Re: [Planetlab-arch] Dataprobe iPAL powerstrips

[Mike H. <mh...@cs...>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:40:16PM -0600, Richard Murphy wrote:
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> We obtained a model IP 420 so that our Planet Lab nodes could be=20
> remotely rebooted. However, the power strip software seems capable
> only of communication on the same subnet and it assumes the default=20
> netmask. Does anyone actually have one of these deployed in such
> a way that it can be used by Planet Lab over Internet2? Does anyone=20
> recommend a "smarter" product? Thanks.

At Berkeley we bought some new APC Masterswitch PDU's.

You can get the AP7900 for regular 110V outlets, but I prefer the
AP7920, which contrary to the USA APC webpage, is a dual voltage
110V or 220V unit with international plugs.

They're very nice, and even have an LCD readout of the electrical
load.

Not only that, but they're cheaper than the DataProbe's.

The biggest gripe is that they don't seem to have any secure remote
access methods (https or ssh).  And sadly, it's impossible to enable
the ethernet interface without defining the default gateway...  so
they're naked on the net.


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