Chapter 8: Power, Environmental & Digital I/O
176 Console Server & RIM Gateway User Manual
 Select if the UPS will be Connected Via USB or over pre-configured serial port or via SNMP/HTTP/HTTPS over
the preconfigured network Host connection
 When you select a network UPS connection then the corresponding Host Name/Description that you set up for
that connection will be entered as the Name and Description for the power device. Alternately if you selected to
Connect Via a USB or serial connection then you will need to enter a Name and Description for the power
device (and these details will also be used to create a new Managed Device entry for the serial/USB connected
UPS devices)
 Enter the login details. This Username and Password is used by slaves of this UPS (i.e. other computers that
are drawing power through this UPS) to connect to the console server to monitor the UPS status so they can shut
themselves down when battery power is low. Monitoring will typically be performed using the upsmon client
running on the slave server (refer section 8.2.3)
Note: These login credentials are not related the Users and access privileges you will have configured in Serial &
Networks: Users & Groups
 Select the action to take when UPS battery power becomes critical i.e. Shut down the UPS (or Shut down all
Managed UPSes) or simply Run until failure
Note: The shutdown script /etc/scripts/ups-shutdown can be customized so, in the event of a critical power failure (when
the UPS battery runs out) you can perform program the console server to perform "last gasp" actions using
before power is lost! Refer online FAQ for details. However it generally is much simpler to perform such "last
gasp" actions by triggering Auto Response on the UPS hitting batt or lowbatt. Refer Chapter 7
 If you have multiple UPSes and require them to be shut down in a specific order, specify the Shutdown Order
for this UPS. This is a whole positive number, or -1. 0s are shut down first, then 1s, 2s, etc. -1s are not shut
down at all. Defaults to 0
 Select the Driver that will be used to communicate with the UPS. Most console servers are preconfigured so the
drop down menu presents full selection of drivers from the latest Network UPS Tools (NUT version 2.4)
However for CM4001/8 and SD4001/2/8 models you will need to upload the driver you need from
www.opengear.com/download
 Click New Options in Driver Options if you need to set driver-specific options for your selected NUT driver and
hardware combination (more details at http://www.networkupstools.org/doc)
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