In modern IT environments, automation isn’t just a luxury — it’s a necessity. Whether you're managing remote edge devices, critical network infrastructure, or sensitive lab equipment, downtime is costly and manual intervention is inefficient. The automation engine in SynLink SP and netBooter DX PDUs transforms your power infrastructure into an intelligent, self-healing system through a simple but powerful concept: Events and Actions.
This feature-rich logic system allows users to define conditional workflows that respond automatically to changing conditions — from environmental factors to connectivity failures — reducing downtime and human error.
Events: The Intelligent Triggers
Events are the conditions that the PDU monitors continuously. They act as the “sensors” of your infrastructure, ready to detect anomalies or critical thresholds and initiate the appropriate response.
Examples of supported event types include:
- Current Threshold Exceeded: Detect overloads or power anomalies on individual outlets or banks.
- Ping Timeout (AutoPing): Monitor IP devices for network connectivity. Automatically recover crashed devices via reboot cycles.
- Temperature/Humidity Threshold Breached: Integrate with environmental sensors to respond to overheating or humidity spikes.
- Scheduled Time Triggers: Automate power sequences during off-hours, lab resets, or test cycles.
- Dry Contact and Sensor Inputs: React to door opens, smoke detection, vibration sensors, and more.
- And much more
Each event is fully configurable. You can set thresholds, define delay durations to avoid reacting to transient blips, and customize hysteresis to fine-tune response sensitivity. This granularity enables sophisticated automations that are both reliable and precise.
Actions: The Automated Responses
Actions are the PDU’s way of “doing something” when an event occurs. They range from simple notifications to multi-step recovery procedures.
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Some common and powerful actions include:
- Power Control (On/Off/Reboot): Reset network equipment, power cycle test benches, or shut off devices drawing abnormal power.
- Email Notifications: Instantly alert administrators or technicians when a fault is detected — or when it’s been resolved.
- Webhook / HTTP Request: Integrate directly with third-party tools, dashboards, or automation platforms like Slack, PagerDuty, or a custom NOC application.
- SNMP Trap: Notify centralized SNMP monitoring platforms for broader visibility and alerting.
- Chained Actions: Trigger multiple actions in sequence — for example, reboot an outlet and send an email notification if AutoPing fails.
These actions can be assigned on a per-event basis, allowing fine-grained control over how your infrastructure responds under different conditions. Combined with scheduling, escalation logic, or delay timers, the result is an automation system that mirrors human-level intervention — but executes instantly.
Real-World Use Cases
Here’s how customers are using Events and Actions to reduce downtime and improve resilience:
- Edge Deployment Recovery: At a retail store or remote branch, if the local router loses connectivity, AutoPing triggers an automatic reboot and alerts IT — no need to dispatch a technician.
- Lab Testing Automation: In an engineering lab, scheduled triggers power-cycle devices for repeated testing overnight, saving hours of manual reset time.
- Server Room Protection: Environmental sensors detect rising temperatures, triggering an email alert and turning off non-essential equipment to reduce load.
- Compliance Reporting: SNMP traps and webhooks automatically document fault conditions and responses for audit logs or compliance systems.
Why It Matters
The automation features in SynLink SP and netBooter DX PDUs turn your PDU from a passive device into a proactive component of your infrastructure. By using Events and Actions, you can:
- Reduce Downtime through faster incident response.
- Cut Operational Costs by eliminating unnecessary site visits.
- Improve Reliability with proactive, rule-based behavior.
- Enhance Visibility by integrating alerts into your existing systems.
These capabilities are especially critical in distributed environments where access is limited and uptime is paramount.
Ready to Automate?
Whether you're managing a rack in a data center or thousands of edge devices, SynLink SP and netBooter DX PDUs give you the tools to automate with confidence.
📩 Contact us to learn how to deploy automation in your next project.
