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News Release from: Minicom Advanced Systems | Subject: Remote Power Switch
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 February 2006
Switch takes remote control of servers
The Remote Power Switch lets users power up, power down and reboot up to 128 connected servers and devices from anywhere over the Internet.
Minicom Advanced Systems has begun delivery of its new Remote Power Switch (RPS) The Remote Power Switch lets users power up, power down and reboot up to 128 connected servers and devices from anywhere over the Internet, saving the time and cost of visiting remote sites
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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There are three configurable modes of shutdown operations: instant shutdown, safe shutdown and safe reboot.
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Designed to help businesses leverage their IT investments, the Remote Power Switch also performs environmental monitoring of racks in the server room.
The environmentally aware power switch monitors temperature and humidity to protect a rack or server room from extreme, and possibly damaging, conditions.
It can be configured to send alerts or to perform a power on/off operation under specified conditions.
For example, users can configure the power switch to turn on a fan if the temperature in the room exceeds a specified trigger.
"The Remote Power Switch is part of a comprehensive remote management solution for the modern data centre - the final touch to a complete remote access solution.
It gives you the necessary functionality to complete remote operations that require you to reboot the server, complimenting the out of band remote access to servers and devices from your KVM switching systems", stated Benny Hayumi, Minicom's Product Manager.
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