Processor Newspaper Volume 35 Number 04

2013·19.5 MB·English

by  Sandhills Publishing

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What About Category 7
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Copper Cabling?
Siemon’s TERA® Remains Today’s Highest Performing
Twisted-Pair Cabling System Despite TIA’s New Category 8 Nomenclature
After debating the issue for three meet- severe than those proposed for category 8 up
ing cycles, the Telecommunications Industry to 1000MHz. In the case of internal crosstalk
Association (TIA) TR-42.7 Copper Cabling parameters, the difference is significant—cat-
Subcommittee recently adopted “category 8” egory 7 beats out proposed category 8 per-
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as the nomenclature of their next generation formance specifications by more than 20dB.
balanced twisted-pair cabling system to even-
Here Today, Here To Stay
tually support 40Gb/s over a two-connector
channel up to at least 30 meters. TIA moving ISO/IEC specifies two connector options
consecutively from category 6A to category for category 7 and 7 —an RJ-style con-
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8 has caused confusion in the industry, and nector as defined by IEC 60603-7-7 and a
many are asking, “What about category 7 ?” non-RJ-style connector, exemplified by the
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Data center managers can rest assured that Siemon TERA connector, as defined by IEC
Siemon’s TERA end-to-end category 7 sys- 61073-3-104. Backward-compatible with
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tem (www.siemon.com/TERA) is indeed an lower category cabling via hybrid patch
existing standards-based category 7 twist- cords, the TERA connector fits into a stan-
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ed-pair copper cabling system. Moreover, dard RJ footprint. It features an isolated
TERA category 7 currently offers much quadrant design with unique cable sharing
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higher electrical performance than TIA’s capabilities for running multiple one- or
proposed category 8 up to 1000MHz. two-pair applications over a single four-pair
cabling channel—ideal for analog voice
A Standards-Based Superset
applications in call centers, for example.
Traditionally, cabling categories have been While category 8 may now be on the TIA
based on four-connector channels of 100 table, Siemon’s TERA category 7 system is
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meters and are supersets of each other, mean- here to stay. The nearly finalized IEC 61076-
ing that a higher category meets or exceeds 3-104, 3rd edition, will extend the perfor-
all of the electrical and mechanical require- mance of the IEC 61073-3-104 non RJ-style
ments of a lower category and is backward (e.g. TERA) connector out to 2GHz—the
compatible. However, TIA’s new category 8 same frequency tentatively proposed for cat-
has broken this longstanding rule. egory 8. Unfortunately, the situation of hav-
Category 7 is the highest grade of twisted- ing two cabling specifications specified to
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pair copper cabling supported by a published 2GHz, with category 8 actually having lower
performance standard. It is a popular choice performance than category 7 , may create
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for the European market, and it has been gain- category 7 and 7 TIA has perhaps created without any additional mitigation practices further confusion. Thankfully, ISO/IEC is
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ing significant ground in the United States and more confusion—category 8 is expected to like those often required with UTP. not considering category 8 as the nomencla-
other regions such as Latin America. have a different channel topology and will TERA cable’s outer overall braid shield also ture for its next-generation cabling system.
