EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
WHAT ARE DATA CENTRE LEADERS ’ PRIORITIES IN THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF NEW FACILITIES ?
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their facilities .
Data centre leaders ’ priorities have changed somewhat over recent years , particularly when it comes to the design and construction of
Panduit is an example of an organisation which is keeping up with ever-changing design and construction requirements of a data centre as it launches its new
THE SMARTZONE G5 SECURITY HANDLE FOR ITE CABINETS IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE MOST RIGOROUS SECURITY CHALLENGES , BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL , IN TODAY ’ S DATA CENTRE ENVIRONMENTS . innovative product to better protect facilities . The SmartZone G5 Security Handle for ITE cabinets is designed to meet the most rigorous security challenges , both physical and digital , in today ’ s data centre environments . The multi-functional smart handle offers multiple configurations with and without a keypad to compliment users ’ operational requirements . The integrated keypad version enables dual authentication by allowing for a card swipe and pin-code combination to access the cabinet .
The G5 Security handle seamlessly mates with most data centre cabinets and has the capability to read both low frequency ( 125kHz ) and high frequency ( 13.5MHz ) cards . The handle has been designed to be current and future compliant with regulations required within this environment and is also GDPR ready , HIPAA ready and PCI-DSS ready to ensure that this design meets data centres and users ’ cabinet security needs .
It can support 200 authorised users and features an integral humidity sensor allowing humidity sensing to be optimally placed near the centre of the cabinet . The Status LED provides visual indication of the handle and security status . The Beacon LED is a visual indicator to provide status of the health of the cabinet at-a-glance . The beacon will flash yellow when the cabinet is in a minor alarm or flash red when the cabinet has a critical
THE HANDLE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE CURRENT AND FUTURE COMPLIANT WITH REGULATIONS REQUIRED WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT .
alarm . Users can use the beacon ’ s locate function to flash the beacon a defined colour to easily locate the cabinet when in a long run of cabinets .
The G5 Security handle offers an integrated humidity sensor and specially designed environmental and door sensors . This allows data capture and consolidation which is utilised for real-time monitoring management and automated documentation .
The SmartZone G5 Security Handle connects directly to Panduit G5 iPDU and transmits real time information enabling control and management of cabinet access either directly through the on-board web interface or via SmartZone Cloud Software . www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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