6 xCableCreation Internal Mini SAS HD Cable, Mini SAS SFF-8643 to Mini SAS 36Pin SFF-8087 Cable.1 xNORCO 4U Rack Mount 24 x Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS 6G Drive Bays Server Rack mount RPC-4224.Corsair Commander Pro to control the fans (see script and code) 3 xNoctua NF-F PWM (120mm) * having noted later in Stux's thread that 1500 RPM is not sufficient to cool the HDDs.2 xNoctua NF-A8 PWM Premium 80mm PC Computer Case Fan.4 x Kingston Value RAM (32GB, DDR4-2400, ECC RDIMM 288).1 x Corsair HX1200 (1200W) - PSU to support 24 HDD + several SSD and PCI cards.1 x Kingston UV400 120GB SSD - boot drive (hit the 3D NAND/TRIM bug with the original WD green selection, failing scrub and showing as corrupted OS files) Decided to go with no mirror and use the config backup script.2 x WD Green 3D NAND (120GB, 2.5') - Boot drives (maybe mess around trying out the thread to put swap here too link).1 x ASUS Z10PA-D8 (LGA 2011-v3, Intel C612 PCH, ATX) - Dual socket MoBo.I’ll try covering this in a future blog.Aiming to mostly replicate the build from (with some mods, hopefully around about as good as that link) We can’t really monitor network UPS systems with this, as they do not get their data in w32_battery, so we’ll have to use a couple of different solutions for this. We’ve set our systems up to make sure that when the battery status changes from anything but “Not using battery” it alerts, and possibly shuts down the machine.Īnother thing to pay attention to is the Battery Status – Most APCs and Dell’s connected to USB even tell the OS if the battery is in a warning state or failed, you should alert on anything but “OK” for the status. The script gets the battery status out of WMI, it shows if the machine is running on battery or not, and you can alert on this. $EstRunTimeMinutes = $Battery.EstimatedRunTime $Remaining = $Battery.EstimatedChargeRemaining USB UPS systems $Battery = Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_batteryĢ The good thing is that with this driver we can use a couple of small PowerShell commands to find the exact status of the battery.

The status is sent to the server by using a generic Windows Driver called “Microsoft Compliant Control Method Battery” which is quite the mouthfull. If a generic USB UPS is installed, Windows Server recognizes this as a Battery Unit. To monitor these we use a couple of methods that all have benefits and downsides. So we’re using several types of UPS’s at our clients, and sometimes bump into generic USB UPS systems too.

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