Siemon today announced its new PowerMax Manager software for use with Siemon’s comprehensive line of PowerMax intelligent power distribution units (PDUs).

PowerMax Manager is an easy-to-use application with an intuitive graphical interface for monitoring and managing up to 200 Siemon PowerMax PDUs.

“PowerMax Manager helps data centre managers avoid downtime, maximise asset utilisation and improve overall power usage effectiveness,” says Siemon product manager Peter Thickett.

Siemon’s line of PowerMax PDU’s deliver real-time power information with varying degrees of intelligent functionality and are available in monitored for device-level monitoring, smart for outlet-level monitoring, switched for individual outlet control, or managed for both individual outlet control and individual outlet monitoring.

PowerMax Manager collects status, power usage and environmental data to provide comprehensive room, cabinet, PDU and outlet-level information needed to optimise efficiency and prevent downtime. Users can set up multiple equipment room layouts that graphically depict cabinets and PDU locations.

PowerMax Manager features remote monitoring through a compatible web browser, activation/deactivation of individual PDU outlets and alert notifications based on user-defined thresholds.

“With the release of PowerMax Manager, our line of PowerMax PDUs offer a complete and cost-effective solution for monitoring power and environmental information across the entire data centre and LAN,” says Peter.