UPS - Cathode / Anode - Positive / Negative

[IdlePhaedrus]

Hi,

I have a UPS attached to one of my machines, which has it's own monitoring software, I want to remove that software and use the generic Windows UPS driver so that the RAID controller knows there is a UPS attached and will stop disabling caching whenever the machine is rebooted.

The software that comes with the UPS defines the actions in terms of Cathode / Anode, while the Windows UPS driver defines them in terms of Positive / Negative.

Wiki says it can be either. So on a UPS, is an Anode positive or negative?

TIA
Phaedrus

 

[sn3rd]

Cathode implies positive, and anode implies negative.

But don't quote me on that, since it depends what perspective you look at the energy transfer from.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Cathode implies positive, and anode implies negative.

But don't quote me on that, since it depends what perspective you look at the energy transfer from.

Hmm, that's what wiki says, and the Windows Generic UPS driver installation has a big warning about not going forward without the correct information, so I haven't.

Thanks for the info though.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Cathode implies positive, and anode implies negative.

But don't quote me on that, since it depends what perspective you look at the energy transfer from.

Fiddled around with this. It would appear that a Proline UPS is exactly the opposite. Cathode is negative and Anode is positive. So, perhaps the Winstar software is wrong in it's designation.

Have yet to see if the RAID stuff will recognise this UPS configuration and maintain caching between reboots.

Will let you know shortly.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Nope, onboard Intel RAID controller does not enable caching despite existence of Windows recognised battery backup.