Dell PowerEdge T620 Specifications
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1. Xeon processor E5 family presented in this document In this reference architecture we used Dell PowerEdge R Series Servers with Intel Node Manager and Dell ODenManage Power Center which uses Intel Data Center Manager Intel DCM to provide data center energy efficiency through real time power monitoring of the servers power capping and policy based energy management We describe the following energy management use cases in detail along with experimental results and data 1 Real time Server Energy Usage Monitoring Reporting and Analysis to get continuous and actual energy usage visibility via agentless monitoring of the servers along with other devices and systems in the enterprise network data center and facilities The actionable reporting and analysis with real time power monitoring enables reduction in energy cost and carbon emissions 2 Power Guard Rail and Optimization of Rack Density by imposing power guard to prevent server power consumption from straying beyond a preset limit The deterministic power limit and server power consumption ceiling helps maximize server count per rack and therefore return of investment of capital expenditure per available rack power when the rack Is under power budget with negligible or no per server performance impact 3 Disaster Recovery Business Continuity by applying significantly lower power caps to reduce power consumption and heat generation when unforesee2. a In our example http idrac 3m5l6s1 fm intel com will open the Web service on the host and allow you to login b Use the default username and password described above 2 After logging in you can see the license model that you have on your IDRAC at the top of the screen as Shown below Note that Express is Shown in the top center of the screen If you click to Server Licenses you can select your iDRAC Device Option to Import a new license file Note that if you select Learn More a browser window will take you to the Dell Website to instruct you further on licensing models and how to upgrade to an Enterprise license if you haven t already purchased the upgrade Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center 3 During your license key import which is matched to your system tag the iDRAC will setup the license and convert the iIDRAC usage to Enterprise Mode as shown in the below figure Status Device Device Description Device Optons DRAC ok Device Description IDRAC7 Device ID WSLS I Dewce IDRAC UeikSM4RvxXftikoSyxGk2035 ok De scripton IDRACT Enterprise License Enttement ID UeikSM4RvankooynGi2D35 Expiration BAA License Type Perpetual License Options Select The iDRAC7 is now setup with an Enterprise license to monitor and manage power for the next steps in the Power Center installation Dell OpenManage Power Center Installation amp Configuration This section will document the
3. Energy Consumption set to your local electricity provider billing rate and the cooling multiplier should be set to 1 5 a In our example the billing rate is set to 0 12 kwh USD 5 SNMP traps set to NO 6 Database Policy leave as default 7 Installation Settings Database and Kerberos Realm leave as default PWN gt Find Devices This section will show how to scan for iDRAC6 IDRAC7 controllers to quickly add them into Power Center this saves time in deployment and also removes the human error factor in asset control and system data collection There are some basic steps to add devices into Power Center Use the discovery page in Power Center to add devices for power monitoring and control Configure the search criteria used to scan for the devices that you want to discover The end result is a conclusive list of devices found on the Device List page 1 Click on the Find Devices link to open the next level of menus as shown in below Oo Seiect one oe more ranges for ihe note ot ath Be fei conten he Pa ceed in ie eal ree Oncowery Traka Tis Ad P Gorge F mi 2 Select the Add IP Range button this will open a new window 3 This new window will allow you to enter in the IP range that you want to scan to find your iIDRAC6 iIDRAC7 devices Enter in the appropriate IP range for your systems and click the Apply button as shown below Rae Tyagi z Piara ira Mets ork Nak eee os Rs Cs ne od oo Ade ieee L
4. From here you can create sub groups based around rooms aisles racks and chassis To start your physical group creation at the data denter level follow the steps below 1 Inthe next few windows you will select Add New Create or Manage Groups Physical Groups Data totes D Ad tes SpecT AGI Meve to populate 2 This will pop up a new window to add details for your new data center implementation add your data center name and description as they pertain to your scenario Add NEw ADC AE DATA CENTER Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center Now you have successfully created the first physical group in Power Center this is the highest level physical entity to monitor and manage power and temperature for all other systems below this level Creating a Room Aisle and Rack inside your Data Center The next logical step is to break down the physical data center into more logical components and depending on your data center layout the configurations here can be as simple or as expansive as you need For the test bed scenario we re going to create a simple room 1 Click ON Rows Add New to enter new Room Name and Description VASLLAR ROOM CONTENTS Tac d irj Pie Geos ta A ren 2 Once the Room is created click ON ares add New to enter a new Aisle Name and Description VAS ORTH ROOM AISLE CONTENTS ap Lee Pe Cupar ale bution fo create pce erp aie Tavia Add hie Aai W Ei E Doizis Mere h
