These new features provide one-click access to key power and rack operations information — including power, cooling, humidity, airflow, and other events — and the ability to obtain more detailed information about rack assets, such as PDUs, IT devices, and switches.
The new features in Power IQ 3.1 help data center administrators easily obtain information and answers to key questions, such as: Are there any hot spots? What is the relationship between load power and temperature in a rack? Is my three-phase feeder balanced? When will I reach capacity? The “Quick Charts” feature in the “Smart Rack” and “PDU” views provides quick charts that, for example, show the trend relationship between rack power load and temperature, and the three phases of a three-phase PDU.
The environmental information about power and racks gathered by the Power IQ is also useful for DCIM solutions, such as Raritan's dcTrack software, which provides real-time information about facilities, networks, and IT to optimize IT equipment, manage capacity, and track assets. With the current software version, Power IQ and dcTrack automatically share information about racks, PDUs, and their outputs. When a rack is added in dcTrack, for example, Power IQ is automatically updated. Conversely, dcTrack displays the rack PDU and sensor data collected by the Power IQ sensor. Data synchronization between Power IQ and dcTrack is automatic for configuration elements such as sites, racks, IT devices, PDUs, and their associations.
“Power IQ 3.1 offers more answers with less effort to increase operational efficiency. It provides one-click access to answers to key questions about rack power, cooling, ventilation, events, and much more,” said James Cerwinski, Raritan’s software product manager. “The enhanced Power IQ 3.1 dashboard, for example, indicates hot spots, shows potential cooling savings, and tells you when you’re running out of power capacity. With 3.1, you can easily identify the highest-power PDUs or view a list of PDUs exceeding a specified load.”.
Other new operational efficiency features in Power IQ 3.1 include:
• Enhanced Cooling View (ASHRAE). Three customizable ranges—inlet (cool), outlet (hot), and outside air—are displayed on a single screen. This allows you to understand if you are meeting manufacturer and industry-accepted recommendations and project the amount of energy you can save by increasing the ambient temperature.
• New Web API service—easily integrated into systems and tools—for power and sensor data, data center modeling, and information for event management, PDU management, asset management, and outlet management.
• Support for PX Airflow and pressure sensors.
