MFB Infrabox 820 and 840 cabinet access control and monitoring systems

MFB has recognised the need for a family of competitively priced, highly reliable, scalable cabinet access control and monitoring systems to meet today’s data centre physical layer security and environmental requirements. InfraSolution is designed to allow cabinet control and monitoring of door handles, including temperature and humidity for up to 200 cabinets over either LAN or WAN environments.

The web-based GUI (graphic user interface) management software allows up to eight simultaneous users to access and control different cabinets. Only authorised employees can gain access and only as specified by the administrator to individual enclosures in specific time windows.

There are two InfraSolution ‘out of the box’ options: the InfraBox 820 and the InfraBox 840. The 820 package includes two (front/rear) SmartCard electromagnetic rack handles/cable harnesses and two SmartCards. The InfraBox 840 package has all the 820 features plus an additional 8 x RJ45 expansion ports that allow the user to control or monitor SmartPDUs and other smart products via a Cat6 cable.

Typically, users can monitor PDUs’ amperage as well as remotely switching power sockets on and off via IP using the same GUI software. The products also have two RJ11 ports that provide an interface for digital temperature and humidity sensors. The SmartCard handle is designed for use with either inductive, mechanical or optical door opening/closing sensors and the SmartCards themselves can either be HID or Mifare compatible.

The handle has a built-in digital temperature sensor and is supplied with mechanical keys for security backup. The system is available on all S2005-style doors, in single and multipoint configurations and as either left- or right-hand hinged.