APC BACK-UPS Connectivity

I believe I've narrowed down my search for an APC UPS for use with my XServe, but I wanted to poll the community about its connectivity.
Here's the model:
BACK-UPS RS 1500VA LCD 120V
It comes with a USB cable, and I confirmed with APC that it was a RJ45-to-USB cable. However, the technician wasn't able to confirm that this connectivity would work seamlessly with Leopard Server's built-in UPS shutdown software. She did confirm that APC's (buggy) PowerChute software was still incompatible with Leopard.
Does anyone use this model, or another APC UPS with a Ethernet-to-USB connector? Please tell me it works!

Well, after Googling for "rj45 usb leopard apc", I finally found this blog post.
http://www.davidalison.com/2008/06/finding-and-setting-up-ups-for-mac.html
Looks like the connection should work fine.

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    Doc-
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