The virtual Power Infrastructure Assessment is a free, remote review of your UPS and related power infrastructure using Schneider Electric’s cloud-based EcoStruxure IT Expert platform.

It focuses on uncovering issues that often stay hidden until they cause downtime or extra costs, including:

• Power inefficiencies that quietly increase your energy spend and carbon footprint.
• System vulnerabilities that could lead to costly outages if not addressed early.
• Underutilized capacity that, if optimized, can extend equipment life and help defer new capital expenditures.
• Security gaps in firmware and configurations that may expose your infrastructure to risk.
• Sustainability opportunities to improve metrics like PUE and better align with your environmental goals.

The assessment is vendor-agnostic, but to qualify, your UPS systems need to be networked with IP addresses so they can be monitored in real time.

EcoStruxure IT Expert is a cloud-based monitoring tool that gives you real-time visibility into your distributed IT and UPS infrastructure so you can fix problems before they affect your business.

Through the Power Infrastructure Assessment, it helps you:

• Reduce downtime risk: By identifying potential system vulnerabilities and reviewing active lifespan alarms, you can prioritize replacements and maintenance before failures occur. A dedicated UPS Downtime Assessment also helps quantify avoided and actual downtime events, so you can clearly see the impact of proper UPS management.
• Lower energy and operating costs: The UPS Load Assessment highlights underused or misallocated capacity, helping you optimize equipment placement and ensure future IT load capacity. The Sustainability Assessment measures PUE and power consumption to pinpoint energy-saving opportunities that reduce both costs and carbon footprint.
• Strengthen security: A Security Vulnerability Assessment identifies outdated firmware and vulnerable configurations so you can proactively improve your security posture.

By combining these targeted assessments, EcoStruxure IT Expert helps you rethink and reshape how you manage UPS health, capacity, security, and sustainability across your sites.

The Power Infrastructure Assessment is made up of several focused reviews that together give you a clearer picture of your UPS environment:

• UPS Health Assessment
  You receive a comprehensive health score for your UPS fleet, along with specific recommendations to improve performance and reliability. This helps you prioritize maintenance, replacements, and configuration changes.
• UPS Load Assessment
  This assessment looks at how your UPS units are loaded and identifies cost-saving opportunities by optimizing equipment placement and ensuring you have the right capacity for future IT loads. It can help extend equipment life and defer new capital investments.
• Security Vulnerability Assessment
  You get a review of firmware versions and configurations to spot vulnerabilities. The output is a set of actions to close security gaps and strengthen your overall security posture.
• Active Lifespan Alarms Assessment
  This focuses on critical active alarms and component lifecycles so you can prioritize replacements and prevent potential failures before they cause downtime.
• UPS Downtime Assessment
  This quantifies both avoided and actual downtime events, helping you demonstrate the value of proper UPS management and justify investments in maintenance or upgrades.
• Sustainability Assessment
  By measuring PUE and power consumption, this assessment highlights where you can reduce energy use, lower operating costs, and support your organization’s environmental goals.

To get started, you simply contact your dedicated sales representative, who will guide you through connecting your networked UPS systems and scheduling the virtual assessment.