<s>
Network	B-Language
UPS	I-Language
Tools	I-Language
(	O
NUT	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
software	O
component	O
designed	O
to	O
monitor	O
power	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
uninterruptible	O
power	O
supplies	O
,	O
power	O
distribution	O
units	O
,	O
solar	O
controllers	O
and	O
servers	O
power	O
supply	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clients	O
maintained	O
in	O
the	O
NUT	O
codebase	O
include	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
command-line	O
actions	O
,	O
for	O
relatively	O
simple	O
monitoring	O
and	O
graceful	O
shutdowns	O
(	O
considering	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
minimally	O
required	O
vs.	O
total	O
available	O
power	O
source	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
server	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
complex	O
monitoring	O
scenarios	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
simple	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
a	O
X11	O
desktop	O
client	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	O
and	O
Python	O
libraries	O
for	O
third-party	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
NUT	O
works	O
on	O
most	O
Unix	O
,	O
BSD	O
and	O
Linux	O
platforms	O
with	O
various	O
system	O
architectures	O
,	O
from	O
embedded	O
systems	O
to	O
venerable	O
Solaris	O
,	O
HP-UX	O
and	O
AIX	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pavel	O
Korensky	O
's	O
original	O
provided	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
pursuing	O
the	O
APC	B-Application
Smart-UPS	I-Application
protocol	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
software	O
that	O
Apcupsd	B-Language
derived	O
from	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Debian	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
already	O
provided	O
for	O
two	O
daemons	O
,	O
(	O
which	O
serves	O
data	O
)	O
and	O
(	O
which	O
protects	O
systems	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
drivers	O
and	O
examples	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
CGI	B-Language
modules	O
and	O
client	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
client	O
CLI	O
tools	O
(	O
,	O
and	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
interfacing	O
the	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
UPS	O
of	O
a	O
given	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
