[HPADM] SUMMARY: UPS for C3700

Thanks and well wishes to:
Chuck Reinke
Bill Hassell
Corne Beerse

The UPS daemon that ships with HP-UX (ups_mond) is largely useless unless
you actually have a genuine HP PowerTrust UPS (Manufactured by Sola). My
quest does have a happy ending, however.

Although a 750 VA unit would have been sufficient, I like some headroom. I
obtained a reconditioned APC Smart-UPS
1500<http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1500>from
Gruber
Power Services <http://www.gruberpower.com/>. It shipped with new
batteries, fully tested, and guaranteed for a year. The list on a new
SUA1500 is $559. Street prices are in the $400's. I got my reconditioned
unit for $179.

The Smart-UPS series has a DB9 serial port in addition to USB. With the
serial cable that is due in today, I can connect the SUA1500 to Serial 2 on
the C3700. (Serial 1 is the console.) The cable -- which has a proprietary
pin-out -- is OEM p/n 940-0024 (APC=$27, eBay=$15).

The final piece to the puzzle is PowerChute for HP-UX. Yes, it did exist.
(Retail<http://www.superwarehouse.com/APC_PowerChute_for_HP-UX/AP9005/p/5970>=$120,
eBay=$20) That's next.

Best Regards,
Jim



On Jan 18, 2008 7:08 AM, Jim Turner <jim.turner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings,

I'm looking for a reasonably priced UPS (Battery Backup) for my C3700 -- a
consumer UPS that still has a serial port with signaling that is compatible
with the HP-UX upsd daemon.

Right now, I've got an APC Back-UPS 350 ES sitting between the C3700 and
commercial power. That will protect against sags, spikes, and very brief
outages, but it has precious little runtime and no means of signaling a
shutdown. This particular APC unit only has a USB interface which is
essentially useless. Although the C3700 has two USB ports, I believe HP-UX
will only recognize keyboards and mice via USB.

Does anyone have a recommendation?

Thanks,
Jim




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