5. this dynamic power cap is installed into the server s firmware and will remain until you change or remove the policy Check the POWER DETAILS tab for this system and see how the systems are limited to 80 percent of their maximum power THRESHOLDS usage RACK EVENTS DASHBOARD POWER DETAILS TENPERATURE DETAILS POLICES POWER DETAILS Pro 1M 3M if 10 1 Ww 15 Mn TES a 1742 OOO 44 Average o femur p Linas Critic a Criza BE Pon er Pokey Warming warning Rack 12 50 Power Gap Hele Lee Y AD Oe eee Pow er Conunpion Pow a Capacity Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Let s review the power scaling in building a rack full of these Dell PowerEdge R72Oxd Servers Each server has twin 750W Power Supplies and if we were using the nameplate value of these systems to deploy into a rack we would simply take the rack power capability of 6kW and divide by 750W to get the number of servers we could put into the rack That equates to only 8 servers We also know from measuring the power data directly from the server using Intel LIZW Reserve Capacity j J Nameplate PLOW per Serwer G tinerii pee GL Citi b i T F Li b i i i i T r i f a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee N eeror E A E ee ee ees eee E E ArT tii T TI CIEI CI I Lr CICI ia AT iT Enr Node Manager in conjunction with the Dell iDRAC7 with Power Center that each system shows a maximum
6. Center console via two different methods a Click on the application icon Start Dell OpenManage Power Center OpenManage Power Center Console b Connect to the Web address in your browser at https lt servername gt 8643 powercenter lips Leep Pees ieee Fes beer beer 5 fy ho am Bj Ce eee seed i hel be iuar ed ee ts ees Ey E eeri w 3 Use the username and password that were used during your setup in Step number 1 above to login to Power Center a You are now presented with the Getting Started screen and we will review the Initial Steps shown below to ensure data collection is optimal for use case testing using the test environment Getting Started GETTING STARTED Viei map be Cie eiia lins r Cee Pee fli Cosine ie edie ee up i ee ee eee Lee Eire Yea Liar ee aes Lie lat pare ee ee eee Lie ie Pr rll eee ie eg Lees Boe i Coma a dahi parini p mp ee i es ee ee Ei Lgi Gece ef ne eee od i ee el Lees iire Le ee ee a i ee a eee ed ee eee da m pee Lee Mice Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Global Configuration On the Initial Steps section click into the Global Configuration link and verify the following settings Power Center Monitoring all devices measuring power and temperature in one minute intervals Default Units match the local temperature and currency for your region Protocol Type Device Timeout IPMI and SNMP set to 3 seconds and WS MAN set to 60 seconds
7. Enterprise data center efficiency has become a central focal point for many industry leaders and all facets of the data center are being scrutinized for efficiency modeling Components across the data center infrastructure are becoming more power efficient and offering data collection points to give administrators more control of their enterprise environments Power and Thermal data collection of an aggregated group of servers can give data center managers the ability to use this aggregated information to formulate new methods to optimize power usage in the data center while ensuring power levels are met on a real time basis Enterprise computing is very demanding and is increasing rack density to new levels Power and thermal monitoring and control are gaining more importance with each new system that is focused on delivering the best performance per watt per workload Companies are consistently focusing on lowering TCO while still meeting customer demands for increased capability to run more workloads in the data center The benefit of tuning your workloads to your data center capabilities allows for a solid delivery of services while ensuring the infrastructure is utilized in the most efficient manner Traditionally data centers were using nameplate values for their servers to gauge how many systems could fit within a rack or circuit but with the ability to poll data from systems in real time a data center manager can monitor
