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CheckUPS II Basic for Novell NetWare monitors the UPS status via contact closures monitored from a
RS-232 serial port on the server. CheckUPS II Basic logs UPS-related events, broadcasts UPS-related
messages to logged in users, and automatically shuts down the server and the UPS during extended power
outages.
Typically, CheckUPS II Basic for Novell NetWare uses the INT-0051 cable for communications with those
UPS with a BestPort (DB9 Connection). If you intend to use CheckUPS II Basic with a Best/SOLA 610 UPS,
then you must use the INT-0073 adapter cable between the INT-0051 cable and the UPS.
Getting Started
Once CheckUPS II Basic has been installed on the server, type
load patriot /?
to get a list of options.
Configuring CheckUPS II Basic
Configuring CheckUPS II Basic
| Command Line Options |
- |
(All parmeters indicated
with <> are required; those with [ ] are optional.) |
| [ /P: ] |
- |
Port - Specifies the
communication port number on the server that the UPS is
connected to. Default: 1 |
| [ /C: ] |
- |
Cutoff time - Specifies
the number of minutes to allow the UPS to run on battery
backup before the operating system is shut down. Default:
5 minutes. NOTE: Specifying a value of 999 will allow the
UPS to run on battery backup indefinetly. The UPS will sound
a "Low Battery" alarm when there is approximately two minutes
of runtime remaining in the batteries. If the operating
system can shutdown in less than two minutes, this option
is possible. |
| [ /D: ] |
- |
Delay before shutdown
- Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the UPSDOWN.NCF
batch file to complete before shutting down the file server.
Default = 5, Max = 5000. |
| [ /? ] |
- |
Help for command line
usage. (This screen) |
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Running CheckUPS II Basic from the
console
load patriot
The console message reflects the current configuration of CheckUPS
II Basic. In this case all settings are default values.
Running CheckUPS II Basic automatically To configure
CheckUPS II Basic to run automatically, edit the SYS:SYSTEM/AUTOEXEC.NCF
file to include an entry to load patriot.nlm with the command
line options desired.
Shutting down the operating system
CheckUPS II uses an external script file to shutdown special applications
that may need to be unloaded prior to the server shutting down.
The file SYS:SYSTEM/UPSDOWN.NCF is a sample script that can be
modified to contain entries to unload desired modules. If it is
known that it takes a certain amount of time to unload a given
module, use an appropriate value for the /D option, to allow enough
time for that module to unload prior to the operating system shutting
down. |
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