Power Distribution Units. aka Fancy Power Strips.

- They make cable management easier

- Load meters indicate exact load connected to unit

- Alarms and Email notifications when problems

- Remotely cycle power on any individual outlet

- Configure staged power on and power off timings to prevent overloads and properly boot equipment with dependencies

You can also see the old individual UPS's stacked in the background...soon to be replaced!

Individual batteries staged for insertion into cabinets

The main unit installed - contains the power supplies and system control functions, as well as five batteries

Main Unit with One Extended Run Cabinet filled with batteries and One Empty Extended Run Cabinet

Fill 'er up

Almost full

Filled up

The main unit, with its direct incoming supply feed, and each PDU feeding the other equipment racks

Here you can see how each extended run cabinet is tied together

Here you see a PDU mounted in the rear of the cabinet...

...and the beauty of power cable management...

Load indicator

Eliminating individual UPS units, and adding PDUs really eliminates equipment and cabling running across the back of the racks!

The whole system

all together now...