Intelligent shutdown release by Eaton

Gordon Peters
Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:40

IT Industry - Market

Diversified manufacturer, Eaton Industries, has released a new shutdown application known as Intelligent Power Protector (IPP), which the company says provides 'controlled, graceful shutdown of computers and servers' powered by a UPS in the event of an extended power outage.

According to Eaton, graceful shutdown allows work in progress to be saved and data to be preserved, thus avoiding data loss and file system corruption. The new application is an extension to Eaton's Intelligent Power software product line which was first introduced last year with the launch of Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) monitoring software. 

Ciaran Bolton, product manager at Eaton's power quality division, said IPP software employs the same 'easy-to-use web-based user interface as IPM,' and adds, in addition to providing UPS monitoring functionality via the network, the software also allows a UPS to be monitored locally via both serial and USB connections.

Bolton says IPP warns administrators and users via email if the power being supplied by the UPS is at risk and performs a controlled shutdown before the UPS battery runtime expires, helping to minimise possible damage and enabling more rapid reaction to fault situations.

'IPP differs from IPM in that it is specifically designed to supervise one computer and one UPS at a time. In other words, it monitors the state of the UPS that is supplying power to the specified computer. The software is also ideal for situations where there is no need to manage complex power device networks and multiple UPS.  In addition, it is designed to work seamlessly with IPM software, which can be used for managing multiple IPP applications.'

According to Bolton, by 'consolidating and unifying our software offering, we're aiming to make it easy for customers to choose the software that best meets their requirements. Eaton's software solutions are developed with attention to usability and ease of choice. Ease of use is further increased by the software's ability to update itself automatically via the internet.'

Bolton says IPP software replaces Eaton LanSafe, NetWatch and Network Shutdown Module products and is available now and can be downloaded free of charge from the Eaton Power Quality website at www.eaton.com/powerquality