Re: Best UPS -- MIDRANGE-L

Are you saying UPS crashed.
There is known problem with certain models. this is clip from warning in
2000.

AS/400 GLITCH SPOOKS CUSTOMER
http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=8810
After a user complained that his AS/400 seemed to be haunted, IBM
and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) manufacturer Best Power
discovered that under certain operating and environmental
conditions, the continuous powered mainstore (CPM) UPS units that
Best Power manufactures for IBM Global Services to resell may cause
AS/400 servers to shut down without corresponding source code. The
CPM units at risk are 9910-080 and 9910-140 UPS Products with serial
numbers EC 2P OD 47286 2.07 code, EC 2P OD 47287 2.08 code, EC 2P OD 47275
4.01 code. EC numbers are located on the rear of the UPS.

IBM and Best Power issued a software enhancement to ward off the
remote -- but frightful -- possibility. The free enhancement as well
as technical support is available at
http://www.bestpower.com/service_support/ibmalert/. Customers can
also call Best Power at 1-800-356-5737.
hth
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cyndi Bradberry" <CyndiB@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxx Com' (E-mail)" <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:10 PM
Subject: Best UPS


> Help !  I don't know what has happened to my UPS (if anything).
>
> We had 3 power failures in less than 2 weeks, and so it was decided to
> implement a power monitor to send emails to departmental cell phones.
After
> consulting the list and reading lots, I created the QSYS/QSYSMSG message
> queue. I created this on June 20. I have had NO messges since then
> concerning power.
>
> I have hunted back thru QHST and found that the last power blip was on
June
> 21 of one second. There is a message in QHST and on the UPS, but nothing
in
> QSYSMSG.
>
> Now, once upon a time, I used to see a one minute power off/on blip
(CPF1816
> and CPF1817) that we figured was the UPS doing it's self test. Again,
there
> are NO Messages on the UPS or on the AS/400.
>
> I have checked and the cable is connected tightly on both ends.
>
> What else should I be checking ?
>
> Luckily, we haven't had a power failure since the 19th of June, but I am
> worried that I don't appear to be having any more self tests.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Cyndi B.
> Boise, ID
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