Server Technology (STI) is implementing zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) from Opengear into its PRO1 and PRO2 power distribution units (PDUs) for data centers.
As enterprises increasingly need to quickly deploy and manage large quantities of units in order to serve growing network infrastructure requirements, the automation, orchestration and intuitive self-correcting network capabilities that ZPT technology provides help meet this critical IT demand. Modern data centers contain thousands of devices that must each be properly provisioned and configured. However, most PDU solutions still require one-at-a-time configuration by a network engineer using a command line interface, completing what has traditionally been a slow, manual, and often error-prone process.
Opengear’s ZTP technology offers automation and the ability to deploy devices rapidly through a streamlined, hands-off process.
Opengear will assist in the architecture development and initial ZTP testing for Server Technology’s enhanced PDU deployment and automation. Opengear will also provide its console server, management LAN and 16GB firmware image storage. Opengear’s technology also acts as Server Technology’s cellular gateway into the data center, allowing enterprise and hyper-scale customers to perform zero touch provisioning without any need for circuit provisioning or POTS line installation.
“The original catalyst for implementing Opengear-powered ZTP into our PDU solutions came from a large customer who was very familiar with how Opengear had successfully brought ZTP into the console server space,” said John Fauteux, global vice president of sales and marketing at Server Technology. “It made sense to connect this technology to PDUs, and we’re excited to demonstrate the results of partnering with Opengear by bringing its best-of-class ZTP implementation to PDUs.”
“Zero Touch Provisioning is a hugely beneficial technology, reducing deployment times and costs, minimizing errors, sparing technicians from inefficient work, and allowing for hyperscale deployments that are challenging to achieve otherwise,” added Todd Rychecky, vice president of sales for the Americas at Opengear. “We’re proud of our partnership with Server Technology, and glad to play this key role in introducing ZTP technology to the PDU industry.”
