[geeks] UPSs

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:

> Do the soft power switches on Ultras "do the right thing"?  I was under
> the impression they tended to do a halt and power down...  I remember a
> cranky oracle database on an Ultra 5/10 because some dumbass hit that
> power switch...

It appears that what my U10 does is equivalent to running "poweroff".  It
runs through the shutdown scripts and then switches off the power.  This
is with the power-management software installed, BTW.  Without it, it may
just tell the PSU to take a nap.

--Jonathan