Monitoring APC AP7900 switched PDU with Prometheus and Grafana
The APC AP7900 is a 1U single phase PDU with 8 switchable outlets and a network interface. It’s been EoL’d and can be had for less than 20% of it’s original price on eBay. The network interface is so underpowered tha it can’t support any modern cryptographic ciphers.
So with that, here’s a revised copy of my notes from the process of getting the device reset, updated and monitored.
The Hardware Unfortunately, there’s no “reset everything to defaults” button or button sequence on the PDU.