Ratified in 2010 by the International Organ- not be a performance superset of category provides additional strength and a low imped- Until the processing capabilities of a
ization for Standardization (ISO) under 7 . In TIA’s defense, the choice of the cat- ance path to ground to protect against low- 40Gb/s Ethernet (40GBASE-T) application
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Amendment 2 of ISO/IEC, 11801, 2nd edi- egory 8 nomenclature was not made hast- frequency interference. The inner foil shields are finalized, it is too early to guarantee
tion, category 7 (class F ) is a fully shield- ily and alternate naming options would have conduct high-frequency noise from external 40GBASE-T application support distance
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ed system characterized up to a bandwidth of likely resulted in a departure from the famil- sources to ground, providing resistance to elec- for any media. However, Siemon’s fully
1000MHz. It was preceded by category 7 (class iar category numbering convention. tromagnetic and radio frequency interference shielded TERA category 7 remains the
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F) cabling, which was ratified by ISO/IEC in (EMI/RFI) common in environments such as highest performing standards-based twisted-
The Better-Performing Option
2002 and characterized up to a bandwidth of healthcare and industrial facilities. pair cabling system available, along with
600MHz. Despite past efforts to align with Due to its fully shielded design, Siemon’s Siemon’s fully shielded TERA catego- higher bandwidth capacity, EMI/RFI immu-
ISO/IEC international standards, TIA chose not TERA® category 7 cable provides superior ry 7 system provides better performance nity, and cable sharing capabilities. P
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to develop category 7 or 7 specifications. performance over unshielded twisted-pair than the TIA’s proposed category 8 system
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In keeping with the rule of higher catego- (UTP) cabling. At higher frequencies, the use at 1000MHz. At these frequencies, TIA’s
ries being supersets of lower categories, ISO/ of individually shielded pairs virtually elimi- proposed performance limits for category
IEC category 7 and category 7 standards are nates internal crosstalk between pairs and 8 do not meet those specified for category
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supersets of each other and of lower category external cable-to-cable alien crosstalk, both 7 . In fact, for every transmission param-
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6A. In choosing the category 8 nomencla- along the cable run and at the connector. It eter except return loss, ISO/IEC category 7 Contact:
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C O M PA N Y T O W AT C H
What A Clean Data Center Means
Environmental Maintenance Solutions Has Been Cleaning & Maintaining Facilities For More Than 30 Years
When mainframes were popular,com- to areas of your data center you may never of data center assessments for power and cool-
panies worried about the effect laser printers have,” Gutierrez says. He notes that EMS ing trends and best practices, data center effi-
and burster/collators had on the equipment. As employees are trained to spot problems such ciency and optimization, thermal modeling
technology has changed, with smaller, higher- as glycol leaks, belt wear, and gaps or leaks and CFD analysis, and lab analysis for con-
density components and more complex and in the subfloor void where air is being wasted. tamination such as zinc whiskers.
technologically advanced environments, data EMS is committed to maintaining the integ-
Why Clean?
center cleaning has become more critical than rity of the industry, Gutierrez says, with prod-
ever. More stringent and widely accepted stan- ucts and services that are 100% guaranteed. When looking to cut costs, data center
dards by organizations such as ASHRAE and cleaning can often be left on the back burn-
Setting The Standard
Uptime only emphasize the importance. er. But cleaning is too important to overall
New York-based Environmental Main- As proof of its ongoing efforts to stay data center efficiency to be ignored, and your
tenance Solutions has witnessed a lot of ahead of the latest cleaning standards and employees’ time is far too valuable for clean-
changes in mission-critical facilities in the technologies, EMS is now a premier service ing. “Just let the experts do what they do
more than 30 years it has been in business, vendor with IBM. “We were hand-picked best,” Gutierrez says.
but the company continues to evolve to ensure such as server racks, PDUs, CRACs, routers by IBM Systems and Technology Group “An outside cleaning company will pro-
its cleaning methods meet or exceed newly and switches, and other specific devices, he (STG) as part of their A-team and are the vide proper insurance, experience, and
developed standards. “The more educated we says. Floor systems include raised floor and only mission-critical cleaning service com- expertise. An outside firm will invest the
are on the latest equipment, technologies, and ESD tiles and the sub-floor or plenum often pany to be accepted as an IBM Business time and energy into ensuring they use the
industry trends, the better we can adapt our used for cooling and cable routing. Partner,” Gutierrez says. proper equipment, cleaning agents, and
products and services and offer our clients the In addition to ongoing and routine main- What does that mean for your data cen- practices to clean efficiently without rein-
right solution to meet their needs,” says Jason tenance, EMS specializes in post-construc- ter? EMS meets the highest insurance and troducing foreign contaminants. And they
Gutierrez, EMS vice president. tion cleaning, pre- and post-construction financial audits and IBM-approved processes, can help provide a maintenance program
planning, and certification. If a disaster procedures, and equipment standards. Plus, that would fit your needs and budget.” P
Cleaning Done Right
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C A S E S T U D Y
Committed To Solving
Enterprise Storage Challenges
Aberdeen LLC Helps Sony Build A High-Powered Network Capable Of Handling Its Unique Storage Needs
On any given Thursday you’ll find direc- a file-based world, Sony wanted a facil- AberNAS N51L device fine-tuned for the he says, “it was a matter of tweaking both the
tors, cinematographers, and other film and ity where people could learn to use the 4K environment, and enterprise-level hard drives. hardware and some of the glue pieces to make
television production professionals partic- equipment and the related workflows asso- A 10GbE and fiber network infrastructure it [the network] fast enough to where we could
ipating in workshops at the Sony Digital ciated with production and post-production. connects the third-party workstations, which use it in an effective endeavor.”
Motion Picture Center (DMPC) on Stage 7 at To make the facility a reality, Sony hit a single 10GbE switch that aggregates “Response from the DMPC has been a lot
Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif. called on Aberdeen LLC, which configured 40GbE bandwidth into the AberNAS device. of gratitude that we are able to bring some-
Since early June 2012, the DMPC has pro- a storage network to handle the feat. “With thing like this to the community because it’s
Incredible Performance
vided hands-on training of Sony Super 35mm Aberdeen, we were able to bring in what something that’s needed. As the industry
cameras, including its pioneering F65 digital would be considered a real-world facility Aberdeen’s engineers faced several chal- moves toward digital, the DMPC enables
motion picture camera, which supports true where we are able to move and exchange lenges, including integrating support for NFS, learning the processes involved in a lab set-
4K resolution with super-sampling 8K image files between the different workstations.” AFP, CIFS, and other storage access. “The ting before going to a production site and
capture. Attendees also learn about production tweaks had to work for . . . PCs, Macs, and trying to attempt it there,” Perry says.
Smoke & Mirrors
and post-production workflows related to 4K Linux systems because there’s a whole mix of “Overall, the connectivity and real-world
technologies by training on nine individual “Prior to Aberdeen’s involvement,” says them in place at the DMPC,” Cohen says. aspect that Aberdeen helped facilitate took
workstations that each run a different third- Steven Cohen, Aberdeen senior account exec- In addition, some workstations had limited the DMPC to the next level,” Perry says. P
party industry application capable of handling utive and media and entertainment industry processing power, RAM, and hard drive speed
the large RAW 4K files the cameras acquire. veteran, “the DMPC demonstrated production that hindered streaming content. Aberdeen Aberdeen Custom Solutions
Initially, the workstations operated indepen- and post-production workflows in a kind of collaborated with the third-party companies to
dently with the files loaded to each worksta- ‘smoke and mirrors’ approach, as the worksta- initiate changes that resulted in incredible per- “Moving forward, Aberdeen has a lab setting
tion’s own DAS or internal RAID storage. To tions functioned independently and files didn’t formance. “The workstations can now stream where it can demonstrate to software vendors
produce the real-world, post-production envi- actually move through the processes in a real- the content directly off the Aberdeen storage that it is capable of building hardware, not
ronment Sony desired, the workstations need- istic manner.” Aberdeen’s solution connected at 2K and 4K,” Cohen says. only for storage but also servers for applica-
ed to move and exchange the RAW 4K files the workstations via a high-speed operating “Aberdeen played a major role in finding tions, GPU, etc. Additionally,Aberdeen can
with one another while performing real-time system independent network that could handle the right glue pieces, the switches and the fiber supply vendors with the best tools for their
transcoding, editing, and color-correcting. simultaneous reads/writes of 400MBps. cables and a lot of the other pieces that make it software to run on.”
- Aberdeen’s Steven Cohen
DMPC Director Dan Perry says that as The result was a unique configuration fea- a system and in brokering the relationships to
the industry moves from film and tape into turing Aberdeen’s own Linux NAS, a 96TB acquire the pieces,” Perry says. “From there,” [phone] | www.aberdeeninc.com
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Products Prepared For Real-World Use
Server Technology & PDUs Direct Know The Importance Of Product Testing
Most companies perform some form of designed and have less of a chance to fail, The variety of tests performed on the prod- degree of testing that isn’t often seen in the
testing on their products to ensure that they according to Scherr. Server Technology’s ucts run the gamut from thermal, shock, and IT industry. Current customers notice this
are in good working condition before being major goal is to help keep their customers’ vibration testing to compliance with ATE because, according to Scherr, they “really
shipped to customers, but Server Technology, physical infrastructure up and running so (Automated Test Equipment) tests, as well. It appreciate the due diligence being done prior
experts at producing the highest standard of they can be as productive as possible. all leads to the final tests, which are designed to them getting the products.”
quality PDUs, goes above and beyond basic to test the product in real-world applications And Server Technology, along with PDUs
Testing From Beginning To End
testing with its 100% Product Performance and make sure they are ready for the custom- Direct, sees its relationship with customers
Testing. The process includes putting each With 100% Product Performance Testing, er once and for all. All tests are performed in as a mutual partnership, which is why 100%
product through a series of tests designed to it isn’t just a matter of testing a product after a state-of-the-art Power Lab. Product Performance Testing was put into
push it to its limits, which results in high- it’s completely built. In fact, these products “All products are tested at all stages, start- practice in the first place. These companies
quality products with low failure rates. are tested throughout the manufacturing ing from when the product is in its infancy strive to provide the best products available
The reason Server Technology to when it has become final- with the highest amount of testing and lowest
decided to perform these tests on ized,” Scherr says. “Just failure rates so that their customers can focus
every product for 27 years is much before it goes out the door on running their businesses instead of fixing
simpler than you may think. “The after the final modification, infrastructure issues.
worst thing for a customer is to we test it once again. We “The quality, reliability, and performance
open a box, plug a product in, and don’t just test it by plugging of our products are the most important ben-
it doesn’t work,” says Jim Scherr, director of it in and making sure the efits—to our customers and to us,” Scherr
sales and operations at PDUs Direct (www lights come on; we plug it in says. “It’s what we’ve built the company on
.pdusdirect.com), the master distributor of and we load every receptacle. and what we stand for every day.” P
Server Technology PDUs. “The overarching We just want to make sure
reason for doing the power testing is simple: process to make sure any possibly defects or that, functionally, the product fully works
Server Technology
to make sure that any product that leaves our other issues are caught early on to prevent under the conditions it will see in the future.”
100% Product
building functions as per designed and meets a potential domino effect later down the
A Partnership Between Manufacturer Performance Testing
all the criteria of the customer. We’re commit- line. And if a product fails at any step along
& Customer
ted to always providing the quality and value the way, changes are made and the testing
that our customers expect.” process at that level starts all over again. PDUs Direct sells a wide variety of Server [phone]
The first and foremost benefit of Server “It’s good for us to know early on if there’s Technology products, including basic, www.servertech.com
Technology’s 100% Product Performance a problem because we can fix it here at our switched, and metered Rack PDUs, and
Tests products at every step, from inception
Testing is that customers can have peace manufacturing facility, which is so much all of them go through the 100% Product
to production to sale, to ensure the highest
of mind knowing that the products power- better and quicker than trying to fix issues Performance Testing process. It’s a combina-
quality and lowest failure rates possible.
ing their mission-critical devices work as or problems in the field,” Scherr says. tion of well-built, easy-to-use products and a
C A S E S T U D Y
Answering The Call For which is something that other cloud provid-
ers sometimes try to hide.
ScaleMatrix was also able to offer the
tiered cloud services it previously envisioned.
Instead of having a one-size-fits-all approach,
High-Availability Storage
companies can choose to have a spinning disk,
hybrid, or full SSD storage solution for their
cloud environment. This ability to scale up or
down is due to the flexibility of the solution
offered by Area Data Systems.
Area Data Systems Helps ScaleMatrix Reach Its Cloud Offering Goals
The partnership between ScaleMatrix and
Area Data Systems didn’t end with the ini-
Cloud service provider ScaleMatrix it had the right combination of compo- is the DataON OS-agnostic JBODs that tial 400 to 500TB installation. The installa-
works to bridge the performance gap nents to put together a 99.999% reliable provide the mass storage. The system also tion is now at more than a petabyte between
between customer expectations and techno- HA massive tiered storage solution, all at takes advantage of the DataON Disk Shelf ScaleMatrix’s onsite solution at its San
logical realities. One of its goals is to lower a price point that would help ScaleMatrix Management (DSM) 3.1 monitoring solution Diego location and one at its backup facility.
the cost of its solutions to be able to better aggressively price its cloud offerings. that helps the user spot hard drive failures If ScaleMatrix needs more capacity or
meet the needs of its customers. ScaleMatrix wanted to use NexentaStor and detect the drive’s location within the wants to retool its solution, it knows that
Investing in storage solutions with high as the basis of the dual-clustered node stor- array. With these three separate products Area Data Systems can help. “Area Data
availability, fast read/write times, and large age system, which was one of the reasons it combined, Area Data Systems was qualified Systems has definitely been helpful through
capacities is one way ScaleMatrix has been chose Area Data Systems. “We saw the rela- to help ScaleMatrix implement the solution. the entire process of getting our storage plat-
able to attain this goal. The company recently tionship that Area Data Systems had already form up and running and bringing it to a pro-
Immediate Benefits
partnered with Area Data Systems to build the fostered with Nexenta in that they were a pre- duction-ready environment,” Heller says. P
perfect storage solution comprised of three ferred partner,” says James Heller, marketing After putting the solution in place,
separate products that work together to give director at ScaleMatrix. “They already had ScaleMatrix noticed immediate benefits.
ScaleMatrix the performance, availability, and expertise building out this platform for other “For a lot of our customers, the biggest
cost-effectiveness its customers require. customers, so it only made sense for us to go performance requirement is IOPS,” Heller
down that path with a trusted source.” says. “With the Area solution, we were
A Three-Pronged Solution
NexentaStor is particularly proficient for able to blow those out of the water.” In
For more than 25 years, Area Data cloud-based offerings because of its scalabil- fact, ScaleMatrix was able to provide one Area Data Systems
Systems has been architecting storage solu- ity, overall efficiency largely due to the inclu- customer with a sustained 150,000 IOPS.
tions designed to meet the often lofty require- sion of ZFS technology, and built-in data pro- In addition to performance, through its
Provides tailored storage designs that take
ments of its customers. Area’s technical stor- tection capabilities. Plus, Area Data Systems focus on cost efficiency and its partnership
advantage of the NexentaStor unified storage
age experience, ability to provide an end- knew it could tune the NexentaStor software with Area Data Systems, ScaleMatrix was
management platform for scalability, high
to-end proof of concept, and thorough real- to work well with the STEC SAS solid-state also able to provide its services at a lower
performance, virtualization support, and
world testing allows the company to meet drives that would be used in the system, which cost. The company developed an industry-
bullet-proof data integrity.
most challenging storage design needs. the company chose for their quality and speed. first Transparent Pricing Tool for its cloud
When it came to building a solution for With the NexentaStor platform and the offerings. With this tool, customers are able
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ScaleMatrix, Area Data Systems knew that STEC SSDs, the third piece of the solution to see exactly where their money is going,
February 22, 2013 Processor.com Page 5
F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Cooling That’s Effective,
Mestex Aztec Evaporative
Cooling System
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Can be configured to provide indirect evapo-
Evaporative Cooling Completely Eliminates Need For Compressor-Based Systems rative, indirect/direct evaporative, or evapo-
rative cooling with DX (direct expansion) or
ChW (chilled water) supplemental cooling.
