[33073] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: small device with IP address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil J. McRae)
Fri Dec 22 17:50:57 2000
From: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@DOMINO.ORG>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012221644300.26591-100000@Overkill.EnterZone.Net> from John Fraizer at "Dec 22, 2000 04:53:17 pm"
To: nanog@EnterZone.Net (John Fraizer)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:49:13 +0000 (GMT)
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I highly recommend these boxes also - we use them at COLT, anyone tried
their new DC version or the US 220V stuff [for GSR]
Neil.
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> I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
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> The RPC-3 devices from Bay Tecnnical Associates are small (1U) and on top
> of having an IP stack, they also serve as an 8-port power strip with each
> outlet individually controllable. They can also give temp and current
> measurements. (No snmp, you have to log into them.)
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> RPC-3 Unit Status Menu.
> Enter selection, CR to exit.
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> 1)...System
> 2)...Network Interface
> 3)...Logged Users
> 4)...Outlet Status
> Enter Selection>4
> True RMS current: 4.4 Amps
> Maximum Detected: 5.2 Amps
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> Internal Temperature: 33.0 C
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> Circuit Breaker: On
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> Selection Outlet Outlet Power
> Number Name Number Status
> 1 Happy 1 On
> 2 Dopey 2 On
> 3 Grumpy 3 On
> 4 Sneezy 4 On
> 5 Speedy 5 On
> 6 Mufasa 6 On
> 7 Foghorn 7 On
> 8 Tweety 8 On
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> <Strike CR to continue.>
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> Beyond this, they also have a console port so, if the net is down, you can
> still OOB into the device and perhaps power-cycle-fix the network problem.
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> They DON'T fit your price range but, given the added functionality, they
> are well worth the cost just in the time they can potentially save you.
>
> A friend of mine is an authorized dealer for these devices so, if anyone
> is interested, let me know and I'll get him in touch with you.
>
> (He monitors NANOG, but lurks vs posting.)
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> ---
> John Fraizer
> EnterZone, Inc
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