PowerStrip

[Mark T. Valites]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Brett Hamann wrote:

> This is a long shot, but I thought I would try you guys.
>
> I'm looking for a PowerStrip or Plug that has a RS232 connection on it.
> I would like to be able to send an ASCII command to the powerstrip and
> turn it off, then send a second command and turn it back on. I'm trying
> to power cycle a machine that locked up with sendmail.
>
> Is there such a thing?

We use APC's devices:

http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=70

They don't appear to have serial connections though, but if you can work
with http/snmp/telnet, it might do the trick.

The topic comes up periodically on the sunhelp sunrescue list. You might
want to search their archives for info on building your own if ths price
of this or a similar device is cost prohibitive.


-- 
Mark T. Valites
Unix Systems Analyst
Computing & Information Technology
SUNY Geneseo
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