Smart-UPS On-Line: Features & Benefits

Adaptability

• Rack/Tower Convertible: Safeguard your initial investment by seamlessly transitioning from tower to rack-mount configurations as your infrastructure evolves.
• Plug-and-Play External Batteries: Easily expand runtime with external batteries, ensuring uninterrupted power to critical loads.
• Flash-Upgradeable Firmware: Keep your UPS up-to-date with remote firmware upgrades via FTP, ensuring optimal performance and access to the latest features.

Availability

• Automatic Internal Bypass: Maintains power delivery to connected loads during UPS overloads or faults by switching to utility power.
• Temperature-Compensated Battery Charging: Extends battery life by dynamically adjusting charge voltage based on battery temperature.
• Scalable Runtime: Quickly add extra runtime as your power needs grow, ensuring flexibility and scalability.
• Intelligent Battery Management: Enhances battery performance, lifespan, and reliability through precision charging and monitoring.
• Hot-Swappable Batteries: Replace batteries without downtime, ensuring continuous power protection for your equipment.
• Automatic Load Restart: Automatically powers up connected devices when utility power is restored after a shutdown.

Manageability

• Serial Connectivity: Manage and monitor your UPS via a serial port for straightforward control.
• Network Manageability: Most models offer remote power management over the network, with optional Network Management Cards (NMC) for advanced functionality.
• LED Status Indicators: Quickly assess unit and power status with clear, intuitive visual indicators.
• Intelligent Card Slot: Customize and expand UPS capabilities with optional management cards.
• InfraStruXure Manager Compatibility: Centralize management and monitoring through APC’s InfraStruXure Manager for streamlined operations.

Protection

• Cold-Start Capability: Provides temporary battery power during utility outages, even when starting from a complete power loss.
• Power Conditioning: Shields connected equipment from surges, spikes, lightning, and other power disturbances.
• Input Power Factor Correction: Reduces installation costs by allowing the use of smaller generators and cabling.
• Generator Compatibility: Ensures clean, uninterrupted power when operating with generator sources.
• Frequency and Voltage Regulation: Maintains application availability by correcting poor power conditions without draining the battery.
• Safety-Agency Approved: Meets or exceeds rigorous industry standards, ensuring safe and reliable operation.
• Resettable Circuit Breaker: Simplifies recovery from overloads without the need for fuse replacement.

Serviceability

• Predictive Failure Notification: Proactively identifies potential issues, enabling timely component replacement.
• Disconnected Battery Notification: Alerts you when a battery is not connected or unavailable for backup power.
• Automatic Self-Test: Regularly tests batteries to detect and notify you of replacements needed, ensuring reliability.
• User-Replaceable Batteries: Reduces downtime by allowing trained users to replace batteries, minimizing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
• Audible Alarms: Provides immediate alerts for changes in utility power or UPS status, ensuring prompt response.

Marketing Features

• Protect Your Investment: Safeguard critical IT equipment and data from costly power disruptions.
• Network-Grade Power Conditioning: Advanced surge and noise protection combined with double-conversion architecture ensures tight voltage regulation, frequency stability, and zero transfer time during power events.
• Remote Accessibility: Save time with easy remote management via serial, USB, or Ethernet connections. Includes PowerChute® Software for monitoring, safe OS shutdown, and energy management.
• Pure Sine Wave Output: Ideal for servers with active PFC power supplies, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
• Proven Reliability: Low operating and maintenance costs with intelligent battery management and automatic self-tests for consistent performance.
• Peace of Mind: Deploy with confidence—Smart-UPS is safety-agency tested, approved, and backed by APC’s industry-leading expertise.