I'd like to know how i can setup my MGE Pulsar M 2200 RT ups because i was planning to put the Open-e NAS server as a slave of another server hosting the UPS administration tool. I've got several servers to shutdown in case of power failure.
Where i would like the Open-e server to be a slave.
I guess that Open-e can run the "upsmon" daemon in slave mode, so could you just tell me which settings i must choose in the UPS hardware configuration page to make it listening for shutdown orders from the master server :
Your UPS is currently not certified to work with our Open-E products and has not been tested in our laboratories, so, very limited options to help you.
Try these settings:
Try both over the com and usb.
UPS model: Pulsar SX
PORT: comX, where the X is the number of com to which you have connected
Timeout: 60 sec.
Thanks for the response, but i see the problem quite differently.
In fact it isn't exactly that my UPS isn't supported, the problem is that Open-e just not support UPS's from MGE in slave mode or in master mode !
It is a pity, cause i've bought a 2200VA UPS to support several servers attached, BUT i can only connect the Open-e server cause Open-e cannot work as a master or as a slave because you just haven't implemented all the features of NUT (http://www.networkupstools.org/) in the NAS XSR edition:
So my feeling is that if you choose to buy an MGE UPS, you will only be able to connect THE "Open-e" server to the UPS.
What is strange, is that if i choose an UPS model from APC, there are the options to choose slave and master mode, so why don't you implemented it for MGE as well ?
MGE will be available for slave or in master mode in new releases for NAS R-3 and DSS but in NAS XSR Enterprise this has not been decided if this will be in future developments on updates. APC is listed as Slave and Master mode in our approved lists because of the successful testing in our laboratories.
Well...
According to my reseller and tests i made, i choosed NAS-XSR Entreprise edition to have entreprise features, unfortunately, i missed the UPS management point cause i was thinking it is obvious, but i should have seen that network management was not implemented with MGE models, that's clearly my fault.
But, it sounds reasonnable to implement network UPS management in an "enterprise" product cause entreprise usually have several servers and usually protects them with an UPS where slave/master network mode is used.
Also i've bought Entreprise edtion 2 months ago and i can't upgrade to R3 soon.
Finally, if you can implement network MGE management in XSR edition, please do it ! cause the 2 problem i got actually affecting two major features are enough significant :
- Network management of MGE UPS's
- The NAS-XSR entreprise edition secure FTP server is unreachable by firewall protected clients if Open-e server is firewall protected
And i'm afraid that it will cause my projects leaders to tell me to put the Open-e ROM into the trash bin, as we can't have a production server with 8To of data without a working FTP server and not UPS protected.
Concerning the MGE UPS issue I understand your level of frustration. We do provide updates for our versions not just everyday as this is not efficient. I would also like to point out that we do provide a 30 day Demo-CD of all our versions for testing to understand how our products work in your environment. If this is still not enough to provide you then please provide your contact information and I will have some one contact you concerning the R-3.
Now SFTP works on SSL encrypted channel and in coming connections are on port 21, but out going is on 1024-65536 ports. If you want to have advantages of SFTP over SSL/TSL, please use a Windows client for example FileZilla, IgloFTP (Windows and Linux)
and SSLFTP (Linux console client).
Again please provide me with your information so that we can contact you.
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cause the 2 problem i got actually affecting two major features are enough significant :