Avocent PM3000 PM3009H-202 User Manual

Avocent can help you 

answer questions like:

•  Do you have sufficient tools in  

place in order to understand the  
details about your current, voltage 
and power?

•  Do you know how much power 

each piece of equipment is 
consuming?

•  Do you know your energy 

consumption costs?

•  Do you have the capability to cycle 

the power to your local and 
remote servers?

•  How do you limit who has 

permission to power cycle 
equipment, and how 
is that activity logged?

•  Do you need to provide power to 

high amp equipment like blade 
servers and larger network 
switches?

•  When you install new equipment, 

how do you ensure that you have 
power available?

•  How can you prevent overdrawing 

your power circuits to prevent 
unnecessary downtime?

•  Do you need to supply a network 

connection for each metered 
PDU?

•  Are you looking for tools to help 

justify the purchase of new 
energy-efficient hardware?

Thresholds can be created to allow data center teams to know before problems occur,  
minimizing downtime caused by overloaded circuits. The Avocent PM PDUs deliver  
accurate, real-time, current monitoring of all connected devices via the Web manager,  
DSView 3 software or locally through an LED digital display. Users can set a current  
alarm threshold that, once exceeded, will cause the PM PDU to sound an alarm, send  
a notification message or both.

Avocent PDUs can be combined with an ACS 6000 
advanced console server or MergePoint Unity® KVM 
over IP and serial console switch appliances to pro-
vide faster problem solving by integrating system 
access and power control in a single interface. Now 
you can see the remote devices and control their 
power using an integrated approach that allows you 
to actually see the remote device as it powers  
up or reboots. This integration provides instant feed-
back when critical issues are  
being resolved remotely.

The DSView 3 software provides access and 
control to nearly all equipment found in today’s 
data centers. The DSView 3 software Power 
Manager plug-in extends the capability of 
the DSView 3 software by giving companies 
the ability to monitor and measure IT energy 
consumption, costs and trends across all levels 
within their data centers and remote locations. 

With the PM PDUs, this information allows a professional to look at individual devices, a 
rack of equipment or a row of equipment and group items together to view overall con-
sumptions, capacity and costs across many locations or just a single device.

Many PDUs measure the available current at the strip level to ensure the integrity of 
power to the attached equipment. The PM PDUs also provide additional measurements  
in order to measure the energy consumption at the strip level (PM 1000 PDU models)  
or down to individual outlets (PM 2000 and PM 3000 PDU models). This energy  
measurement allows companies to implement chargeback policies, more accurately  
budget for expansion and measure the financial impacts of any changes.

To get even more capabilities out of the PM PDUs, environmental sensors can be  
added to measure conditions at several locations within a rack. These sensors include 
chaining capabilities to enable a single PDU to support up to six sensors in order to 
measure temperature and humidity. Thresholds and alerts allow early detection to avoid 
downtime and equipment damage.