8. OpenManage Power Center Ver 1 0 Server 1 Dell PowerEdge R720xd 2 way Intel Xeon processor 5 2660 2 2GHz with 64GB RAM 8 x 300GB SAS HDD with Dual 750W PSU Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 64 bit Server 2 Dell PowerEdge R720xd 2 way Intel Xeon processor E 5 2660 2 2GHz with 64GB RAM 8 x 300GB SAS HDD with Dual 750W PSU Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 64 bit Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Physical Architecture Figure 3 shows the test bed deployment architecture Dell OpenManage Power Center is installed on a virtual machine and the local DNS DHCP and Active Directory services are provided by the lab subnet on which the systems reside The two physical Dell PowerEdge R720 servers are used for case testing with Dell OpenManage Power Center These systems have Intel Node Manager technology implemented and management communications to the platform occurs over the iIDRAC7 data port which has been upgraded to the IDRAC7 Enterprise license model Dell OpenManage Power Center connects to the systems out of band over the network to monitor and collect host information power and thermal data and other important asset information to differentiate the data in the Dell OpenManage Power Center database This data will be used to monitor and manage power consumption Virtual Machine 4 vCPU 468 RAM 60GB Hard Disk Windows 2008 Re x64 Local Site Services DNS DHCP AD Dell O
9. months that the grid needs to go on cycled brownout or blackout cycles to Save enough energy to avoid putting the public service provider s equipment into unsafe operating levels When the service provider sends out alerts to these issues there is a quick policy that can be placed on any group of systems in the data center In Dell Power Center it is called the Emergency Power Reduction EPR Policy Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center A second scenario involves a cooling failure in the data center Since we have placed temperature thresholds in the data center if the temperature hits the warning or critical threshold limits an alert is generated When alerted the data center administrator can investigate the area that is impacted by the thermal event The administrator can evaluate the issue and if deemed necessary the administrator can put the device or entity into EPR mode This will limit the power consumption to its lowest levels per system under EPR and thereby reduce the thermal output of the system as well which reduces the thermal load into the room Once the temperature comes back into normal operating temperatures the administrator can lift the EPR policy and the systems will return to normal operating cycles This policy gives a method to dramatically reduce a system s power to the lowest possible energy state while still performing workloads Please note that EPR will most likely im
10. more details on acquiring an Enterprise iIDRAC7 license visit http support dell com support edocs software smdrac3 idrac Glossary Intel Node Manager Intel Node Manager is a server based technology that resides on Intel Xeon processor 5500 5600 E3 E5 series based platforms It provides power and temperature monitoring and policy based power management capabilities on an individual server These capabilities are exposed over IPMI through the Baseboard Management Controller BMC for out of band access The newer Intel Xeon processor E5 family platforms give more granular power monitoring by providing visibility at the platform power level as well as CPU and memory power domains A PMBus 1 1 or 1 2 power Supply is required for the appropriate instrumentation readings for power on all Intel Node Manager platforms Intel Data Center Manager Intel DCM Intel DCM is an SDK developed by Intel to assist third party application developers to create software that can manage Intel Node Manager platforms in scaled deployment Users benefit from this application by monitoring groups of servers and managing the power to increase rack density reduce TCO and operational expenses Dell OpenManage Power Center OpenManage Power Center Dell PowerEdge servers have Intel Node Manager embedded into their platform and have utilized the knowledge from Intel DCM to develop Dell OpenManage Power Center to con
11. must select a server or group of servers to place your power policy In this instance we will set a static power policy on the R720 3M system Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center The screen shows that you can name the policy and that the power cap can be between 136W and 489W these numbers are derived each time the Dell PowerEdge Server reboots and tests the power limits of the platform These numbers can change if you replace components or upgrade memory hard drives or other components within the server chassis Create New Policy Set Power Cap Sot Power Lap Piire The pode y SOV Bey er Coen Manat ania fhe pon eol fe ove Rrcommiended Kanpe Fow cap should be between TJS W and tiy WW Pow et aang ea i Leble are for a feed tere p Prewicart dary In this scenario we will set the power cap to be 300W which is 61 percent of the range that can be consumed by the server This power cap is quite low but is showcased to simulate the power capping technology on the Dell PowerEdge Server using Intel Node Manager technology When you click Next keep the default settings Then click Next again you will see the summary page with the system details set Power Cap Choose Schedule Summary O The ime range utes a 24 hour bme format Enity Name Pokey Mene Type Pow er Cap Cate Farga Time Range Days ir ac Sera 1 imine com SOW Pow er Cap Sialic TH W Forever Al Day Evari Intel Cloud Builders Guide Del
12. power can be related to but are not limited to these examples Rack density suffers from poor server placement and no real monitoring is available Unpredictable power bills due to no central monitoring capability The energy provider supplies a bill but there is no breakdown from the overall power Brownout or blackout issues cause loss of workloads If power could be mitigated to reduce load then the work could be sustained to ride through the outage Stranded power from over subscribing servers in racks to play it safe and ensure power limits aren t exceeded All of these issues and more can be addressed by installing OpenManage Power Center along with Dell PowerEdge systems that utilize Intel Node Manager Technology Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell s latest generation of PowerEdge servers offer the most advanced Dell server innovations to give you more power and the tools to harness it Dell s second generation embedded systems management deploys updates monitors and maintains the entire server lifecycle through truly agent free management This allows customers to process more data support more applications reduce infrastructure complexity and increase efficiencies without increasing bottom line costs To stay innovative IT managers must quickly adapt to the changing demands of customers or constituents And making sure IT infrastructure keeps pace can be a daunting task Thankfully wit
13. power limit of 489W So we do the math again this time the same rack power of 6kW divided by 489W to get the number of servers that we could put into the rack Now we can putin 12 servers In this power capped scenario we have 782W per two servers which breaks down to 391W per system Just a reminder this is a test bed scenario and you will have to 135W Reserve Capacity pOymame Cap 191W per Server 1 ib derven per BhA Cret A test your own configuration to ensure the workloads are not impacted We run the numbers again with the 6kW rack power and divide by 391W per server We can now squeeze 15 servers into the Same rack where we could originally only put 8 servers Figure 4 Rack Density Increase using Nameplate De rated and Dynamic Capped Power 34 Use Case Three Surviving Power and Thermal Demands in the Data Center Occasionally there are issues that occur in the data center that are beyond IT manager s control and even customers who have fully redundant power and cooling still have minor hiccups in service from time to time Using the Dell PowerEdge Servers with Intel Node Manager technology gives you the Capability to set policies on the systems to mitigate issues of power and data center temperature and react to those policies within moments Emergency Power Reduction One scenario involves power demands on the public service provider energy grid Demand sometimes gets so high in Summer
14. the actual usage and set a de rated power limit on those systems which can allow for more server density per circuit Using de rated power numbers for data center planning versus the nameplate power can increase rack density by 40 percent Dell PowerEdge R series servers are instrumented for real time monitoring using Intel Node Manager and they are managed using Dell OpenManage Power Center on a regular basis to ensure the rack power is kept within boundaries and alerts the system admin if power abatement is required to sustain the system service level agreements Server Power Management Even though servers have become much more efficient packaging densities and power have increased much faster As a result power and its associated thermal characteristics have become the dominant components of operational costs Power and thermal challenges in data centers include Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center Increased total operational costs due to increased power and cooling demands Physical limitations of cooling and power within individual servers racks and data center facilities Lack of visibility into actual real time power consumption of servers and racks Complexity of management components and sub systems from multiple vendors with incompatible interfaces and management applications These challenges in managing data centers can be translated into the following requirements Po
