Vertiv MPX Adaptive Rack PDU
Rack Power Distribution with "Branch Monitoring" Receptacle Modules and "Elementary" Branch Receptacle for Critical IT Equipment

Features and Benefits:

Designed for High Availability

• Designed specifically to accommodate higher power densities and be resistant to higher temperatures.
• Energy metering provides users the information to maximize data center power and cooling infrastructure.
• Allows user to add individual hot-swappable output power modules for capacity as demand grows.
• Offers the ability to change input capacity or configuration while maintaining Rack PDU infrastructure.

Designed to Enhance Energy Efficiency and Capacity Management

• Flexibility to respond to constant change—redeploy modules to suit changing needs.
• Adaptive capacity, distribution, monitoring, control and management of critical devices.
• Scalable design that allows onsite configuration to fit immediate IT equipment needs.
• Provides a wide selection of single phase and three-phase power input configurations—with the ability to field change while maintaining distribution infrastructure.
• Employs energy efficient receptacle control technology.
• Expanded branch overload protection minimizes threat of cascading PDU overload.

Designed to Improve Business Resiliency and Agility

• Provides for local or remote monitoring and management of connected loads.
• Easily integrate with existing network and security architectures, as well as higher level management software – allowing you to operate at peak velocity.
• Preemptive notifications before problems occur.
• Allows user to shut down non-essential equipment during power outages to maximize availability and back-up power.
• Provides a compatible monitoring platform for MPH, offering seamless common operation if deployed together.

Designed to Reduce Deployment Time and Expenses

• Allows real-time, highly precise metering and management – and the lowest energy consumption in the industry for rack PDUs.
• Provides the most cost-effective design available—build, add on, or modify the platform design.
• Allows redeployment of modules to suit changing needs.
• Rack PDUs may be pre-installed.

Features

• Modular input power
• Hot Swappable output power
• Receptacles & modules
• Monitors at branch level
• Controls at equipment level
• Offers single-phase and three-phase models

Deployment:

Solutions:

MPX - Adaptive Rack PDU: Respond To Change While Watching Your Bottom Line

Confidently take on the uncertain future of connected power requirements with MPX, the most responsive and adaptive rack PDU available. With MPX rack PDU technology, you can respond to rack equipment changes and dynamic capacities by leveraging:

• Hot-swappable modular output power
• Hot-swappable modular communications
• Modular input power

MPX Benefits:

• Adaptive capacity, distribution, monitoring, control and management of critical devices
• Flexibility to respond to constant change—redeploy modules to suit changing needs
• Buy only what you need and build on your investment
• Secure communication

Reconfigurable Power Capacity & Distribution

The MPX rack PDU has a scalable design that allows onsite configuration to fit immediate IT equipment needs. It is the perfect choice to respond to the needs of a growing data center. Relocate or add IT equipment to support changing needs, by easily reconfiguring the power input and distribution.

Fits Needs Now And Later

The MPX rack PDU provides a wide selection of single phase and three-phase power input configurations—with the ability to field change while maintaining distribution infrastructure.

Designed for Critical Environments

• Critical rack space operating temperature—up to 55˚C / 131˚F to support hot internal rack environments
• Accurate power metering of +/-1% voltage & current for assured oversight
• Energy and power metering down to the individual receptacle
• Comprehensive alarming including notification of overloaded branch circuits
• Environmental sensing with threshold and alarm set-points
• Notification on the loss or removal of individual rack equipment loads

MPH2—Managed Rack PDU: Advanced Monitoring And Control Support

MPH2 is the most intelligent, highavailability line of managed rack PDUs. It offers remote monitoring and control capabilities as well as environmental input options, with multiple power input selections and output configurations.

The MPH2 is available in 0U, 1U and 2U form factors. Models are also available in the following four versions:

• Outlet Level Metered and Switched
• Outlet Level Metered
• Rack PDU Metered and Outlet Switched
• Rack PDU Metered

MPH2 Benefits

• Monitors electrical and environmental parameters with set threshold and alarm tools
• Controls and manages individual receptacles and/or groups of loads and devices
• Allows you to predict failing conditions before they occur and proactively manage connected equipment for maximum uptime
• Energy and power metering to maximize the data center power and cooling infrastructure
• Lowest power consumption of all switched rack PDU designs ensures lower operating costs for datacenter
• Up to four MPH2 rack PDUs may be interconnected as a Rack PDU Array, consolidating user IP connections and device monitoring

