APC – Power Distribution Made Simple

PDUs (Power Distribution Units) come in different configurations: basic, metered, switched, and managed and get power from a UPS, generator, or other power source. They work to distribute power to networking equipment, like computers, with a data centre, server room, or other industrial settings. PDUs get power from a UPS, generator, or other power source and distribute it to multiple connected devices like servers.

PDUs offer some great features like environmental monitoring, outlet control, and power metering. This allows for efficient power management, remote monitoring, and power distribution control, helping optimise energy usage, enhance reliability, and simplify maintenance within the IT infrastructure.

Schneider Electric offers a wide array of standardised APC Rack Power Distribution Units (PDUs) designed to increase manageability and efficiency in your data centre. You can choose your power distribution setup according to your particular rack requirements and specifications.

Basic Rack PDUs

• Provides reliable power distribution for your server rack equipment.
• The product family includes a variety of input and output connections to distribute 120V, 208V, or 230V power to multiple outlets.
• Includes horizontal, vertical, and tooless-mount varieties.

Metered Rack PDUs

• These feature real-time remote monitoring of connected loads.
• The user-defined alarms warn IT and data centre managers of potential circuit overloads to prevent accidental power loss to critical equipment.

Switched Rack PDUs

• Provides metered functionality and individual outlet control to power cycle outlets.
• Manage on/off equipment sequencing.
• Control through EcoStruxure IT Expert, EcoStruxure Data CentreExpert, or web IP.

Metered-by-outlet Rack PDUs

• Provide even greater power management
• Individual outlet-level power metering.
• User-resettable energy (kWh) logs for capacity planning and energy-efficiency initiatives.

NetShelter Rack PDU Advanced

• A rack PDU with an industry-first 4-in-one outlet design that works for the most common types of plugs.
• Designed for high-density power needs of service providers, large enterprises, and medium-to-large data centres.

 

NetShelter Rack PDU Advanced

Designed for high-density power needs of service providers, large companies and data centre. This PDU is advanced, meaning it is compatible with all common types of plugs.

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NetShelter Rack PDUs

Ideal for small and medium-sized businesses, small-to-medium data centres and edge computing.

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Easy Rack PDUs

Perfect for small and medium data centres and computer rooms, as well as colocation and large enterprise data centres. Easy to install, use, and customise rack-mount PDU.

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Rack PDU Management

APC intelligent Rack PDUs provide remote power utilisation data to help make informed power decisions and lower total cost of ownership.

 

Product features by Rack PDU family/series

APC offers a wide range of standardised Rack PDUs designed to increase manageability and efficiency in our data centre. Find the right PDU for you by comparing features across the NetShelter, NetShelter Advanced, and Easy Rack PDU families.

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Standard Rack PDU Local Display

 

NetShelter Rack ATS

Fifth Generation AP44xxA Series Automatic Transfer Switch

APC NetShelter Rack ATS provides redundant power to single recorded equipment loads in the IT rack. These high-availability switches are cyber-secure and offer greater control of your IT equipment from cloud to edge.

The APC NetShelter Rack Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) AP44xxA series is the Fifth-Generation range of high availability switches offering greater control of your IT equipment from Cloud to Edge. With Industry leading reliability, agility, and manageability the APC NetShelter Rack ATS provides redundant power to single-corded equipment loads in the IT rack.

The Rack ATS has been upgraded with the Network Management Card 3 (NMC3) and various other technical advancements for network port sharing, environmental monitoring, and enhanced security. The Rack ATS offers industry-leading transfer time and improved outlet connections to ensure seamless power switching without interrupting the critical loads. Users can access and configure Rack ATS through secure Web UI, SNMP, CLI and are fully compatible with EcoStruxure IT.

This includes a variety of input-output connections in 1 Phase 100/120V, 200/208V, or 230V to multiple outlets ranging from 1440VA to 7440VA allowing users to address the most common power distribution requirements.

Key Features:

RELIABILITY:

Switching time <10ms

• Switching occurs safely between the two input sources regardless of any phase differences, so transfer time from one source to the other is seamless to connected equipment.

Field-replaceable NMC

• Integrated Network Management Card (NMC)/display module can be replaced in the field to minimise downtime disruption in the unlikely event of a failure.

Temperature and humidity sensor support

• Enables monitoring of temperature and humidity in your Data Centre or Network closet.

Dual input power cords

• Supplies power to the connected load from primary and secondary power source i.e. if among the two independent sources, the primary source becomes unavailable or out of configurable power range, the Rack ATS will seamlessly switch to draw power from the secondary source without interrupting the critical loads.
• 2-year standard warranty.
• 5-year extended warranty.

AGILITY:

32 Rack ATS Network Port Sharing (NPS)

• Connect and manage up to 32 Rack ATSs from one IP address via one network connection to simplify and speed deployment while saving the cost required in having a dedicated network connection for each Rack ATS.

Flash Upgradable

• Quickly and easily upgrade firmware via network download for future product enhancements. Eliminates the need to replace products already installed in the field when new features are released.

APC Wi-Fi USB Device Support

• Supports APC Wi-Fi USB device for Cabless installation & Setup.

MANAGEABILITY:

Gigabit Ethernet Support

• Improved for today’s faster networks & future-proofed for networks to come.
• Supports faster communication at 1 Gbps (Gigabits per second) over the network.
• Enhance and standardise network connectivity across all assets in the data centre.
• Built-in network connectivity, which allows remote management via Web User Interface (Web UI) its command line interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), or EcoStruxure Data Centre Expert.

LCES1 Mini NMC3 Network Management Card

• Colour LCD display.
• Remote monitoring and control of an individual Rack ATS by connecting it directly to the network.
• New Rack ATS utilises APC-embedded Network Management Card 3 (NMC3) with enhanced security features including secured interfaces and a modified password policy providing peace of mind.

EcoStruxure IT-Ready

• Seamless integration of one or many ATSs including alerts and control with EcoStruxure IT.
• Allows IT and data centre professionals to monitor and manage all their critical IT infrastructure on-premise, in the cloud, and at the edge from anywhere alarm notification in the event of an issue.

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Other APC Rack PDUs by Schneider Electric available from Comms Express

APC Switched Rack PDU | APC Metered Rack PDU | APC Metered By Outlet PDU | APC Metered by Outlet with Switching | APC Easy PDUs | APC Rackmount Transfer Switches | APC Basic Rack PDU

 

If you require any further information on these or any other products that we stock here at Comms Express, please do not hesitate to contact our team who will be only too happy to help.

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