Ups Configuration

We tend to use APC UPSes with the network line cards. The 1500 VA models are good fits for our usages.

There’s a standard configuration that we use, however given the nature of them they must be manually configured via the GUI. Below are the standards that we typically use the settings below.

General

Mode

Set it to synchronize with an NTP server, value ntp.memhamwan.net for both primary and secondary; UTC-6 CT timezone; check the box for update now
Set DNS to use our on-network DNS server, 44.34.128.190

Notification

Event Actions

Set “by group” entries to have informational events not send an email
Set “by group” entries to have warning and critical events do send an email

E-mail

SNMP address should be smtp-relay.gmail.com
From address should be apc@$hostname
Recipients should be netops@memhamwan.org

Network

Console

Disable fully

SNMP

Enable v1
Set “public” community to read, specifically for the 44/8 network; generally this is done by setting the NMS value to 44.255.255.255
Disable any other entries under v1
Disable v3

All other services

Disable FTP
Disable WAP