RE: UPS Connection at V5R4

The only way i found so far to test this was very very stupid (there
probably is a better one):

Power down the machine. Unplug the power (to power down the FSP). Unplug
the UPS cable. Power up the machine. You might now see a message telling
you that an UPS has been disconnected. Power down the machine. Unplug
the Power. Plugin the UPS cable. Power up the machine. Check DSPLOG and
QSYSOPR MSGQ for a message telling you that an UPS was found.

I've also found no way to read battery status, power remaining, battery
lifetime remaining from the System i. The Relay interface cards seem
kinda limited, but with bigger UPSes I can have both an Ethernet card
and a relay card.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:32 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: UPS Connection at V5R4

I had two customers call me today and tell me that they had a power
outage
and their machines never were signaled. One is a 515 and the other is a
520, they are both running V5R4 (have early 2007 Cumulative), but they
have
different UPS(s).

The new 515 never knew if this worked before, but they are connected to
the
correct port, and the 520 customer thought this had worked when we first
installed the machine at V5R3.

Anyone else come across this issue. It's weird that two people called
me
with the same problem.

Thanks

Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions