[10666] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mae-WEST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sanjay Dani)
Fri Jul 11 15:42:42 1997
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:18:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sanjay Dani <sanjay@professionals.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
>> This gets me thinking about the backup generator that is supposed to be
>> online.
>>
>> Why didn't the generator kick-in before the UPS went down?
>Or, lets say, an automatic network monitor (ALA SNMP) that tells them
>when UPS power is about to run down (before the lights go out) so they
>can roll their generator into place.
It is amazing how many connectivity failures are power related.
For an APC UPS, all it takes is a dedicated $500 sparcstation,
the $99 powerchute UPS monitoring software, and a $99 modem
attached to the sparc for sending out a text page every time
the UPS coughs.
Sorry for stating the obvious.
