Auto shutdown/restart software for FreeBSD?

[illoai at gmail.com]

On 12/05/07, jekillen <jekillen at prodigy.net> wrote:
> Hello again;
> Is there software for ups auto shutdown and restart for use with a ups
> system that has the capacity; I.E. a serial connection and references
> in the manual to software (for Windows mostly) download? Currently
> I have a Vesta Pro 600 unit. I had one made by Minuteman that crapped
> out on me last night. It had been doing ok and was a replacement for one
> made by Tripp Lite, which also failed permanently. I am running one desk
> top FreeBSD system, headless but with high speed SCSI drives in addition
> to the boot drive. I am away during the week for at least 8 - 9 hours
> during
> the week and cant be there if the power goes down to shut the system
> down before the ups exhausts its battery.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Sounds like quite the varied selection of hardware.
I am sure there are people here with experience
in this area, but as a starter, look at:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ups&stype=all&sektion=sysutils
and perhaps:
http://www.networkupstools.org/

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