Powerchute over serial connection + ESX4 and ESXi5

[BillP]

This question was originally posted by Chris on APC forums on 9/10/2012

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Hi Guys, is it possible to shutdown the VM's using powerchute over a serial connection?

Thanks in advance

[BillP]

This reply was originally posted by Chris on APC forums on 9/11/2012

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thats excellent, i could only find the how to colow down via PCNS. Thanks for your help

[BillP · Accepted solution]

This reply was originally posted by Angela on APC forums on 9/10/2012

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unfortunately, no. PowerChute Network Shutdown is the software we have that supports virtualization platforms and it does it over the network in conjunction with the network management card.

what you COULD look into is using PowerChute Network Shutdown on a different system and then scripting something to execute this maybe?