SUA1500RM2U + SUA700RM2

[mcelwainj_apc]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/6/2009

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Must I use Power Chute Business Edition to monitor & configure both of these UPS's? The 1500 is both USB & Serial (currently USB), & the 700 is serial only. My monitoring workstation is limited on resources & am looking for a lightweight solution to be able to configure both of these units on one workstation. I won't need room for expansion later, otherwise I would beef things up a little & then go with the PCBE.
Currently I'm using an older version of Power Chute Plus for the 700 & the single veriosn of PCBE.
Thx

[Techie_apc]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/7/2009

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The latest Power Chute Business Edition software can be used to configure these UPSs.

However, you can monitor/configure only one UPS from a Single Computer at a time. So the two Smart UPSs can not be monitored with one Computer at the same time through the Power Chute Business Edition software.

What exactly are you trying to configure?

[mcelwainj_apc]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/7/2009

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Thanks for quick response.
Email alerts & status from both; software shutdown from only one.
I currently have a Dell T300 running ESXi w/ several VMs, which is what I'm shutting down. Not too versed with Linux, but I'll have to figure how that will work since there's no console w/ESXi, but that's another story altogether, never mind all that.
For now I just need the capability of monitoring & alerts in a lightweight single pkg; I have an SMTP program running on the same wkstn that will be monitoring the UPS's.
Simple is nice and PCBE, although robust, in this exmpl is overkill.
jm

[Techie_apc]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/7/2009

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You are welcome. Please continue to update this thread if you have any questions.

[mcelwainj_apc · Accepted solution]

This was originally posted on APC forums on 8/7/2009

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oh, I thought perhaps there was a suggestion(s) based on the specifics you had asked for.
Perhaps I will tinker w/some AP9606's for what I need.
Thanks anyway

Message was edited by: mcelwainj