[PLUG] dual power supplies and a switch of UPS'

Aaron Burt aaron at bavariati.org
Fri Feb 17 01:36:28 UTC 2006


On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 04:24:27PM -0800, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >>>Anyone tried leaving a system up and moving the cord of one power 
> >>>supply to a different UPS?
> 
> We won!  Got one beep out of the PS as the cord was pulled but no down time.

Glad to see it worked the Right Way.  Dual power cables means you can
"walk" the server to other power sources.  I've done it a few times.
Beware, though; some power supplies won't turn themselves back on
automatically when the power cord is plugged back in.




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