One of the big names in server manu- operate 87% of the year in Washington, remove 300 watts times 8,760 hours per
facturing recently released a new genera- D.C., using fresh air cooling alone. year or 2,628kWh of heat (8,961,480
tion of servers that will work very well BTU). That can be accomplished using
Energy-Saving Potential
under the new ASHRAE TC 9.9 guidelines mechanical cooling, fresh air cooling, or a
for data center design and operation. The energy-saving potential of raising combination of the two.
Even Greater Savings
This new generation of servers can handle the inlet temperatures that high can be A pretty efficient compressorized HVAC
temperature extremes of up to 45 degrees enormous. Instead of running chillers or system will remove about 4.5 watts of heat To make the savings even greater, you
Celsius, or 113 degrees Fahrenheit, for up compressors 8,760 hours a year, they are per watt of electrical energy used. So to cool could use the Aztec ASC indirect evapora-
to 90 hours per year. One of the rationales only operating 1,138 hours per year. the new server using mechanical cooling will tive cooling system. Using the Aztec system
behind marketing the server at those condi- It’s difficult to put that into numbers, require 2,628,000 watts of heat divided by completely eliminates the compressor-based
tions was to allow fresh air cooling in virtual- but here’s a little example: 4.5, or 584kWh of compressor power. cooling, adding another $3.50 per server
ly the entire continental United States. Other If the server power consumption is To cool that same server using fresh air per year of savings. That would add another
research has indicated that the servers can 300 watts, then the cooling system must for 87% of the year will only require 75.8 $11,620 per year in savings for a total annu-
kWh of compressor power. Of course, the al savings of $87,620 in this example.
fan energy stays the same in both cases, Of course each climate and data center is
but the compressor savings of 508.2kWh different, and Aztec analyzes each case. But
per server can really start to add up. the reduction in operating costs are signifi-
At an aggressive electric rate of 4.5 cents cant in every case that Aztec has studied.
per kWh, that amounts to $22.87 per server Aztec and its sister company, Alton, have
per year. At modest densities of, say, 40 serv- been in the evaporative cooling business for
ers per rack, the savings amounts to $915 per 66 years. Many of the evaporative cooling
rack per year. Now consider how many racks technologies that are just now being intro-
are in the typical server room or data center. If duced to the market were developed more
the data center has a server load of 1mW, then than 20 years ago by Aztec. Our experience,
a density of 40, 300-watt servers per rack will combined with our state-of-the-art controls,
translate into 83 racks. So the annual savings can assure you of the most efficient evapora-
would be almost $76,000 in this example. tive cooling solution available. P
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flexible and scalable modular systems. the Eaton Advanced Monitored ePDU available through HM offered at a very competitive price point. Commonly used
Cragg provides maximum power for both standard and blade to monitor equipment status and summary alarms as well
The U-X3 (pictured above) is an economical, but extremely servers. Employing multiple configurations, the Easy-Read as sensors for temperature, humidity, current, voltage, and
flexible AC power control device that can be used to con- LCD screen and remote power management with distinctly more, the FMS hosts its own web pages – access the FMS
trol the AC power to three different devices via Ethernet, colored circuits, the ePDU ensures easy management and through a web browser to view data and configure the sys-
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Automatic Transfer Switch—ATS
Standard Features
(cid:116)(cid:1)Out-Of-Phase Source Switching
(cid:116)(cid:1)8-15ms Switching Time
(cid:116)(cid:1)Programmable Dropout Voltage
(cid:116)(cid:1)Programmable Switchback Voltage
(cid:116)(cid:1)SNMP And HTTP With DS-Series
(cid:116)(cid:1)PCB-Based Reliability
(cid:116)(cid:1)Reports Volts, Current, Watts, VA
(cid:116)(cid:1)Break-Before-Make Transfer
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