Next Generation Power Management Supports 79 UPS Vendors SANDY, Utah, June 10
SANDY, Utah, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Opengear, a leading provider of next
generation out-of-band management solutions, today announced the inclusion of
Network UPS Tools in its range of console servers, providing a further boost
to its overall power management offering targeting data centre and remote
branch offices.
The open source Network UPS Tools provide secure monitoring and control of
distributed Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) hardware from all the leading
vendors.
"The inclusion of these UPS tools in our console server enables
administrators to monitor UPS hardware from APC, Belkin, MGE, Powerware, Tripp
Lite and others using the one simple interface, irrespective if the hardware
is serially connected or USB connected."
"Console servers also provide out of band access so in event of a power
failure at a remote site the administrator can still control all the power
infrastructure at the site, as well as controlling all the servers and
networking infrastructure. Opengear is the only console server to offer this
capability," said Bob Waldie, CEO, Opengear.
Blackouts, brownouts, spikes and surges remain a fact of life for IT
managers today as do the service interruptions, data corruption, mangled file
systems and hardware damage that often result from such power disruptions.
The entire business community has now begun to understand electricity, the
threats it can bring, and the imperative of using UPS hardware to shield their
critical infrastructure. The result is a growing UPS market with annual sales
exceeding US$6 Billion, and each UPS has serial, USB or Ethernet console ports
to allow other devices to monitor their status.
"A UPS can only provide power for a limited period of time, so it is
essential that either the UPS management software is configured to initiate
automatic graceful shutdowns, or the administrators are alerted of power
disruptions impacting any UPS and given visibility of the UPS battery status
so they have time to manage manual shutdowns."
"Opengear delivers both these features and we are UPS vendor agnostic. We
also integrate the monitoring with our SDT for Nagios central management, and
in the event of a UPS alert our SDT Connector can auto-load the relevant
proprietary UPS client such as Power Alert or LanSafe," said Waldie.
Opengear delivers the full Network UPS Toolset as a standard feature of
all its rack mount console servers and provides a web interface tool which
simplifies configuration and enables UPS hardware to be monitored locally or
remotely.
About Network UPS Tools (NUT)
Network UPS Tools (http://www.networkupstools.org) is a group of tools
that is used to monitor and administer UPS hardware, and ensure safe shutdowns
of the systems which are connected. NUT is an open source project and it
monitors a large assortment of UPS hardware from all the leading UPS vendors.
About Opengear
Sandy Utah based Opengear, Inc. (http://www.opengear.com) delivers next
generation out-of-band management solutions providing secure remote access and
control of all the computers and communications devices in datacenters and
distributed networks.
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