Nut upsuser - Jan 2006 - newbie: Slackware servers w/ AP9617, AP9606

I have a couple of Slackware servers which I have plugged into some APC
UPS's.  Each UPS has a network management card in it - one is the AP9617 and
the other is the AP9606.

I want the servers to shut themselves down when the UPS's go into "low
battery" mode.

What do I need to install?  I've read this thread
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2006-January/000585.html

which implies I should install:
net-snmp
NUT

and that I need to configure ups.conf.  Will that work?

I must confess I'm a newbie as far as SNMP is concerned, though I've
messed with Slackware a fair bit, and I've set up several Windows servers
with APC's PowerChute Network Shutdown software.

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