Symmetra PX & Serial Shutdown

[Ratso_apc]

Greetings -

I recently inherited a small data center with a Symmetra PX 80kW (208V 3PH). While I have over 15 years experience with the Smart-UPS line, this is the first Symmetra I've had.

I'm trying to find a mechanism to automatically shut down key servers via their serial (or USB) port, but my read of the docs indicates the Symmetra PX does not provide this functionality. This seems strange for such a high-end device, so I'm hoping I'm just missing something.

At one point the "Synchronized Control Group" functionality looked promising, and I considered network-connecting a Smart-UPS to the Symmetra PX and placing them into a Synchronized Control Group. That way, when the Symmetra triggered a low-battery condition, the Smart-UPS could in turn be used to trigger the serial shutdown via an attached Share-UPS. But the docs indicate that all UPS's in the Control Group MUST be of the same model (with no reason given). So it appears that approach may not work.

Any advice on how to affect a serial-driven automatic shutdown with the Symmetra PX would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ratso

[Ratso_apc · Accepted solution]

Greetings -

I recently inherited a small data center with a Symmetra PX 80kW (208V 3PH). While I have over 15 years experience with the Smart-UPS line, this is the first Symmetra I've had.

I'm trying to find a mechanism to automatically shut down key servers via their serial (or USB) port, but my read of the docs indicates the Symmetra PX does not provide this functionality. This seems strange for such a high-end device, so I'm hoping I'm just missing something.

At one point the "Synchronized Control Group" functionality looked promising, and I considered network-connecting a Smart-UPS to the Symmetra PX and placing them into a Synchronized Control Group. That way, when the Symmetra triggered a low-battery condition, the Smart-UPS could in turn be used to trigger the serial shutdown via an attached Share-UPS. But the docs indicate that all UPS's in the Control Group MUST be of the same model (with no reason given). So it appears that approach may not work.

Any advice on how to affect a serial-driven automatic shutdown with the Symmetra PX would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ratso