Unifi PDU Professional Review!
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- In this video I take a look at the new Unifi PDU Professional. We see what comes in the box, get it installed and configured and then I let you know what I think about it and what is is missing
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Intro 0:00
Taking a closed look at the PDU Professional 0:36
Looking at the specs of the PDU Professional 1:55
Getting the PDU Professional installed in my network rack 3:55
Getting the PDU Professional adopted into the network controller 5:52
Looking at the settings of the PDU Professional 6:12
Final thoughts and what I would like to see on the PDU Professional 8:39 - Věda a technologie
They need to up the throughput on the ISP port to 10 gbps. It really should be the standard by now, I'm also disappointed this is not their standard for the UDM pro/se.
UDM Pro and UDM SE have 10 GB SFP ports, while it is not 10 GbE for $80 you can get a 10G SFP to Ethernet -- though unfortunately where I am, without paying $900+/month I cannot get a business connection that exceeds 1G... though I can get 8G residential for $150/mo -,-
@@DozIT I would kill for 8Gb connections. Hell, I'd kill for 1Gb connections.
Loved the special appearance from the cat...... I have this device. Waiting for my house to be built to install. Thank you for the video.
HA is pretty important. It should be on both the WAN ports and on the main power. One of my customers has tripple WAN and dual dedicated power circuits as well as dual UPSes. Their entire business depends on WAN as they have offside servers running web apps for every department in the company. They really don't want 70 people standing around unable to work if anything goes down.
Agreed
Looks good, thanks.
Good video and really great for SOHO environment. Anything more than a cabinet and ...ehhhh. i need those HA features at the very least to justify wide deployments. That said, that price point is extremly attractive so if you got a home lab/network or working at a SOHO type place than this is a great addition.
Cody, you should do an update video on this PDU, letting us know status of HA functionality. Plus, now that new UDM Pro MAX has HA properly working, where does this PDU stand?
Problematic is having powersupply & management controlled by the same vendor - if there is a glitch you totally loose control. Well done video, thanks!
thumbs up for cat supervisor
I already know this is fire 🔥
Hopefully it "literally" doesn't catch on fire. Ha ha!!!
Wish they would release this with iec connectors like most pdus
2:00 I've been using this since the beginning of the year. I found the modem reboot feature annoying. It rebooted 2 or 3 times a day needlessly disconnecting me from my work VPN and whatnot. I disabled it and never had any ISP issues.
Another informative video, thanks much! I currently use the SmartPower Plug to cycle my modem power when needed. I also have above 1Gbps internet so I'm using one of the SFP+ ports on my UDM Pro to connect to a 2.5Gbps ethernet port on my modem. If I didn't want to pass all of my internet traffic through the PDU Pro (down to 1Gbps), can it just be managed through the 100 Mbps port connected to my switch and leave my modem connected to the UDM Pro? Thanks again!
I don't find dual power cords really necessary, as if I'm springing for this, I'll likely have a UPS bypass switch in the rack as well.
There is a level where you'd want to be able to do maintenance on the bypass switch itself, but if uptime is that critical, you likely have entire redundant racks.
Question what ups do you have it plugged into that can support 1800w on one output ?
Sp many Unifi power options as of late. This could be handy but would need to be couples with some sort of battery back up. I am trying to decide my best power options. My setup is a UDMP -> 24port Enterprise -> Unifi 6 LR & Unifi Nano HD (soon to swap to a unifi 6 Enterprise). I also have my ISPs ONT I need to keep powered on. Power company is talking about starting rolling outages. Work says I need to burn PTO if that happens or find a solution. Work PC is a laptop so its already battery powered. I just need to figure out how to keep the network running for (8 hours?) during outages. Thoughts? (Johnny Danger, @jdngr here btw)
Mocha is learning how to become a network specialist like her daddy 😺
Can this be adopted by a self hosted controller? Or does it need a Unifi OS console?
How do you manually power cycle outlet(s) IF modem is down? Also, the "internet" activities indicator on PDU not showing any activities even after adoption?
Does the PDU Pro support PPPoE, for application where a modem isn't being used (i.e. the ISP interface on the back)?
I agree Cody with the features their missing but it’s a start
For sure can’t wait for the firmware update
@@MactelecomNetworks The three GbE RJ45 ports should be 2.5GbE RJ45 that is another change I think Ubiquiti should have included. In their installation guide they use UDM SE which have 2.5GbE RJ45 WAN ports.
@@grantwilcox330 I think in the documentation it says they are all 1Gbe but we can’t view the interfaces yet in the gui. Would be interesting if they were 2.5 but will have to wait and see
@@MactelecomNetworks Their all 1Gbe per the documents. I'm just saying that would of been nice to have in the for the Virtual Redundant LAN was that the ports be 2.5Gbe instead of 1.
@@grantwilcox330true
Can we use this for 220v devices? I am in the Philippines and we use 220v
If input is 220v,220v or 120v is output?Thanks
Quick question- can I plug this directly to my computer and not connect it to the internet? And then use the software(on the computer) to disable/enable ports?
Thank you for the review. Question about the PDU Pro. Can those rack ears be mounted on the back sides of the PDU, so it can be located at the back of the rack _inside_ the frame of the rack, so it doesn't extend out the back, or is there only one mounting point for the ears, forcing it to stick out the back of the rack?
Wouldn't be necessary if they hadn't foolishly made the sockets front facing.
What's "high a availability?"
Hopefully itll come to canada soon
True I forgot it wasn’t here
I wonder why they put all the power ports on the front and not the back. everything should be on the back except the network interfaces and screen. they can keep the ISP passthrough on the back to keep it cleaner. I also wonder why they have the VRR feature but only have one ISP uplink it should also be an SFP, kind of fixes one problem but not another, if redundancy and high availability then they need to think about FULL redundancy. UDM's also need to have a way to be active/active. typical misses by Ubiquiti especially the way they market this.
