PDU management software?

[Anonymous user]

Hello, just setting up my APC PDU's for the first time, we have the metered AP7898 PDUs. I go them setup on the network and I'm able to log in through the web interface to each individual PDU, I'm wondering if there is software that will let me monitor all of my APC PDUs in one shot?

Thanks!


Jesse

[BillP]

so this works via SNMP?

[BillP]

we had a product that did that which was InfrastruXture manager which was recently discontinued.

what you'd want to look at now is ISX Central Basic. it will allow you to monitor these PDUs as well as third party devices, netbotz and any other APC products with a network management interface. i am not an expert on this product so maybe other people can chime in on any good features.

[see it here|http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9465]

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Raritan sells a PDU managment software product that monitors / collects power data from APC metered PDUs, and spits out a bunch of Web 2.0-looking graphs and trending reports. You can see screenshots here: [http://www.raritan.com/resources/screenshots/power-iq|http://www.raritan.com/resources/screenshots/power-iq|Raritan PowerIQ Screenshots]

I get my KVM's from Raritan, so I got a marketing email from them recently, and downloaded a free test-drive version that talks to 5 PDU's for free. Sure enough, it integrated with my 3-phase AP7960's without any problems. All you need is to supply the SNMP Community String and presto, it starts pulling meter data.

[Anonymous user]

Yeah. The easiest way to see it in action is just to go to the vendor's website and click on the Live Demo. They have a few APC power strips set up. If you [click here|http://www.raritan.com/products/power-management/power-iq/|Link to Raritan PowerIQ APC PDU Management Software Page] there is a "take a test drive" banner ad on the right.