Environmental Monitoring with ProbeBox
Flooding, smoke, temperature and power in the data center detected by ProbeBox sensors, with the option of triggering a sequential shutdown of the servers.
Protecting the data center from environmental risks
Rising temperatures in data center rooms, caused for example by a cooling system malfunction, are one of the most frequent causes of the collapse of an entire IT infrastructure.
This is why Sentinet³ relies on the ProbeBox, a device fitted with dedicated sensors that measure flooding, smoke, temperature and electrical power. The Sentinet³ ProbeBox Pattern queries the device via SNMP and extracts the values of interest.
Following preset events, such as a power failure detected by checking the UPS units or a temperature above threshold detected by the thermal sensors, Sentinet³ can carry out a sequential shutdown of the entire data center or of a selected group of servers.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Sentinet³ ProbeBox Pattern |
| Protocol | SNMP |
| Sources | ProbeBox device and connected environmental sensors |
| Scope | Flooding, smoke, temperature, electrical power |
The Pattern’s checks
The Pattern queries the ProbeBox, to which the environmental sensors are connected, and extracts these values.
Environmental sensors
| Check | What it verifies |
|---|---|
| Flooding | Presence of water in the area where the sensor is located |
| Temperature | Ambient temperature |
| Smoke | Any presence of smoke in the area |
| Power | Flow of electrical current |
An orderly shutdown, a fast recovery
- Temperature under control: overheating of data center rooms is among the most frequent causes of IT infrastructure collapse.
- Sequential shutdown: on preset events, Sentinet³ shuts down the entire data center or a selected group of servers in sequence.
- No inconsistencies: a sudden or out-of-sequence shutdown of services and servers would cause inconsistencies that would prevent normal operations from being restored quickly.
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