Sentry Power Manager™ (SPM) Demo at AFCOM
Server Technology Will Demo Its New Sentry Power ManagerTM (SPM) Software For Cabinet Power Distribution Unit (Pdu) Management At Afcom's Data Center World® March 8th-12th
Used in conjunction with Sentry POPSTM technology power (kW and kW Hr) information is provided for "green" data center efficiency calculations, device monitoring and billing
(Reno, NV), March 3, 2009 – Server Technology, the industry leader for Power Distribution Unit and Management Solutions, announces that it will demo its latest software, Sentry Power Manager (SPM), at AFCOM Data Center World 2009, the industry’s premier networking and educational conference, located at the Paris Hotel and Convention Center show in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 8-12, 2009. This new product has just become available to the market. The Sentry Power Manager (SPM) allows the IT Manager to manage thousands of Sentry Cabinet Power Distribution
Units (PDU’s) in multiple locations, providing one central interface for conditions including power, temperature and humidity. Status and alarm notification are in real time and can be viewed by their status; status views include current load, power, temperature, humidity and capacity. Quick and simple drill down from a global view to the rack level makes alarm acknowledgement and management of multiple PDU’s a simple process.
Accessed through a standard web browser the SPM is capable of automatically discovering all your Sentry Cabinet Power Distribution Units (PDU’s). Multiple useraccess levels and permissions ensure secure access with each user given specific access to the devices or locations that they are responsible for. Trending of critical parameters by start and end date such as temperature, humidity, in-feed load, infeed power, system watts/unit area, kW, kW Hr, and system total power allow the user to create custom graphs based on any one or all of these parameters. Logging by specific start and end dates provides the user information on discovery results, user log ins, user actions and alarm status. The SPM product also support active directory (LDAP) and secure active directory LDAPS.
SPM combined with the new Sentry POPS (Per Outlet Power Sensing) product provides power monitoring per individual outlet to monitor current, voltage, power (kW), apparent power, crest factor and power factor. Though individual outlet information is important the real value to the Data Center Manager is to use this technology to provide kW and kW Hr information per device, groups of devices (application), an individual PDU or cabinet. Utilizing SPM’s exclusive “clustering” technology also allows the user power monitoring across individual IP addresses providing kW and kW Hr power information across multiple cabinets or across the whole data center. This information can be used to calculate “green” power efficiency metrics like PUE and DCiE offered by The Green Grid or SI-POM and H-POM metrics offered by The Uptime Institute. Beyond calculating efficiency metrics this technology also allows the Data Center Manager the ability to bill for power usage based on an individual outlet, device, groups of devices (application), cabinet, groups of cabinets or the whole location.
Custom configuration allows the user to download their own images to represent data center locations or actual data center floor space. These images are used within the “view” screens to help quickly and easily drill down from a global view down to the PDU level. A simple color legend gives at a glance indication of the PDU status for each “view”.
Integrated remote management of Sentry Cabinet PDU’s allows the user to turn ON, OFF or Reboot specific devices from the SPMs user interface. Outlets can be grouped across both an A and B in-feed to reboot specific devices or applications under one single PDU IP address. Clustering of outlets allows to user to turn ON, OFF or Reboot devices across multiple IP’s addresses allowing the user control of multiple cabinets or rows of cabinets.
The SPM product is delivered as a turnkey appliance that only requires power and a network connection. This allows for quick and easy configuration of the SPM application within the data center environment.
The SPM is compatible with all Sentry Switched PDU’s with firmware 5.3x or later. Sentry Switched PDU’s provide local current monitoring, two temperature and humidity measurements, branch circuit protection, power distribution of single and three phase power and a serial connection in case the network is down and communications to the PDU is required. Both email alerts and SNMP traps can be sent to multiple locations ensuring notification of all alarm conditions.
The SPM is also compatible with the new Sentry POPS™ (Per Outlet Power Monitoring) Switched PDU’s product that provides the ability to monitor power information such as current, voltage, power (kW), apparent power, crest factor and power factor per outlet. This unique technology combined with our exclusive“grouping” and ‘clustering” features allows critical power monitoring of an outlet, device, groups of devices (application), cabinet or location. Also provided by the POPS technology when combined with SPM is kW Hr information that can be used for billing purposes. POPS products also offer our new Digital TRMS current monitoring which is the most accurate way to measurement current within a PDU today."We've used Server Technology for many deployments across the globe. Their products are reliable and customer service helpful, knowledgeable, and always quick to act. I'd recommend Server Technology to anyone needing commercial grade power supply equipment."
Joe Daly-Director of Operations
BitGravity
About Server Technology:
Server Technology, Inc., designs and manufactures intelligent power distribution products for enterprise data centers, service providers and branch office locations. Founded in 1984, Server Technology is recognized as a leader in innovative Remote Power Management solutions. The company’s line of Sentry™ power products eliminates unnecessary trips to remote locations and minimizes the impact of locked-up internetworking equipment on business critical networks, combining intelligent power distribution, remote management and power measurement. Server Technology is located in Reno, Nevada and can be reached at (800) 835-1515, or on the Web at ww.servertech.com.
About Data Center World Conferences:
Data Center World®, operated by AFCOM, the world’s leading 4,300-member data center association, is the industry’s premier networking and educational conference, and occurs bi-annually (every March in Las Vegas and October in Orlando). Thousands of data center professionals, from many of the largest corporations across all industries, government organizations, and academic institutions in the world attend Data Center World to share, discuss and learn about the latest data center trends, technologies and best practices, as well as products and services by some of the world’s leading data center technology and service providers. Tradeshow Week recognizes Data Center World as one of the 50 fastest growing shows in the U.S. (2006 and 2007). For more information, visit www.datacenterworld.com.
About AFCOM:
AFCOM (www.afcom.com) is a leading association supporting the educational and professional development needs of data center professionals around the globe. Established in 1980, AFCOM currently boasts more than 4,300 members and 38 chapters worldwide, and provides data center professionals with unique networking opportunities and educational forums and resources through its annual Data Center World® Conferences, published magazines, regional chapters, research and hotline services, and industry alliances.
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