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Preface

This redpaper is the product of a collaboration of specialists from American

Power Conversion, Inc. (APC), Computer Service GmbH (CSG), and IBM. The

intention was to find a solution for implementing uninterruptible power supplies

(UPS) in a Microsoft Cluster Server environment. To our knowledge, this is the

first document that covers this topic.

The intention in writing this redpaper was to develop a solution for using APC

UPS units in a two-node Microsoft Cluster Server environment. We discuss the

problems that we faced during the development of the solutions.

We introduce the APC hardware equipment we used for the implementation. Two

solutions are presented: using either one UPS or two UPS units. In the last

chapter we describe the result of our efforts — the command file UPS.CMD.

The team that wrote this redpaper

This redpaper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world:

Martin Zustak joined APC in September 1997 and worked as Technical Support

Engineer focused on Microsoft and UNIX-related issues. Currently Martin holds

the position of Continuous Improvement Leader, focusing on quality, developing

processes and leading projects in the APC Support Organization.

Peter Fuchs joined APC Galway in1997 and is part of the Enterprise Support

group for strategic partners. He specializes in the involvement of APC UPS units

in remote management strategies both in band and out of band.

Silvio Erdenberger is an IBM Netfinity systems engineer. He started at

Computer Service GmbH in Erfurt, providing support for ThinkPads. In 1997 he

joined the IBM SWAT Server Team doing on-site support. Since 1998 he has

been a member of the Netfinity Presales Support Team in Erfurt, Germany, where

he specializes in networking, Linux and Windows NT, particularly with MSCS. He

holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Magdeburg,

Germany and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

Hendrik Ernst has worked for Computer Service GmbH in Erfurt since 1998

performing Netfinity presales support. In 1999, he joined the German country

postsales support team, specializing in the Netfinity Server and MSCS.

Arwed Tschoeke is an IBM Netfinity systems engineer on the Netfinity presales

support team in Hamburg, Germany. He specializes in Linux and MSCS. He holds

a degree in Physics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

This redpaper was reviewed and edited at the ITSO Raleigh Center. Thanks to

the following people for their assistance:

David Watts

Gail Christensen

Christine Johnson