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How does the UPS communicate with my ReadyNAS?
There is a UPS setup option in my ReadyNAS and in the manual it says to setup a UPS either remotely or online. But how does it connect to a UPS itself? Does the UPS need to have an ethernet cable t...
sotrack wrote:UPS should have PowerChute USB port (like APC Back-UPS BE600M1). A cable will connect this port and NAS USB port. NAS will periodically check UPS, generate outage event and get shutdown decision.
NAS is able resend outage event to others NAS over ethernet. Router should be connected to UPS in this case.
Bear in mind, some UPS model haven't got PowerChute USB port (like APC Back-UPS BC650-RSX761). This case UPS is not able automatically power down the ReadyNAS. But script can help you with such UPS. Router should NOT be connected to UPS in this case.
This is the exact UPS I purchased, though I have not tried it out yet. The UPS manual says it will shut down a Windows pc, which made me question if it would shutdown a readnas system. I will try it out as soon as my nas is finished syncing. Once I plug the UPS into the readynas, I would imagine that the UPS section in the nas menu would recognize the UPS?
Since the nas obviously can't launch the APC powerchute software, I was wondering if you first hooked it up to a windows pc to configure and then hooked it up to your NAS?
Blanker-2 wrote:Once I plug the UPS into the readynas, I would imagine that the UPS section in the nas menu would recognize the UPS?
Yes.
Blanker-2 wrote:
Since the nas obviously can't launch the APC powerchute software, I was wondering if you first hooked it up to a windows pc to configure and then hooked it up to your NAS?
I guess you could, though the settings might not be applied to the NUT interface. I use Cyberpower myself, and I've never bothered to install their management utilities.
BTW, if you want to share the UPS with a PC, you can install NUT on the PC, and monitor the UPS via the NAS. Or you can just let the PC shut down ungracefully when/if the UPS runs down.
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