Power outages take a toll on businesses of all sizes, across every industry. That’s why it’s important to safeguard your IT equipment with a power management solution that can keep your critical applications always-on during interruptions. Monitoring and management software is the perfect complement to your uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) devices. There are a range of options on the market today, from a basic network connectivity cards to multiple software platforms. 

Regardless of your location, you can receive advanced alerts from afar, trigger advanced actions like migrating virtual machines, and make data actionable through faster, scalable interpretation.

Although UPSs are typically rugged and reliable, they do require ongoing monitoring and support.

Connected devices allow you to continuously monitor and diagnose the state of your environment, batteries and power sources, along with the condition of the UPS’s internal electronics.

There is a shift in the IT industry; professionals are focusing on more secure and reliable remote site management, making it necessary to monitor network devices remotely—anytime from anywhere.

With a network card, you can securely monitor and control an individual UPS by connecting it directly to the network. Its features keep you informed of problems as they occur, ensuring uptime in the event of an extended power outage.

Network cards allow for secure monitoring and control of an individual UPS by connecting it directly to the network.

This connectivity is the conduit for your device’s data and information, providing status, alerts and remote capabilities. The notification features keep you informed of problems as they occur, avoiding shutdown in the event of an extended power outage, always keeping your business information safe.

• IT-based: SNMP enables your unit to be accessible via the internet to monitor the software
• Facilities: Modbus, BACnet, SNMP
• Relay: Provides alarm and health status of your UPS through relay contacts

For you to get the most out of your network connectivity hardware through analysis software platforms, first consider the value of reporting. Custom reports can analyze your data and identify trends, while providing capacity planning and deployment recommendations.

The Eaton Intelligence Platform works to automate, monitor, visualize and predict these problems before they strike. Whether your IT environment is a small deployment of UPS units and rack PDUs, a sophisticated data center housing thousands of servers and millions of datasets, or anything in between, our platform is versatile enough to adapt with you. 

Our platform is ready to take on the unique challenges you face within your environment, by empowering you to:

• Intelligent Power Manager (IPM): The power of automation. Make tasks simpler via advanced alerts and automated resolution.
• Visual Power Manager (VPM): The power of monitoring. Make data actionable through faster, scalable interpretation and analysis.
• Visual Capacity Optimization Manager (VCOM): The power of visibility. See beyond power consumption through 3D infrastructure visualizations.