Unite Launches Professional ‘out of the box’ Rack Management Solution
Unite Launches Professional ‘out of the box’ Rack Management Solution
Easy to install, per rack solution for real-time monitoring and management of data centre power consumption
London, 6 January 2012 – Data centre power and energy management specialist, Unite Technologies, has launched a new ‘out of the box’ professional rack management solution for legacy and new build data centres. The RackMS is easy to install and deployed on a per rack basis to enable highly cost-effective real-time monitoring, alerting and management of data centre power usage.
Leveraging Unite’s enterprise-class platform technology with best in class monitoring accuracy of better than 1% at outlet level, the ‘out of box’ RackMS solution requires fewer IP addresses, and brings greater resilience and higher reliability than many other IP based power distribution solutions currently available. This is achieved through Unite’s unique design philosophy where all of the intelligence/electronics necessary for supporting power strip functionality is removed and contained within the RackMS platform. This eliminates the need for an internal power supply to the strip itself.
“RackMS is the result of Unite Technologies’ continued commitment to providing fully integrated power, environmental and security monitoring solutions for data centres,” said Colin Dean, Sales Director of Unite Technologies. “The component parts which make up RackMS underpins our traditional design values and offers resellers, distributors and integrators a flexible approach to rack monitoring, whether for new build programmes, legacy non-invasive monitoring, or the upgrading of ‘non-intelligent’ cabinets.”
Modular by design, the RackMS supports up to four sensors and any two of the following power devices:
· Intelligent power strips, monitoring RMS Volts, RMS Amps, kVA, kW, kWHrs, Power Factor and Frequency with better than 1% accuracy at outlet level
· ‘Non-invasive’ CL-Amps to monitor Amps in legacy data centres where zero power downtime is paramount
· In-Line Intelligent IQAdaptors to bring intelligence to any 3rd party non-intelligent power strips, monitoring RMS Volts, RMS Amps, kVA, kW and kWHrs, Power Factor and Frequency
Only one single IP address is required compared to most competitor offerings which utilise multiple IP addresses per cabinet. Two temperature sensors are provided as standard with two other spare sensor ports and the optional ability to monitor either temperature, humidity, voltage free contact switches or analogue 0~10VDC input sensors can be retro-fit at any time.
To further enhance the RackMS solution, a simple client software application is included: Env-U3 provides both a live and historical view of current, temperature and humidity data readings, in addition to providing simple trending information of the parameters monitored. This allows basic management report generation and export into Excel or CSV formats. RackMS is also fully scalable and future proofed for enhanced and automated reporting.
RackMS Key Features
· Installed at zero ‘U’ height.
· Requires one single IP address
· SNMP agent optimised for single rack management.
· Allows up to two power strips, or two IQ-Adaptors, monitoring RMS Volts, RMS Amps, kW, kVA, kWHrs, PF and Hz
· Alternatively two ‘non-invasive’ CL-Amps, monitoring amps, can be monitored.
· Allows up to four auto sense analogue input channels per cabinet. Two standard temperature sensors and the other two ports can be any combination of temperature, humidity, voltage free contact switches or analogue 0~10VDC inputs.
· HTTP/HTTPS web interface for management and power strip control.
· All alarm thresholds can be user defined and configured through an easy to use web interface or managed via SNMPfor configuration and monitoring.
About Unite Technologies
Unite Technologies is a leading provider of data centre energy management, access control, security and environmental monitoring solutions to IT and Facilities Management. Headquartered in Usk, South Wales and offices in London and New York, Unite Technologies operates on a global basis working closely with major ‘blue chip’ organisations, predominately in the Financial, Petrochemical, Hosting and Telecoms, Broadcast, Retail, Security, Local Government and Blue Light sectors. The company has an established worldwide network of resellers, systems integrators and OEMs which are fully supported by Unite’s specialist sales and support teams throughout the world. www.unitetechnologies.com
