Schneider Electric IT business launches Smart-UPS VT
Schneider Electric IT Business India has launched the 3-Phase Smart UPS VT with hot swappable batteries for small and medium businesses in India. The Smart-UPS VT features a three-phase power protection unit and is designed keeping Indian usage conditions in mind. Conventional battery solution is generally identified as the single largest reason for UPS failures. The hot swappable battery modules aim to replace this through monitoring and design improvements. The product is aimed at the small data centres, server rooms and network closets in India with a focus on retail, BFSI, IT/ITES, and media
Small and medium businesses are often plagued by poor server room installations due to lack of specialised IT resources within the company resulting in frequent system downtimes due to technical glitches, low efficiency and poor run time of server room infrastructure. There are also frequent power cuts. The hot swappable batteries can be easily substituted without interrupting the load, thus allowing smooth working conditions. The swappable power module comes with a unique slide in/out concept that makes it easy to replace the entire module. The UPS also ensures highest efficiency of 96 per cent at a 100 per cent load and reduces total cost of ownership by 40 per cent over 5 years. With a battery life of 3 to 5 years, it is ideal for small and medium businesses
According to Bhagwati Prasad, Head Business Development, 3 Phase Power and Racks, APJ, Schneider Electric IT Business, “The Smart-UPS VT is our unique offering for the SMB sector which requires highly efficient, premium, best-in-class performance of IT applications. It provides users with remote management options by being connected directly to the network and enabling IT and facility managers to meet service level objectives. It also allows energy cost saving up to 40-45 per cent, allowing IT managers to optimise performance and reduce operating cost. The Smart-UPS VT will give us the opportunity to capture the market for three-phase unit within the SMB space”
The hot swappable battery modules are individually monitored to increase the life of the batteries. Its other features are:• Reliable with double conversion online topology for zero transfer time• Perfect regulation flexible, allowing customers to scale up the capacity of the UPS as needed• Agile, fully pre-assembled and tested, hence speeding up deployment time• Adaptable, additional internal hot swappable battery capacity for longer runtimes.
Besides these, it also has features like:• Compact size with sleek design well integrated in IT environment • Maintenance bypass switch that is accessible from front as well for ease of service• Dual inputs and outputs allowing connection to two separate power inputs for increased availability• Soft generator walk-in that allows use of a smaller generator (1.5 x UPS kVA rating), 10sec walk-in• Optional and auxiliary benefits like wall-mount bypass panel, external battery enclosure, conduit box to ensure easy and safe connection of input cables• Consistent user interface across all APC UPS, Cooling and environmental monitoring products for ease of use • LCD display with backlight for high visibility that show all status and control information• Status light for instant overview that indicates current system status, warnings and alarms independent of LCD display.
The Smart-UPS VT also provides service level commitments such as factory trained technician to be at their doorstep in a minimum of 4 hours and maximum of next business day in case of any performance issue. It also comes with a 1 year warranty and is available with its leading dealers across all outlets.
