Six Steps to Deploying an Efficient Data Center Power and Cabinet Ecosystem
July 30, 2021
When deploying a new data center power and cabinet ecosystem solution or retrofitting an existing one, there are important considerations to keep in mind. These considerations will help ensure your business sees a short and long-term return on investment (ROI) and will prepare your business for the future.
Chatsworth Products (CPI), experts in data center infrastructure solutions, guides you through six steps—and provides industry-leading solutions that support each one—that will optimize your data center operations today and in the future.
Six Steps for Deploying an Efficient Data Center Power & Cabinet Ecosystem
1. Manage power with intelligence
Power up and preinstall (for reduced time to deployment!) your data center cabinet with CPI’s next-generation intelligent eConnect® power distribution units (PDU), which offers a market-leading temperature rating of 149° F (65°C).
eConnect also features Secure Array® IP Consolidation technology, which allows users to link up to 48 PDUs under a single IP address, as well as patent-pending, low-profile locking outlets, which prevent accidental disconnections without requiring special power cords. This translates into reduced installation costs.
To learn more about the best PDU selection for your needs, download the white paper, “Considerations for Intelligent Power Management within High-Density Deployments,” or test drive eConnect’s functionality using the online demo.
2. Support next-generation compute with strength
A highly-configurable, high-density cabinet provides future readiness, speed of deployment and allow for optimal use of floor space.
CPI's ZetaFrame® Cabinet is expertly designed to provide configurability, future-proof strength and robust features, allowing for maximum space utilization and equipment support.
With the ability to configure and customize cabinets to fit your specific application need, you will be able to address critical concerns such as effective, efficient power distribution, airflow and cable management and bonding.
3. Achieve maximum airflow efficiency
Optimal data center efficiency starts with proper airflow management, and as an expert in the matter, CPI offers many solutions that comply with good airflow management practices.
Within the cabinet, it is important to have a front/rear barrier so cold air flows through equipment, but hot air does not circulate around. Within the room, it is important to isolate hot air and give it a path to return to the air handlers.
CPI’s patented Vertical Exhaust Duct mounts on the top of ZetaFrame Cabinets and guides hot exhaust air from the head to an overhead drop ceiling or ductwork to create a closed hot air return pathway to the cooling system. Combined with CPI’s other airflow containment products, such as the Raised Floor Grommet, complete hot air isolation can be achieved.
To find out more about how airflow management will provide additional savings to your data center, download these two white papers on the basics of airflow containment: “Economics of Containment Systems” and “Comparing Containment Systems.”
4. Monitor environmentals proactively
Prevent downtime with a simple and automated environmental monitoring solution that alerts you for critical thresholds. eConnect PDUs are provisioned with environmental ports so users have the ability to remotely monitor, record and analyze environmental conditions at the cabinet level.
For a more robust solution, CPI also offers Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Systems (RIM-1000 and RIM-750).
Click here to learn more.
5. Secure and protect equipment remotely
Improve the physical security of your data center with a networked locking solution. CPI’s RFID Electronic Lock Kit can be preinstalled in the ZetaFrame Cabinet for quick deployment, and offers multiple methods of integration. Through its audit trail capability, data center managers can keep a log entry of each cabinet access remotely, adding another layer of security at the cabinet level.
The Kit fully integrates with eConnect PDUs, removing the need to network and power the locks separately. The result is a single PDU-based interface to manage power, environmental conditions and cabinet access.
Click here to learn more about the RFID Electronic Lock Kit.
6. Optimize systems with a single-pane view
Power IQ® for eConnect, a DCIM software, turns the measurements and alerts from the eConnect PDU, environmental monitoring and access control into actionable information. Track usage against known capacity, identify areas for improvement and measure results in a simple yet robust interface.
Take Power IQ for eConnect for a spin here.
Bonus: Speed of deployment
Take advantage of CPI’s ability to preinstall eConnect PDUs and RFID Electronic Lock Kits into a cabinet before it ships. Complete data center enclosure and power solutions will ship together making ordering, tracking and installation easier (we call it +Power).
Click here to access our Product Designer.
With all of this guidance in hand, you've got some things to think about, perhaps. But, now, your journey can begin with, what we hope, is a gain—not only in your confidence as you work to deploy your new cabinets, but also as you report back on that ROI. And of course, if you need us, our team of experts can assist you any and every step of the way. Reach out today.
Posted by Raissa Carey, Senior Public Relations Specialist/Technical Writer at 7/30/2021 7:49:45 AM