Chatsworth Products CPI Power Management Tool - Manual (Page 12)

Power Management Tool Manual March 2014
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SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
The CPI Power Management Tool software is a Microsoft Windows based application
that monitors and tracks power usage and temperature in each equipment rack or
cabinet in your computer room or data center.
CPI Power Management Tool is powered by Intel
® DCM: Energy Director and is
compatible with CPI eConnect ® PDUs or similar networked PDUs that support network
monitoring via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and select servers
that have an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) connection. See
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technical-
specifications/intel-node-manager-ready-servers.pdf for a list of supported devices.
Power Management Tool collects power and temperature measurements from the PDUs
and servers and presents trends at the device, rack, row and room level. Power
Management Tool simplifies capacity planning by identifying available rack-mount
spaces in racks and cabinets and available power based on user defined limits. When
monitoring servers that have an IPMI connection, Power Management Tool provides the
additional features of basic energy optimization reporting and policy based power
management.
Power Management Tool Software Features:
• Automates cabinet-level power usage and temperature monitoring for rack-mount
equipment
• Aggregates power usage and temperature measurements from networked eConnect
PDUs or directly from select servers with an IPMI connection
• Access information through a simple, intuitive web-based interface
• Equipment hierarchy mapping from Data Center level to rack-mount space (U)
• Shows the physical location of rack-mount equipment in a rack elevation
• Plots power and temperature trends for each device, rack/cabinet, row and room
• Indicates power and temperature issues based on user defined thresholds and
events
• Displays remaining power capacity and rack-mount space (U)
• Grouping capability of servers for power monitoring
• Policy based power management for select servers that have an IPMI connection