[SunHELP] V880 and APC Smartups 2200

[Ladislav Dobias]

Hello,

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Matt Goebel wrote:

>   I'm trying to get a V880 running Solaris 8 to play nicely with an
> APC SmartUPS 2200, with mixed results.  After installing the
> APC software I can talk to the ups through serial port, but I've
> discovered that the machine will refuse to boot if the ups
> serial cable is plugged in at boot time.

yes, this is a "feature" - if you plug UPS into serial A
port, then the Sun can't boot (mostly).

You must use port A/B splitter, and use port B.
(but this can't be simply done on V480 and SB100...)

Regards,
Lada Dobias
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