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L-3 Communications
"...I was faced with a delivery dilemma... and their engineers bent over backwards to help me out. They worked out all of the power problems with me on the phone... My deadline was met, on time and on budget, thanks to Falcon Electric."

Richard L. Guion, Senior Systems Analyst

Allis-Chalmers Energy
"(Falcon's) UPSs take quite a beating; however, they work flawlessly—unlike other electronic equipment that can't operate in harsh environments."

Brad Guidry, Assistant Store Manager & Safety Coordinator

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Falcon Electric, Inc. has provided power protection solutions to Fortune 500 companies for nearly two decades. Our customers include Ford Motor Company, Lucent Technologies and Sprint, to mention a few. Under private label, Falcon Electric has supplied Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) products under private label to other large UPS manufacturers. Through the years, our award-winning UPS products have established a reputation for innovation, reliability and performance. Our level of customer service and engineering support is unsurpassed.
For today’s corporations, data reliability is not only a necessity but a federal mandate. Federal and state laws now encompass corporate data source protections for:

  • contracts, trade secrets and federal intellectual property
  • medical, legal, and employee records
  • computer intrusion prevention, detection and protection

All corporate volatile data in these areas must be stored, backed up and retained on non-volatile media for years.

Your staff tells you they have it covered.

Will the critical data being entered through every one of your workstations this instant make it to the security of your servers’ hard drive in the event of a localized power blackout?

This is not a simple question to answer and it would have to be answered “no” unless every workstation, DSL, Fiber, T1 & T3 line equipment, file-server, network hub, switch and router are backed up by a functional UPS power supply equipped with good batteries. Every powered device from the workstation through the LAN, WAN or enterprise network, including the destination file server must be backed up to even begin to claim a reasonable attempt was made to assure the data was secure.

You have asked the question and your staff now tells you they may not have it covered. What steps should be taken?

  1. Conduct a survey of every key workstation, LAN/WAN device and file server located in the data path and determine the best method of providing backup to each device. In the majority of cases, individual UPS units may be incorporated. In the case of larger installations--such as data centers, server farms, main-frames—motor generators and UPS systems capable of supporting the entire facility may be required.

  2. Conduct a power quality survey at all key or critical locations to determine what types of power quality problems exist.  For example, some portions of the country have major lightning problems requiring extra Transient Voltage Surge Suppression (TVSS) devices to be installed throughout the facility. The facility may house heavy manufacturing equipment that may be a source of localized power pollution that can be very disruptive to computer systems or sensitive laboratory equipment located in the same facility.

  3. In locations where equipment or servers must remain operational on a continuous basis and absolutely cannot be without power, true redundant N+1 capable UPS units or Maintenance Bypass Switches (MBS) must be installed. Larger operations may consider the installation of multiple utility power feeds from separate generating stations.

  4. Whenever possible select a high quality on-line topology UPS system and avoid the low-cost off-line UPS. The on-line UPS protects against the widest spectrum of power problems. (Read the Falcon Electric UPS tutorial describing the various UPS design topologies). It offers the ability to deliver clean power and extended battery operating time of up to several hours through the connection of optional extended battery banks.
     
  5. Due to the large number of UPS units that may have to be installed, network-based centralized UPS management must be employed. This will allow for the monitoring and management of every UPS to be carried out from one location. UPS units must first be selected that support the addition of an Ethernet connected, TCP-IP addressable SNMP/HTTP Agent board or device. It is recommended to select the products from one UPS manufacturer as the management protocols and features may differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.

  6. Initiate a comprehensive UPS maintenance and battery replacement program. Typically UPS systems require battery and fan replacement every 3-5 years.  It’s a good idea to replace the battery every 3 years.  For critical applications, test the batteries and inspect the UPS and fans every 6 months. 

Falcon Electric offers several families of true on-line Uninterruptible Power Supplies designed to meet the specialized demands and high reliability requirements of the large corporation. The following is a brief overview of some of our product families.

SSG® and SSG-RP™ UPS: Industrial-Grade UPS Products

SSG UPS: 1.5 to 3kVA
-20° to 55°C: Wide Temperature

Falcon's wide thermal design of the SSG Series Industrial-Grade UPS assures reliable operation over an impressive -20°C to +55°C temperature range. All models carry UL, cUL Listings and CE Certification for use over the same temperature range. Hot-swap batteries are located in thermally insulated, slide- out packs for easy replacement. The batteries feature a service life of 4 years when operating at 50°C and up to 12 years operating at room temperature. In a high temperature industrial environment, office-grade UPS batteries typically last only 8 months operating at 50°C requiring costly replacement and frequent maintenance.

SSG-RP UPS: 1 to 3kVA
-30° to 65°C: Ultra-wide Temperature

Falcon has selected components and optimized the cooling to create the SSG-RP Ultra-Wide Temperature UPS.  This on-line dual-conversion UPS family operates in ultra- wide temperature environments of -30°C to 65°C (-22°F to 149°F). The batteries used inside the UPS were specifically selected due to their wide operational temperature range of -40°C to 80°C (-40°F to 176°F), far in excess of the maximum 65°C UPS specification.

The SSG-RP Series also features a dual communication option for communicating with both web-based and simple-signaling methods simultaneously.

FN UPS Series: Parallel Output or N+1 Redundant Operation

The Falcon FN Series™ Parallelable and N+1 Redundant UPS family offers the same superior level of On-line UPS protection and the ability to connect the hardwire outputs of up to four units together in parallel. The models are offered in 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10kVA models. Rackmount models are also available.

Four 10kVA units connected in parallel deliver 40kVA of power. The same four 10kVA UPS units configured for N+1 operation would provide 30kVA of power with the added advantage of supporting applications that demand 24/7 uptime. In the event that one of the four UPS units detects that it requires servicing, it automatically disconnects itself from the output bus and sounds an audible alarm.  It is then a simple matter of disconnecting and removing the UPS while the remaining three UPS units continue to provide protection to the connected equipment. To eliminate the need to power down any of the UPS units requiring a battery replacement, battery packs are simply removed through the front panel of the individual UPS units. The addition of optional extended battery banks, chargers, REPO, SNMP/HTTP, USB and contact closure interface cards are supported.

Supports Centralized UPS Monitoring and Management

All Falcon SSG and FN UPS models support adding an optional USHA SNMP/HTTP Agent communications. In large industrial environments, tens to hundreds of UPS units may be distributed throughout a facility or in facilities located worldwide. Localized monitoring and management of these UPS units is too costly. Our SNMP/HTTP Agent board provides an Ethernet based TCP-IP IPv4 and IPv6 addressable solutions to the problem.  The board provides a secure method of UPS monitoring and management from one centralized location. Security includes SNMPv3 encryption, RADIUS sever support and communication port reassignment.

Client software is supplied with an unlimited license.  The software facilitates the shutdown of multiple workstations and servers via the network. The user has the option of using Network Management Software (NMS) SolarWinds™ or most web browsers like Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox as an interface. Trap addresses may be programmed into the agent facilitating the automatic notification of a centralized workstation in the event of a UPS event.

These agents also support remote switch contact, temperature, humidity and water detection monitoring, as well as 802.11 and GPRS wireless connectivity.

 
 

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