a "Smart Slot", you
may not be able to expand the UPS monitoring to other PCs.

I know that APC also sells their Smart-UPS models, which most have the "Smart
Slot" feature where you can install am Interface expander to monitor up to 3
PCs. They also sell a bigger Interface expander (up to 9 PCs ??)
Unfortunately, these Interface expanders usually require a serial (COM) port,
which is slowly disappearing, for each connection.