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Power outage - RN528X does not auto-power on, causing UPS Slave errors
Early southern California winter storm, lost power for a few hours. Have the following setup:
Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCDA 1500VA UPS
RN528X is USB-connected to UPS and configured in RN OS 6.10.9 "Power" Settings
RN528X Wake on LAN is ENABLED
Power outage triggered UPS battery-low condition after 13 minutes, prompting RN528X to shut down:
However, after power was restored, RN528X did not power back on. It remained powered down.
According to Netgear, an OS 6 device with WoL enabled should auto-power on after a shutdown event:
"When wake-on-LAN is enabled, if the unit is disconnected from AC power it will power on when AC power is reconnected."
Wondering why this did not happen...?
Normally, I would say "who cares"... however in my setup I have 3 other ReadyNAS OS6 boxes configured as "Remote UPS" to the RN528X. They are RN424, RN314, and RN212, all running 6.10.9 and all with WoL enabled. When the RN528X doesn't power back on, the other NAS boxes each begin complaining with this frequent message:
Am I doing something wrong by using one NAS as the "Host" for UPS and the others as "Slaves"? I thought this is how it's supposed to be managed using a single UPS.
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However, after power was restored, RN528X did not power back on. It remained powered down.
That is normal (assuming the UPS battery drained).
That is also normal behavior with your RN424, RN314, and RN212.
and all with WoL enabled.
Can you explain what WoL has to do with this?
WoL allows you to power up the NAS over the network by sending a "magic" packet to the NAS. Is something on your network doing this? Note it doesn't mean that the NAS will power up when it detects ethernet.
Am I doing something wrong by using one NAS as the "Host" for UPS and the others as "Slaves"?
No, but it is rather odd that the RN528 powered down, but the other NAS did not. Are all the NAS (and the network equipment between them) all connected to this UPS?
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