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In this episode, the folks at Eaton sent me a 5PX 1500RT UPS to review. The 5PX has a really cool LCD interface, and can be administered from a browser. Not to mention it was really easy to set up after getting it racked in my stupid telco rack.

I did have some issues initially with the management card, but Eaton’s tech support team got things straightened out quickly. In fact, it was probably one of the best tech support experiences I’ve had in a long time. Once I received my replacement card I assigned the 5PX a static IP address on my network, configured an SNMP password on it and added it to my Zenoss monitoring server.

If you are plugging Windows machines directly into it, there is the Intelligent Power Software Suite that comes with it that gives you some better alerting functionality. Since I was plugging XenServers into it though, I didn't get a chance to play with the software too much.

Over all I really like this UPS unit. It's easy to set up, and easy to manage. Plus it's great because you can either rack it, or stand it up as a tower. I also like how easy the web interface is to navigate. Plus you can easily set up daily emails of the system logs, and run battery load tests on it. It's a great UPS for any small to medium sized business I would say.

Got any questions about this episode? About the Eaton 5PX? Let me know in the comments!

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Disclosure Notice: Eaton provided Tech Chop with a free review unit as compensation for this post.