× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MIDRANGE-L
  3. September 2015

Re: What's the safest way to shut down an E4A with only the physical front panel?

The UPS splitter is best for i. The SNMP issue is that if IBM i is in restricted condition for backups etc it will not get the message from SNMP and of course you'd need code to accept and process that message on i.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 9/9/2015 9:25 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

There are a number of ways to do this.

1) Buy a UPS splitter. This is what we do.
2) Use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). I know the term and
that's about it. Probably the "best recommended".
3) Have one device message the others. For example a PC puts a message
into the message queue listed in the system value QUPSMSGQ.
...


Rob Berendt


As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.