pbeagent-7.0.0-119 (PowerChute Business Edition Agent)

Tested on 08/Nov/2005 by SuSE 10.0

PowerChute Business Edition Agent can safely shutdown your Linux server in a case of a power cut

Install PowerChute Business Edition Agent

Install RPM package from the supplied CD

# rpm -ihv pbeagent-7.0.0-119.i386.rpm

Run /opt/APC/PowerChuteBusinessEdition/Agent/config.sh to configure login and information and UPS type

American Power Conversion
PowerChute Business Edition Agent Configuration Utility
------------------------------------------------------------

New Username
> admin
New Password
>
Confirm New Password
>

Select the Signal Type
[1]: Smart
[2]: Simple
> 1

Select the serial port
[1]: /dev/ttyS0
[2]: /dev/ttyS1
[3]: Other
> 1

Signal Type: Smart
Share UPS: No
Serial Port: /dev/ttyS0

Are the UPS settings correct? (Yes or No)
> yes

Start PowerChute Business Edition Agent? (Yes or No)
> yes

Starting PowerChute Business Edition Agent...
PowerChute Business Edition Agent started.

The script allow you to start PowerChute automatically. However, you can also manually start PowerChute

# /etc/init.d/PBEAgent start

This agent will run on all the run level.

# chkconfig --list | grep PBEAgent
PBEAgent                  0:off  1:on   2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off

Manage Agent

To control the agent, you need a PowerChute server, and a PowerChute console on Windows PC.

From the console, add your Linux server into the PowerChute console,

The console will look like this,

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