APC UPS: Xseve not rebooting after a power failure

Xserve 2.26 GHZ OS X server 10.6.4
Energy Saver-UPS connected USB to APC smart UPS set to shut down 5 min before UPS out of power.
On a power failure (lots these days in the islands!), the Xserve does not reboot upn power restore.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Did you install software for the Less-Interruptable Power Supply (LIPS), or are you running with the integrated capabilities? (There is add-on software that can be installed used here, though the integrated LIPS support within Mac OS X Server works correctly with Mac OS X Server 10.5 and 10.6 and APC Smart-UPS devices on the Xserve boxes I deal with.)
Was the key lock engaged on the server when you set this up?
Definitely check the rack LIPS configuration settings too, as some of these LIPS boxes are seriously programmable.
The settings are visible via the pmset and ipmitool tools; [here are pmset and ipmitool examples|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1045], as well as some information on sending email and such.

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