Eaton ePDU G3 Platform: Power Distribution for IT Equipment

Eaton's 3rd Generation Power Distribution Technology

The ePDU G3 platform is designed to provide reliable, cost-effective power distribution together with highly accurate monitoring and control for IT equipment in the datacentre.

This industry-leading platform enables you to:

• Reliably distribute power to your IT equipment
• Accurately meter and control power consumption
• See where you have available power and are most efficient
• Choose the level of metering to provide the level of information that you require
• Choose equipment switching to allow remote data centre control

Simplify load balancing: Colour coding and laser engraved chassis easily link breakers to outlet groups.

Reducing Cooling Costs and Optimizing IT Environments

How do I reduce cooling costs by taking advantage of modern hot-air containment solutions and the newest IT technologies to get higher rack operating temperatures?

• 60° Operating Temperature: ePDU G3 can be used in very hot environments. Take full advantage of ASHRAE guidelines.
• ePDU G3 operates in extreme environments and containment solutions.
• Allows for containment solutions, free cooling scenarios, and operating IT equipment with high temperature thresholds.
• Plus optional environmental monitoring with dry contacts with configurable alarms for additional sensors.

Optimizing Data Centre Costs and Power Utilization

How can I learn what my IT equipment is consuming so I can optimize my Data Centre, control my costs and utilize all my available power?

Equipment Metering: Meter individual outlets or group outlets to meter equipment with multiple inputs, over multiple ePDUs for A and B feed. Clearly see capacity and exactly what your equipment is consuming.

Cost Attribution and Billing

How do I ensure that costs can be appropriately attributed or billed for department billing and colocation data centers?

• IEC +/-1% Billing Grade Accuracy: Meter your energy consumption (kWh) plus V, W and A extremely accurately. Choose your level of Metering: from ePDU to branch circuit to individual pieces of equipment, including metering kWh for IT equipment over A and B feeds.

Remote Operations and Uptime

How can I operate remotely with lights-out control, including remote re-booting, scheduled shut downs and restarts?

• Equipment Switching: Switch individual outlets or group to switch equipment with multiple inputs, over multiple ePDUs for A and B feed, including sequencing and scheduled shut-down and restart. Supports Graceful Shutdown with Eaton's Intelligent Power Protector.

Minimizing Downtime and Ensuring Compatibility

How to avoid downtime if a rack PDU becomes faulty or I want to upgrade?

• No Downtime on Upgrades: ePDU G3 has Hot-Swap network components - update or change without changing the outlet state.

How do I ensure that my IT equipment is protected against IEC plugs being accidentally knocked out during maintenance or come loose through vibration?

• Integrated Grip – IEC Plug Retention: Prevents accidental disconnect from being bumped or from vibration. Works with any IEC plug, no need to buy special cables or brackets.

Rack Integration and Flexibility

How do I ensure that my PDUs will fit in all my different racks? How do I ensure that nothing interferes with my IT Equipment and hot-swap components?

• Small with Flexible Mounting: Easily access hot-swappable IT equipment and components. Ensure the ePDU, plugs and cables are completely out of the way of equipment with button mount on the rear and sides. Optionally side mount to face the rear doors of the rack to ensure the ePDU, plugs and cables don't interfere with hot-swap IT equipment. Choose to raise or lower the ePDU in the rack to suit your installation. Unique patented variable mounting system can be mounted at any point on the ePDU and gives full flexibility.
• Low profile chassis: The ePDU doesn't protrude into the rack and is low profile even at the breakers. 52mm wide x 53mm high and 58.7mm at breakers on most models. Hydraulic-Magnetic Circuit Breakers include accidental-tip protection by default.

Simplified Control and Configuration

How do I simply control and configure my ePDU, and easily see where I have any problems?

• Easy Configuration: Includes central advanced LCD display with menu system. Change settings including IP address, configure via USB stick copy/paste configuration file, or configure En Masse via IPM software.
• Central Communication and Alerts: Read Current, Voltage, Power, kWhr and more. Multi-colour interface allows easy identification of alerts. Easily monitor the status of your power distribution on the LCD, via the web interface, or via your management software.

Ensuring Business Uptime and Reducing Network Costs

How can I ensure business uptime if the power goes down?

• Full integration into VMware and Citrix with Intelligent Power Manager.
• Trigger VM migration or VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• User configurable alerts on the ePDU G3 work with Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) software to trigger actions.
• Trigger automatic migration of virtual servers in the event of a power failure via UPS, ePDU alarm or threshold, temperature/humidity or dry contact event.
• User configurable: includes feed going down, branch circuit reaching a defined threshold etc.
• Full integration in VMware interface.

How can I reduce the cost of networking for monitoring rack PDUs and reduce network traffic?

• Daisy-Chain 8 ePDUs from one IP port and one IP address: this reduces the cost of networking, reduces IP addresses and data packets on the network. Daisy Chaining reduces network infrastructure costs by up to 87%.

How can I easily monitor many ePDUs and IT equipment?

• Intelligent Power Manager offers supervision and control through a single interface.
• One interface to monitor your power usage of many ePDUs.
• ePDU and UPS Management.
• En masse Configuration of ePDU.
• En masse Update of ePDU.

Key Technology Features & Technical Specifications

Specifications Table

All standard ePDUs come with 3m cable. Standard Models below are in Stock in Europe - for other models please contact your local reseller.

Growing Functionality

Need Something Special?

• Dedicated engineering teams in 3 centres of excellence are available to create your perfect ePDU.
• Specific configurations or complete engineering projects.
• Including national socket types, UK, French, Din/Schuko - including combinations of up to 3 types of outlet on an ePDU.

Accessories

Environmental monitoring via optional Temperature and Humidity probe. Includes 2 dry contacts for additional sensors. Configurable temperature/humidity thresholds and alarms on the ePDU G3. Temperature/Humidity probe Part number: EMP001.

• Cable ID tags allow the user to mark cables connected to ePDUs and branch circuits.
• Easily link cables feeding IT equipment to outlets, breakers and branches on the physical unit and in the web interface.
• Cable ID tags come in yellow, blue, red, orange, purple and green to match the ePDU branch circuits and the web interface.
• Cable ID tags are included in Metered Outlet, Switched and Managed ePDUs, more can be ordered as needed: