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7 optimizing server power consumption and cooling, Power management overview, Launching power management features – HP Insight Control User Manual

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7 Optimizing server power consumption and cooling

This chapter provides an overview of Insight Control power management features to manage server power
consumption.

Power management overview

Insight Control power management is an integrated power monitoring and management application that
provides centralized monitoring and control of data center power consumption and thermal output.

Power management features enable you to increase the capacity of your data center by reducing power
and cooling requirements of servers to an amount that reflects the workload of the servers.

Table 7-1 “Launching power management features”

lists the power management features and how to access

them.

Launching power management features

Table 7-1 Launching power management features

Description

From the CMS management console GUI

Provides access to all power management capabilities though a single console
view. Enables you to view power and thermal capacity and consumption
summaries for all systems with drill-down to detailed historical reports and power
capacity settings.

Tools

Integrated ConsolesPower

Management...

Enables the definition and execution of pre-defined responses when the power
and cooling capacity of the data center is interrupted or reduced.

Tools

Data Center Power Control...

Provides the following options:

Power Usage Controls...

configures power regulator and power capping

on supported servers.

Configure Alerts...

enables you to configure power threshold alerts for one

or more servers.

Configure

Power Management

Offers the following report options:

Display Power/Thermal data...

enables you to display power utilization

of selected servers, enclosures, power delivery devices, and racks.

Export Report...

enables you to generate or schedule a report with power

and thermal data for a given time interval for selected systems.

Reports

Power Management

Enables you to set user-defined power management collection and reporting
options.

Options

Power Management...

Obtaining power management documentation

See the

HP Insight Control Power Management User Guide for more information about configuring power

management features according to your data center requirements.

Insight Control documentation is available at the following website:

http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs

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