To address the growing number of power issues in datacenters - from spiraling power costs and limited power availability to high-density computing's impact on datacenter cooling and design - Raritan has announced Dominion® PX, the most advanced power distribution unit (PDU) on the market.
Raritan's intelligent PDU enables IT administrators to remotely control and obtain detailed, real-time information on energy consumed by individual servers via the Dominion PX's easy-to-use browser interface. Optional humidity and temperature sensors can also be placed anywhere within a rack cabinet to monitor environmental conditions that may degrade server performance or cause equipment failure.
"The Dominion PX provides unparalleled visibility of power usage at a time when power and heating issues in datacenters are reaching crisis point. IT administrators can better manage power consumption and reduce costs through the Dominion's advanced features, said Gary Hull, Raritan regional director, Australia and New Zealand.
"You can only manage what you can measure said Hull. "Power, temperature and humidity thresholds can now be preset to raise alerts of server and rack environment issues that cause server degradation and equipment failure. IT administrators and data-centre managers can proactively reduce outages, service downtime and the associated costs.
The Dominion PX PDU offers the most comprehensive set of security features, and is the first PDU to offer 256-bit AES encryption for secure remote-access to mission-critical servers and other IT devices. Hung' servers can be quickly accessed from anywhere and power recycled to restore services. Dominion PX is also the only PDU to support the IPMI 2.0 and SMASH protocols to allow flexible integration with network and enterprise management tools. The intelligence and flexibility of the Dominion PX PDU comes from Raritan's award-winning KIRAÔäó 100 system on a chip that provides secure TCP/IP access and monitoring capabilities.
As a productivity tool, IT administrators can use the PX to define their business power-management policies for a server, or a group of servers. Power outlets can be grouped on one or across multiple Dominion PX units to support application requirements.
Administrators can also pre-define power sequencing within a server rack to prevent surge overload if all devices were turned on simultaneously. Circuit breakers, rather than fuses provide easier and less expensive maintenance.