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Introduction

Overview

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box solution is the latest evolution of ATEN's energy intelligence product line NRGence™. The EC1000 monitors the electrical current of 4 Energy PDU's, along with room temperature, humidity, and differential pressure using environmental sensors. The EC2004 has 4 ports to monitor the electrical current of two PDUs and the electrical current + voltage of two additional PDUs; and monitors room temperature, humidity and differential pressure using four environmental sensors, plus a 4-pin dry contact Rack Door Sensor port for external sensors to monitor rack door access. Both Energy Boxes provide instant real-time power management and energy-saving control for data centers– allowing you to upgrade and maintain your current IT power resources quickly and cost-effectively.

The EC1000 / EC2004 Energy Box has four RJ-45 ports to connect to four Energy PDUs and four RJ-11 ports to connect external sensors to monitor environmental conditions. Each environmental sensor can provide measured readings of temperature, humidity, and differential pressure from separate areas of a room, giving you a wide range of monitoring and protection.

The EC1000 / EC2004 features real-time status, system logs, threshold alerts, and event notification. The Energy Box logs power and environmental conditions according to customizable minimum/maximum thresholds set for; current, voltage*, temperature, humidity, and differential pressure.

The Energy Box allows the power and environmental data to be monitored by display at the rack or remotely for easy viewing and maintenance. The Energy Box is a standalone unit with over IP monitoring that is controlled by a builtin web GUI or ATEN's eco Sensors software.

Remote monitoring offers secure access with 128bits SSL encryption, and customizable account policies for user management. Remote authentication supports RADIUS and additional management interfaces including HTTP, HTTPS, and SNMPv1&v2&v3 (Read, Write, Trap). Event notifications can be monitored via Syslog/SMTP/SNMP trap and by audible alarm for real-time local and remote alerting.

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