How do Smart PDUs monitor and report energy consumption data?

Smart PDUs (power distribution units) enable real-time tracking and reporting of energy consumption data through integrated monitoring and data acquisition functions. These PDUs are equipped with built-in sensors that can monitor power parameters such as current, voltage, power and power factor in real time, and transmit this data through the network interface, allowing administrators to view power usage at any time.

Smart PDUs generate detailed energy consumption reports, provide real-time data and historical records, and support periodic reports by day, week, month or year. These reports help analyze long-term power usage trends and costs. Through the graphical user interface, PDUs display real-time charts, trend charts and alarm notifications to visualize data and facilitate administrators to quickly understand power usage.

In addition, Smart PDUs support exporting data to CSV, Excel or PDF formats for further analysis or archiving. The built-in data storage function allows historical data to be saved for long-term trend analysis, helping to identify peak power consumption and evaluate the energy efficiency of equipment. Through the network interface, administrators can remotely access the management interface to view real-time data and historical reports, supporting multiple remote management protocols such as SNMP, HTTP/HTTPS.

Smart PDUs are also compatible with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems, allowing energy consumption data to be integrated with other data center information to provide a comprehensive power usage and environmental monitoring solution. Smart PDUs can generate early warning notifications based on set thresholds to help identify and resolve potential power problems, thereby reducing energy waste and operating costs.