When this becomes available in the EU, I might buy one of these for the office and hook it up to my UPS. The UniFi devices are connected to the UPS right now, so they will go through the PDU instead.
I also have the redundant power supply hooked up to each of the UniFi devices. But this is not powered by the UPS. The idea is that if the UPS goes down, I'll have direct backup power into the devices. For this reason, I won't need the RPS connector on the PDU because that would not give me the two independent power lines into the devices.
To me, this is the proper way to use the RPS, so for now I have to disagree with you that this needs the RPS port. It's very rare that I disagree with something you say :) But I could just be fixed into my way of thinking and not consider other setups.
I really hope that the EU version will have standard C13/C14 plugs instead of household plugs. Sure, keep the four separate ones, but change the rest of them. Our plugs are also slightly bulkier, so maybe they're going to be forced to do this.
Do they do a United Kingdom version - 240V AC ?
A ping watchdog per outlet would be nice.
Can you plug this into a UPS some how?
UPS options on this unit for two way feedback from battery?
wonder if they'll put a UPS inside the next PDU...
I would really like to know what the PDU uses to determine if the modem has an internet connection and if it is configurable
Same here, plus I'd like to know for how long the connection needs to be down before it reboots. If it's a two second refusal to respond to ping vs a 2 minute total loss?
how long is the power cord?
Cool..
Have you tried the redundancy functions yet?
Does your front display indicate ports 22-24 as "Not Activated"? My PDU-Pro has no passthrough for internet, no mater what I try.
I am here for the cat
With pdu professional cancyou control outlet of a server thats plugged in?
Why does this need to plug in-between the WAN connection?
Unifi needs a proper qos system on the udm pro, it's very basic at the moment and there's no way to priorities file transfer over everything else as I require
I don't like the plugs on the front. The plugs should be on the back of the unit with the screen on the front, as most with racks owners will want to keep the front looking clean with the cabling. Just saying.
Do I have to have a Unifi type router or something? Or can I just use a self-hosted controller os?
I believe you need an ap with blue tooth
Doesn't look the power input in the rear (1:34) is a cable you can swap out for 240V. If the unit can deliver 15A at 120V, then a 240V circuit feeding it would only draw 7.5A. Anyone in the US using this on a 240V circuit?
Did you plug the PDU pro into a UPS or just the wall outlet?
Going into a cyber power ups
@@MactelecomNetworks Sweet, what's the model so I can check it out?
Looking to upgrade my 300W cyber power to something bigger.
@@MactelecomNetworksdo you use a ups that you can manage remotely like any APC with smart connect?
Makes using a UPS very difficult. Can't prioritize devices.
The website says "Requires a UniFi WiFi connection and a UniFi gateway." Why do I need Unifi Wifi, and what exactly is a UniFi gateway?
Would the high availability also work with a combination of the UDM Pro and SE?
That I’m unsure of as it’s not out yet but the SE and UDM os is suppose to be combined at some point so I don’t see why not
@@MactelecomNetworks That’s good to know, and thank you for the quick response I’m generally surprised,
I love the videos keep up the great work :D
@@MactelecomNetworkswe're half way there!
Weird that they are using non standard plugs and sticking with US home style plug not international so they have to make different hardware which is weird.
I would assume they will make an international one eventually
@@MactelecomNetworks I agree but so far out of my growing ubiquiti collection it feels as if most of thr gear works perfect in the USA and UK except power and the unifi talk.
Exactly my thoughts. A company working in the IT market should know C13 / C14 is the way to go. Would have also saved a lot of money for developing additional models with other national plug systems 👎
hey Cody this PDU pro can adopt on Hosted controller?
That is a good question I’ll give it a try this week
@@MactelecomNetworks Thanks nice review looking forward for HA feature.
Also UNVR pro stacking is out from EA release as GA can you make a proper video on it?
@@techtalkandtechunboxed I’m going to make a video on it for sure but need to get another unvr pro. Once they are in stock I will 100%
Is this available yet ?
It’s available in the USA store
When can I buy this?
Only available in the USA currently and I believe it’s sold out
does it have to be 2 Ses what about 1 udm pro
The firmware isn’t out yet so not 100% sure
Sadly no PDU Pro for EU as far as I see on eu store...
Unfortunately not I’m hoping they make one
Nice product, but really expensive :c
Well when you figure the cost of what other pdus go for the market... $700-$800 usd...
I figure this is a steal
you have like 200w of Network running? thats like $50 a month for what exactly?
In canada, that's not even 15CAD$, not 50$
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*$279 not $299
this devices were much more usefull if an UPS function with Lifepo Cells were included...... and with option to shut down any UDM or UVNR.
so what is that thing ? an UPS ? or just ac plugs ? what the battery capacity 😂! i don't get it !
It's not an UPS, there is no battery. It's just a "smart" power distribution unit.
@@juhohartikainen4408 a 200$ PSU ? i know inflation high right now but damn 😂
@@GpconnectInfohotspot for a managed/switched PDU with that much power delivery and that many ports, it's about 1/2 to 1/3 the price of average with those specs..
Only one power supply too much for most economical UPS Battery BUps!!
WTF having a 100Mbit port for ISP?
So if you have a faster Internet connection than 100Mbit you cant use that function?
Most companys have more than 100Mbit and many homeusers aswell. That was pretty stupid decision.
That HA implementation feels really poorly made design. Why would one want a single point of failure for such critical place if it's for HA.
Shame it is for US only...
First
and just like pretty much 75%+ of unifi products.... Sold Out. 😒