[Nut-upsuser] initial configuration assistance, fixed

[Carlos Rodrigues]

On 2/1/07, Gregory Orange <gregory.orange at metoceanengineers.com> wrote:
> Since you've brought this up, it's something I'm not sure I understand
> properly. The physical machine behind your virtual server only has one
> or two serial ports, right? How do you get it talking to so many UPSs?
> My understanding at the moment is I have two choices:
> 1: Physically connect each UPS to one (different) server, and have that
> server do the monitoring and management for that UPS.
> 2: Physically connect each UPS to one (different) server, and have one
> central server do the monitoring and management for all UPSs.
>
> Clearly it may be possible to physically connect two UPSs to a given
> server with two serial ports, but that's beside the point. Our UPSs for
> the most part don't have network support.

There are some multiport serial cards in the market, from Cyclades,
for instance.

-- 
Carlos Rodrigues