Power distribution

The Dominion PX power distribution unit (PDU) allows IT administrators to remotely control and obtain detailed, real-time information on energy consumed by individual servers. Optional humidity and temperature sensors can also be placed within a rack cabinet to monitor environmental conditions that may degrade server performance or cause equipment failure.

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. This enables IT administrators and data-centre managers to proactively reduce outages, service downtime and the associated costs.

Secure remote access to mission-critical servers and other IT devices is provided with 256-bit AES encryption. Hung servers can be quickly accessed from anywhere and power recycled to restore services.

With support for the IPMI 2.0 and SMASH protocols, the unit allows flexible integration with network and enterprise management tools.