[108319] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: rackmount managed PDUs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Linneweh)
Sat Sep 27 10:04:46 2008
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:04:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
To: Paul Stewart <pstewart@nexicomgroup.net>,
Andrew D Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Here is my contribution to the PDU/UPS list, Eaton has long been in this bu=
siness=0Ahttp://www.powerware.com/UPS/Products.asp#large=0A=0A-henry=0A=0A=
=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Paul Stewart <pstewart@nexicomgro=
up.net>=0ATo: Andrew D Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>=0ACc: nanog@nanog.org=0A=
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:45:53 AM=0ASubject: RE: rackmount mana=
ged PDUs=0A=0AWe have a lot of APC managed power bars (zero U vertical, and=
19" 1U=0Arackmount) and they work great.=A0 We SNMP manage them and access=
them via=0Aweb - they just work, and work well for our needs.=A0 Tripplite=
we've had=0Aissues with over time, especially their UPS units (SNMP sucks =
on them).=0A=0AHope this helps a bit..=0A=0ATake care,=0A=0APaul=0A=0A=0A--=
---Original Message-----=0AFrom: Andrew D Kirch [mailto:trelane@trelane.net=
]=0ASent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:41 PM=0ACc: nanog@nanog.org=0ASub=
ject: Re: rackmount managed PDUs=0A=0Ahttp://www.webpowerswitch.com/=A0 I'v=
e used these quite a bit.=A0 Depending=0Aon the model you can get per port =
or per zone power management, and it=0Asends alerts if it's not in the stat=
e it's supposed to be, and some of=0Athem can auto kickover things like rou=
ters if they suddenly cant route=0A(might be dangerous, I don't use this on=
e except at the CPE)=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0AJustin M. Streiner wrote:=0A> As much=
as I hate to tear people away from the Intercage/Atrivo=0A> debacle and se=
mi-tangential rants, I'll take one for the team and do=0A> it :)=0A>=0A> I =
have an opportunity coming up to rebuild an existing machine room=0A> space=
to an extent.=A0 It's not a total gut-and-refit, but I'll at least=0A=0A> =
get to put in some new infrastructure.=A0 That said, I'd be interested=0A> =
in hearing about peoples' experiences with various rackmountable=0A> manage=
d PDUs.=0A>=0A> I have some Tripp Lite PDUMH30NETs that work well and are r=
easonably=0A> priced, but they have a few quirks (no RS-232 console port, w=
eb=0A> interface seems to be a little shaky with Firefox, etc) that would=
=0A> become more annoying when scaled up to several rows of new rack=0A> fo=
otprints.=A0 I'm also open to using managed vertically mounted PDUs.=0A> Th=
e plan is for each footprint to have "A" and B" feeds, so two=0A> PDUMH30NE=
Ts would take up 4U per footprint, which is a bit much...=0A>=0A> I don't n=
eed to worry about distributing DC power - just AC.=0A>=0A> This site will =
be lights-out most of the time, so robust remote=0A> management capabilitie=
s are a must.=0A>=0A> Any thoughts/insight are greatly appreciated.=0A>=0A>=
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