Who will power down the iSeries?
Even with a UPS, someone has to shut down the iSeries when power fails. If the iSeries is running unattended, no one is there to do it. And, even when someone is there, they often don't know what to do, or do the wrong thing.

For the safety of your system, you invest in UPS hardware. But, you also need to automate the management of power outages to be truly safe. You need Robot/UPS. Get the Robot/UPS brochure to discover how Robot/UPS can protect your system.

If lightning strikes…
Consider this: It is 1:12 a.m. The only lights in your building are the exit lights and the lights on the iSeries. The iSeries has hours of work yet to do. Then, lightning strikes and the power goes out.

Robot/UPS takes control as soon as the iSeries switches to UPS battery power. Following your schedule, it waits to see if power comes back. When it doesn't, it executes the first action in the schedule.

Robot/UPS executes each action in the shutdown schedule at the appointed time. As you specified, it sends messages, holds job queues, ends subsystems, and executes any other procedures needed. Finally, with plenty of time remaining, it does a quick power down.

At 2:25 a.m., power is restored. The iSeries IPLs, and Robot/UPS begins your restoration schedule. It releases held job queues, restarts subsystems, and does any other procedures you specified. Order the FREE Robot/UPS User Guide to learn more.

While the batteries recharge
If power fails again before the batteries are re-charged, your iSeries is still safe. Robot/UPS takes control, altering its schedule to ensure the shutdown completes before battery power runs out.

In the morning, you look at the system displays and see everything running normally. But, on the Robot/UPS history display, you see the night's events, from power failure through restoration. Robot/UPS protected your system.