I'm in need of a new UPS in the server room and I've pretty much settled on Eaton. My question is can I use the Eaton software to shut down workstations remotely? (I'm considering UPSes for workstations so all the workstations can shut down cleanly as well, but I want to share the UPSes between multiple Win 7 workstations to keep initial cost & battery replacement cost lower)
For example I plug 2 workstations with Eaton client software on them in to an Eaton 5S700 out in the office (power cords only, no USB or serial connection the the UPS and no monitors) and 3 other workstations with Eaton client software into an old APC XS1500 (865w) that gets demoted from server duties (again power cords only, no USB or other data connection to the UPS).
Then in the server room I have two servers and the 24-port switch plugged in to a 5P1500 with the main server having a USB connection the the 5P1500 and the Eaton server software installed.
Hypothetical timeline of events I'm hoping for:
1:00pm Power Fail
1:01pm Eaton software on main server tells client workstations and backup server to shut down.
1:04pm All the workstations and the backup server have shut down cleanly.
1:10pm Power to network switch is cut and Main server starts shutting down.
Assuming no problems with the amount of power I'm drawing off each UPS; can that scenario play out like I described? (I just want a minute or so delay to ensure it's a real power outage and not a blip before things start shutting down, and then I want to give laptop users a chance to save their work to the server before the switch and server shut down.) I could install the USB cable from a smaller workstation UPS to one of the workstations connected to it for client/server UPS monitoring, but I still want to share a UPS between workstations if at all possible.