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ATG123
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ESXi support for HP R3000 XR battery backup

I have an older HP R3000 XR battery backup.  Does anyone have any idea if there is a plugin for ESXi free?  I don't have a network management card - only a serial connection.  Otherwise I'm assuming I can install the battery backup software on one of my server VMs.  Thanks!

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smokeyrd
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I would say you could passthrough the serial connection and call it a day but I like having the mgmt cards if its something you can get your hands on, its always good to have multiple access points in the event *something* happens to one of them.

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ATG123
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The bottom line is that you MUST have a networked management card for your battery backup in order for ESXi to communicate with it via a plugin.  Or can ESXi talk to it via the serial port?

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smokeyrd
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Im not sure about it being able to communicate directly on serial via plugin for esxi but im not seeing any google results for it so i assume if you want it to talk directly to esxi youd have to do it through the network card/snmp monitoring.

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