<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Just realized that I have ignored an important piece of info that actually started me on this quest. Thank you for following me through the mud. Hopefully this will clear a few things up.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Most if not all of the servers will be ESXi or FreeNAS boxes. FreeNAS has nut built in and ESXi can have it added in with this great user created VIB <a href="http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-nut-pour-esxi-5-0/">http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-nut-pour-esxi-5-0/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">However both can only monitor a single UPS.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So what I really need (but forgot I needed) is a way to create a virtual UPS that groups two physical UPSes </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Is this what I need? <a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/man/dummy-ups.html">http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/man/dummy-ups.html</a></div><div class="gmail_extra">Is there a best practice or standard config for doing this?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thank you and sorry for the wild goose chase!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">No ascii diagrams this time. How about a squirrel?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap"> ,;;:;,
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