What's Your UPS Backup Plan?
Hi everyone.This weekend, for me was... an interesting one. There I was,trying to save the omnipotent "Traveler"on my PS4 at home. I was safe, I was warm, and I was happy.Butalas, it wasn't to last. I...
View ArticleSmart Apc-1500 UPS
Hi All,We have 2 of these units with one being used to backup-power the next work and a second which is hooked up to the server.In the last week we've experienced the server shutting down over the...
View ArticleHelp me find a Visio Stencil
Looking for a Visio Stencil for an APC SMX3000LV - went through the ones offered on APCs site, no dice tho..as it is new and still made I find it hard to believe they don't have an exact stencil..
View ArticleAPC SmartUPS 3000 turned off unexpectedly
We have an APC Smart-UPS 3000 that powered off suddenly. After manually switching it back on, it wouldn't let output power resume yet because the batteries were discharged. Our monitoring system showed...
View ArticleUPS Sizing
I know that this is probably as general as things get but what would be a good UPS for approximately 7 switches. Of the 7, 3 are POE switches.Rackmount please. Runtime doesn't have to be very long as...
View ArticleHow should I select a new UPS for my server room?
I inherited a UPS that was running a small windows server and one Win 7 machine and since I came on board we have upgraded our equipment significantly. We have 2 Dell R720 running hyper V and hosting 4...
View ArticleTripp Lite - Shutdown ESXI Box
Hey there.So I've given the document on tripp-lite's website a look on how to install the UPS software to shutdown your ESXI box and honestly....I'm a little confused.Does anyone have a better how to...
View ArticlePower cord inline UPS
Has anyone heard of something like an inline power cord UPS? Although UPS is probably a strong word for this... maybe short term power maintaining cord better describes it.What I mean by that is a...
View ArticleBroken UPS
I recently purchased a small, secondhand UPS for my own personal use. It is the APC Smart-ups 700 (model dl700). When I first plugged it in, it worked for a few seconds, but then I accidentally started...
View ArticleNeed a rail Kit (complete) APC DL3000RM
Does anyone have or know of anyone who may sell a rail kit for the APC DL3000RM?We aquired one here at our school and need a way to get it into the rack. We have an APC enclosed cabinet and would like...
View ArticleUPS lifespan
We've got a TrippLite UPS which was being used improperly (no soft shutdown, etc). After talking to a rep at TL, I was informed that the 1500RTX (main device) and one of our 2 extra battery units were...
View ArticleConnecting a server with dual power supplies to UPS
I have a server that is going in our equipment room that has dual power supplies. Our vendor ordered the dual power supplies with the idea that if one physically failed that the second one could be...
View ArticleEaton IPM and Networked APC UPS - Help!
This may seem like a dumb question, but the documentation from Eaton isn't exactly clear on this and I'm not sure what my next steps are.I've just today set up IPM and I've added in a couple of our APC...
View ArticleNeed to buy/make shelf to hold UPS under desk
I'm having trouble finding something that is designed for this, so I might have to just make something work. Do any of you have any ideas of how I can do this, and make it look decent? I guess it needs...
View ArticleCan someone help me find a UPS (Battery Backup) that will power this fridge?
This is the Freezer/FridgeWe need something that will keep this thing powered for 5-6 hours (minimum)if our power turns off. The info I have is the Fridge is 826 BTU/hr (~250wh) and the Freezer is 310...
View ArticleBackup UPS for servers with rudundent power supplies
We have a APC UPS for our data center. All of our servers have redundant power supplies. Should we have both power supplies for each server plugged into the UPS? Do both power supplies pull the same...
View ArticleUPS, what do you use?
Hey folks,I am interested in a UPS system that would send a mobile text message/call a mobile number, every x minutes, when it becomes active and supplies power from its battery store and not the...
View ArticleEaton 5P Network-MS Card unresponsive
I've had a Network-MS card in an Eaton 5P 1150 card go unresponsive.The card jumps between online and offline to Nagios, accessing the web UI (when its reachable) just gives me a load of broken frames...
View ArticleAdding L5-20 PDU to UPS with L6-30 input in the back
I'm switching from an old APC Symmetra to an Eaton product. We have 2 PDU's I'd like to keep (these little things are expensive!) but they were L5-20 connectors. The Eaton has 2x L6-30 inputs, I'm...
View ArticleUPS 4200W connected on a big UPS
Hello,I am completely new in managing UPS and have taken over a server room one year ago.This UPS 4200W is located in the server room and connected to a much bigger UPS that can remains two...
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