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How to configure UPS with PC and 3 NAS boxes
Purchased Cyberpower 1500PFCLCD, which is protecting a Windows 10 PC, RN528X, RN212, RN314, and XS716E switch. All are co-located and all are ETH connected to the XS716E.
Goal: in a power outage, 3 NAS and 1 PC initiate graceful shutdown, followed by UPS shutdown which will ungracefully shut down switch.
Working assumption: connect UPS directly to PC over USB, load Cyberpower PowerPanel software, configure PowerPanel to initiate PC shutdown and also automatically forward a UPS shutdown message to the 3 NAS boxes.
Struggling with this on several fronts:
1) Can this concept work? I chose the business PowerPanel version and selected “Local” for installation. I’m not seeing any power outage shutdown options, only scheduled shutdown options.
2) ReadyNAS OS 6.10.3 on all 3 boxes. How do I configure the UPS settings? Too confusing. All devices are on DHCP and on the same network/subnet, nothing unusual.
3) Does SNMP require an ETH connection to the UPS?? Is this this only way to make the scenario work?
4) Is it easier/better to connect the UPS to one NAS, then have the NAS send out shutdown messages over ETH??
For something that should be simple, the alphabet soup in the UPS world is daunting. Any help much appreciated!
Goal: in a power outage, 3 NAS and 1 PC initiate graceful shutdown, followed by UPS shutdown which will ungracefully shut down switch.
Working assumption: connect UPS directly to PC over USB, load Cyberpower PowerPanel software, configure PowerPanel to initiate PC shutdown and also automatically forward a UPS shutdown message to the 3 NAS boxes.
Struggling with this on several fronts:
1) Can this concept work? I chose the business PowerPanel version and selected “Local” for installation. I’m not seeing any power outage shutdown options, only scheduled shutdown options.
2) ReadyNAS OS 6.10.3 on all 3 boxes. How do I configure the UPS settings? Too confusing. All devices are on DHCP and on the same network/subnet, nothing unusual.
3) Does SNMP require an ETH connection to the UPS?? Is this this only way to make the scenario work?
4) Is it easier/better to connect the UPS to one NAS, then have the NAS send out shutdown messages over ETH??
For something that should be simple, the alphabet soup in the UPS world is daunting. Any help much appreciated!
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jimk1963 wrote:
Working assumption: connect UPS directly to PC over USB, load Cyberpower PowerPanel software, configure PowerPanel to initiate PC shutdown and also automatically forward a UPS shutdown message to the 3 NAS boxes.No. You need to use NUT software, not PowerPanel.
Start by connecting the UPS to one of the NAS, and then monitor the NAS remotely on the other two.
You can then download NUT for Windows from here: https://networkupstools.org/download.html It is beta (and has been for a long time). So I wouldn't use it to notify the NAS. It's better to have the NAS notify the PC. The PC would use the username monuser with a password of pass when accessing the NAS.
Thank you StephenB for the explanation. For connecting to the NAS, what are the proper configuration parameters on the NAS? Meaning name/description/type/address/community/MIBs. An example would be very helpful, same for the credentials on the two remote NAS boxes.
To complete this, are there any settings I have to enter on the NAS itself? If so, how, through the front panel?
Well I answered the first part of my own question... when I simply connect the USB from UPS to the RN528X, it automatically and pretty instantly auto-connected to the Cyberpower and auto-created a UPS profile as shown below. The settings don't offer much of anything though... I selected "Enable monitoring of attached UPS", but that's the only setting I see, other than the shutdown threshold which I'll just leave at Auto for now. Probably 2-5 minutes later once I am confident the setup is solid.
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