Designed for Critical Environments

• Industry leading operating temperature —up to 60˚C / 140˚F to support hot Internal rack environments
• Bi-stable relays ensure basic power distribution in the event that intelligence is compromised
• Accurate power metering of +/-1% voltage & current for assured oversight
• Energy and power metering down to the individual receptacle
• Comprehensive alarming including notification of overloaded branch circuits
• Environmental sensing with threshold and alarm set-points
• Notification on the loss or removal of individual rack equipment loads

Seamless DCIM Manageability and Integration

MPH2 and MPX intelligent rack PDUs can be managed both locally and remotely. Metering of all electrical information down to the outlet, phase, bank or rack PDU level as well as integration with environmental sensors makes these rack PDUs the backbone of rack level power consumption and environmental information. Support for all major industry-standard management, authentication and encryption standards and protocols ensures that these products seamlessly fit into any existing network and security architecture.

Flexible Local & Remote Management

The MPH2 standard onboard display provides all pertinent information required at the rack. The optional BDM local display is available for MPH2 or MPX, and provides flexibility in location of the display for most convenient visibility.

Remote communications at a rack PDU level is enabled by the modular, hot swappable RPC2 card, providing seamless upgradeability and serviceability. RPC2 enables:

• Support up to 4 PDUs within a Rack PDU Array: Minimizes IP addresses
• Support up to 10 environmental sensor probes: Consolidated rack level power and environmental monitoring
• Support for Web UI, CLI, SSH and Telnet: Provides Windows, Linux and network administrators their preferred way to interact with the rack PDU
• Support for all major remote authentication & encryption protocols: Ensures seamless integration into any corporate security architecture
• SNMP v1, v2 and v3 support: Ensures secure communications through network management systems
• IPv4 and IPv6 support: Ensures continued IP support for rack PDUs
• Embedded data log: Enables equipment or rack level baseline power consumption study
• Embedded event log: Easier troubleshooting and auditing

Remote monitoring interface capabilities include:

• Snapshot of all electrical parameters at outlet, branch, phase and aggregate level
• Snapshot of environmental sensor readings and status , including temperature, humidity, and leak detection.
• Threshold configuration, alarm creation and notifications
• Power control of individual or group of outlets
• Status information and configuration of all outlets
• Network management settings

Centralized Management of all rack PDUs within a datacenter is provided by Avocent Rack Power Manager

• Centralized power consumption and environmental reports at all levels within datacenter
• Centralized power control of individual or group of outlets
• Mass configuration capabilities
• Centralized authorization, authentication and auditing of all rack PDUs and pertinent data

Leveraging Your Rack PDU Investment

MPX and MPH2 rack PDUs fully integrate into Vertiv’s industry-leading KVM, serial console and infrastructure management systems. Plus they integrate rack level power and environmental monitoring information from the rack PDUs with higher level data center management software provided by Vertiv or third parties. By making the information available through these intelligent rack PDUs easily consumable, Vertiv ensures that customers invest in a comprehensive, easy to use power distribution and management solution.

Integration with Avocent Advanced Console Server, MergePoint Unity KVM Switches ensures:

• Out of band management path for rack PDUs
• Rack PDUs are a part of consolidated rack level access and control solution
• Minimize the number of IP addresses required for rack PDU management

Integration with Avocent DSView4 software ensures:

• Rack PDUs are a part of consolidated datacenter level access and control solution y Easy association of IT equipment with the rack PDU outlets they are connected to y Rack PDUs are a part of consolidated authentication, authorization and audit solution for datacenters

Integration with Liebert Nform and Liebert SiteScan ensures:

• Rack PDUs are a part of consolidated facilities level monitoring solution for datacenters
• Real-time monitoring and control of virtually any piece of critical support equipment
• Data analysis and trend reporting
• Event management

Integration with the Trellis platform and Universal Management Gateway appliances ensures that rack PDUs are a part of a comprehensive DCIM solution that includes:

• Inventory Management of all IT and facilities assets
• Monitoring of all facility critical devices and serviceprocessor-enabled IT devices
• Capacity & Change Management
• Energy Consumption Management
• Power System Management

DI-STRIP: Most robust and comprehensive line of basic rack PDUs in easy to use configurations.

Basic Rack PDUs are the right answer for data center users selecting robust, economical and flexible rack power solutions.

DI-STRIP rack PDUs meet a broad range of power distribution requirements for IT and other applications. Designed especially to handle the growing number of electronic components that can be housed within network cabinets and server racks, the space saving product line is available in a range of configurations.

