If a PDU is just a power strip then this has many more bells and whistles. My usage is being able to control power to those outlets to reboot or turn on/off equipment if it is hung or whatever other reason.
Thanks, Steve T On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Mark Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, that sounds about right. A PDU. > I got all confused earlier. > > So, this is just a PDU with some added bells and whistles related to > connectivity. > Thanks Matt. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Watson > Sent: June 15, 2008 12:33 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] *OT* DLI Ethernet Power Controller $289 (I > paid $200 for a two port "webswitch") > > On June 15, 2008 12:11:13 pm Mark Hamilton wrote: >> This sounds good. Except I'm a little confused. Is this a reboot bar which >> uses Ethernet to do the reboots? Like a reboot bar, except in a PoE >> lifestyle? >> > > Its just a PDU (power distribution unit) that has a web-interface (accessed > via Ethernet)... it looks like it has the added bonus of having some RS232C > ports that you can either attach a modem (to dial-into the device) or to > connect to serial-console based equipment, like certain routers and switches > > so that you can access their serial console remotely. > > Essentially its the equivalent of the APC AP7902 - > http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP7902 it > has > a couple feature differences, but for the most part they do the same thing. > > However, the cost is significantly less than than the APC model. > > I don't have any experience with either however. > > All in all it looks like a decent product... i'd be interested in hearing > from > anybody that might of been using them for a long period of time (1-2yrs+). > I'm pretty picky about power distribution, i've seen bad power cause too > many > problems in my computing history. > > -- > Matt Watson > http://www.mattgwatson.ca > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
