Server Room Equipment

Equipment in server rooms can be powered up and down by PC Power Down. A rack-mounted IP power controller is installed in the server room. Power controllers can typically mange four or eight power supplies. If required, multiple power controllers can be installed.

Each power supply switch is identified by a separate IP address; this means that each of the power supplies managed by the power controller can be given individual schedules by the PC Power Down software. A typical use for this facility would be to power down IP telephones throughout an organisation: against the schedule the controller powers down the data-switch that provides Power over Ethernet (PoE) to the IP telephones, this result in the phones to be powered down completely. At the scheduled time, the switch is powered up and PoE is restored. Thin client devices can be controlled in the same fashion.

This technology is not limited to server rooms; you could, for example, install a power controller in a training room to manage all the electrical equipment such as a projector, a photocopier and a vending machine. This can be achieved as long as there is a network connection to the controller so it can receive the scheduling commands from the PC Power Down software.