• Flexibility with multiple configurations and input power options
• Critical rack space operating temperature—up to 55˚C / 131˚F to support hot Internal rack environments
• Simple and quick installation on the rack’s extrusion requires minimal space

Specifications:

Part Number	MPX	MPH2	DI-STRIP
Mounting	Preinstalled Toolless brackets, Universal Mounting bracket, Ability to ship rack PDU preinstalled in Vertiv Racks
Input Power Options North America	100 - 120V 1-ph 20A/30A 200 - 240V 1-ph 20/30A 200 - 240V 3-ph 20/30/50/60A 208/120V 3-ph 20/30A 415V/240V 3-ph 20A/30A		100 - 120V 1-ph 15/20/30A 200 - 240V 1-ph 20A/30A
Input Power Options International	230V 1-ph 16A/32A 230/400V 3-ph 16A/32A/63A		230V 1-ph 16A/32A 230/400V 3-ph 16A/32A
Input Wiring Options	10 ft. pluggable power cord	10 ft. pluggable power cord or Hardwired	8/10 ft. pluggable power cord
Max. Capacity North America	17.2 kW	17.2 kW	4.9 kW
Max. Capacity International	27.7 kW	22.2 kW	22.2 kW
Outlet Options	NEMA 5-20; IEC 320C13; IEC 320 C19; Schuko; French UTE; Schuko; Switzerland CH SEV 1011; GST 18	NEMA 5-20; IEC 320C13 IEC 320 C19 Locking capability on all outlets	NEMA 5-15; NEMA 5-20; IEC 320C13; IEC 320 C19; French UTE; Schuko; Switzerland CH SEV 1011; GST 18
Maximum Outlets	Basic BRM's: 42 Rack PDU Metered BRM's: 36 Outlet Metered & Switched BRM's: 36	Strip Metered: 42 Outlet Metered and / or Switched: 24	Max. 48
Maximum Operating Temp. Range	0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)	0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F)	0°C to 45/55°C (32°F to 113/131°F)
Storage Temperature Range	-25°C to 85°C (-13°F to 185°F)	-25°C to 85°C (-13°F to 185°F)	-20°C to - 85°C (-4°F to -121°F)
Relative Humidity	5% to 95%	5% to 95%	5% to 95%
Overcurrent Protection	Software Electronic Overcurrent Protection 100% Rated 20A Branch Overcurrent Protection - Hydraulic Magnetic Circuit Breakers		Hydraulic Magnetic Circuit Breakers
Idle Power Consumption	3W – 22W	3W - 5W	N/A
0U Units Width x Depth	75 mm x 104 mm (2.95 in x 4.09 in)	0U Low profile: 56mm x 5mm (2.2in x 1.96in) 0U Standard: 56mm x 70mm (2.2in x 2.7in)	45 mm x 46 mm (1.77in x 1.81in) and others
0U units Length	1035 mm / 1880 mm (40.7 in / 74 in)	916 mm / 1004 mm / 1737 mm/ 1827 mm (36 in) / (39.5 in) / (68.4 in) / (72 in)	333 mm - 1833 mm (13 in - 72 in)
1U/2U Units Width x Height x Depth		1U: 482.6mm x 44mm x 250mm (19in x 1.73in x 9.84in) 2U: 482.6mm x 88mm x 250mm (19in x 3.46in x 9.84in)
Standard Warranty	2 years; Extended Warranties Available
Agency Approvals	UL, CSA, CE, RoHS, REACH, FCC Class A, CB, WEEE, ISTA*		UL, CSA, CE, BG, CB, RoHS, REACH, WEEE
Metering Levels	Aggregate, Branch, Phase, Outlet
Parameters Measured	Volts, Current, kW, KVA, kWh, Power Factor, Crest Factor, Frequency
Metering Accuracy	+/-1%
Switching Capability	On, Off, Recycle, Lock, Unlock, Outlet Grouping Capability
Modularity	Power Entry Module Branch Receptacle Module RPC2 communications module	RPC2 communications module
Local Management	Optional Local Display	Onboard Display, Optional Local Display
Remote Management	Onboard Web Interface; CLI; SNMP; SSH; Telnet Integration with Avocent ACS, Avocent Universal Management Gateway & Avocent MergePoint Unity Integration with DSView, Rack Power Manager, Nform and the Trellis platform
SNMP version support	v1, v2 and v3
Authentication	Local Remote: Active Directory, LDAP, TACACS, Radius, Kerberos
Encryption	MD5, AES, DES

* Agency approvals vary by region, please check with your local sales representative for details

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