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Date:      Sun, 29 May 2005 13:13:24 +0400
From:      Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com>
To:        "greg@grokking.org" <greg@grokking.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: APC BX800-CN UPS or something similar
Message-ID:  <b7052e1e0505290213316fda4b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4298E0BA.1070103@grokking.org>
References:  <c04ca341050528103927d5cba4@mail.gmail.com> <4298E0BA.1070103@grokking.org>

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On 5/29/05, greg@grokking.org <greg@grokking.org> wrote:
> Eugene Hercun wrote:
> > I'm considering purchasing an APC BX800-CN UPS for my home file
> > server. What I don't understand, is what happens when the power comes
> > back on? Does the UPS somehow turn the computer back on?
>=20
> Depends on your BIOS. Look for a setting something like "automatic power
> restore" that will detect when line power comes back and will restart
> the system. Otherwise, nothing.
...

In addition, if the UPS is configured to turn itself off after the
computer is shut down, or the UPS goes off because the battery is
completely used up due the power outage, the computer, obviously, can
restart only when the UPS is turned back on, and I believe this can be
done only manually.

Dmitry



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