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    Apcupsd & ESXi Shutdown?

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      DoZZa
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      Hi,

      I have a APC Back-UPS ES 550G connected to my pfSense box, Apcupsd is configured correctly and it communicating with the UPS.

      Is there a way to have pfSense send a shutdown signal to my ESXi hosts?

      Thanks

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        DoZZa
        last edited by

        Anybody have any guidance?

        Trying to avoid spending a few hundred pounds on an SNMP enabled UPS!

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          doktornotor Banned
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          Is there something wrong with UPSTYPE net, or… ???

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            Craash
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            I have a similiar setup.  pfSense 2.4.1, ESXi 6.5, FreeNAS, and a couple of Window clients.

            I moved to NUT and I'm very glad I did.

            I got the NUT client for ESXi http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-nut-pour-esxi-5-0/.

            This thread for NUT gave me all I needed for pfSnese https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=115349.0

            The only odd thing I ran into was that I had to reboot my pfSense box after connecting my 2200 RM APC via USB.

            Not only does my ESXi server shutdown, but so does my FreeNAS, AND I even created a graphical meter using Rainmeter for my windows client - which also uses NUT - that shows load, temp, charge, status and Amps/Watts.

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              dennypage
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              @Craash:

              The only odd thing I ran into was that I had to reboot my pfSense box after connecting my 2200 RM APC via USB.

              FWIW, this is a known issue. It's a permissions problem that happens only on first connect. You can solve it by disconnecting/reconnecting the USB connection or rebooting.

              There is a discussion of this issue here.

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