15. this is the hard limit for power in the rack and should not be exceeded THEE Sho D4 1 1 1 W af tal Dea fill POs 1456 Aer epee o fob ares The power and temperature thresholds are also visualized for the entire rack on the graph With only two servers in our circuit it can be observed that there is plenty of power available for system growth in this rack Temperature Details Clicking into the TEMPERATURE DETAILS tab allows you to trend the inlet thermal temperature over time This data is very helpful in recognizing if there is a cooling failure in the data center It can also be used to determine if you have too much or too little cooling in certain segments of your data center This measurement EVENT POWER DETALS RAGE DASHBOARD TEMPERATURE DETAILS E piga 1h iin iff 16 ial nh a Simi o Tiie Ler ABW MRESHAL Crib a _ _ Varreng BAL CA THH E Drin asi p ALE 0LpAFOi 1354 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center can help you to balance your cooling across the room to alleviate over spending on cooling Similar to the power measurements there are Average Minimum and Maximum inlet temperature measurements Note the temperature thresholds displayed in the graph the average TEMPERATURE ETAN E a a a a a a id ti RF OPO 1H and maximum temperatures shown in this test bed are balanced between the thresholds of too hot an
16. E Intel Cloud Builders Guide l n te Intel Xeon Processor based Servers Dell OpenManage Power Center Intel Cloud Builders Guide to Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel Platforms Dell OpenManage Power Center AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE int D inside This reference architecture outlines the usage of energy management and thermal Pr technologies as part of planning provisioning and optimizing strategies in enterprise D ee e l Ea and cloud data centers to reduce energy cost and address constrained power situations Xeon It is intended for data center administrators and enterprise IT professionals who seek energy management solutions to achieve better energy efficiency and power capacity Intel Xeon Processor E5 Family utilization within existing or new data centers The actions and results as prescribed can be used as a reference to understand energy management solutions implemented with the use of hardware and software components The reader should be able to develop appropriate energy management solutions based on the design options presented using Dell OpenManage Power Center and Dell PowerEdge R series servers implementing Intel Power Management technologies Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Table of Contents CE S SUIT WAM IE A E EE A ners E N A eta ein duos A 4 MUFOGUCTION iisicnniciaiusitinurotsiniaenaininaaieniantudaniniaadniinansheninidsimmUNAnInTanietainauTa aiaia a Ram aaa E A 4
17. Fall is eine ieee hia hihat Sree ie Pet T nity a a te aoe ri Frere phar TEMPERATURE DETALLES POL RIES THRE 540 DS i i i CaS Cie E Three F Aertng Threw T Leri ko wJ Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center In our test bed we will use 6 000W for the critical wattage consumption this is the limit as derived from our circuit To calculate the wattage we use Ohm s Law Watts Volts x Amps Power Threshold Determination n the test bed scenario we have 200V x 30A 6 000 Watts which is our critical threshold The warning threshold is based on exceeding 90 percent utilization of the circuit and 5 500W is approximately 92 percent utilization Temperate Threshold Determination For temperature thresholds we used a generalization around the test bed data center the average temperature as measured Is approximately 68F We established a warning threshold of 75F and a critical threshold of 80F Conversely if the room is too cool we have lower limits listed as well at GOF for warning and 55F as critical These thresholds will establish boundaries for the use cases and can visibly be seen in the upcoming displays in this section Critical and Warning Events Select the EVENTS tab and you can see the warnings for the systems inside that rack Note that for the test bed we ve created some scenarios to generate events for visualization in this document RACE Boe DASHEOARD POWER OETALS TEM
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21. bi Da abie Daisies poirias Tasks Creale New Policy if Grube Die aie H Daija 7 Your rack is now in Emergency Power Reduction Mode as shown in the top bar of the screen EMERGENCY POWER REDUCTION Appro Geigenty Pow er Haducion w i ihrotie pow er on the dave down bo an extreme ee level whieh wie eps performance Do you w al bo conme Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center And your system power has been drastically reduced DELL OPENMANAGE POWER CENTE ey eT PMT ime m ee 8 To turn off Emergency Power Reduction mode click the red bar and you will see the devices or entities that are under the policy RACK EVENTS POWER DETALS TEMPERATURE DETALS POLICIES THRESHOLDS DASHA b Repel POWER DASHBOARD TEMPERATURE DASHBOARD Petco SUS oS m control Then check the Remove box and click Apply 9 After you turn off Emergency Power Reduction mode your systems will return to normal power operation The existing power DATRGENCY POMER AIDC TONS limits that you already have in place will still be active and will meet the original needs in which they were created 3 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Things to Consider Architectural Considerations 1 Scalability A single installation of Dell OpenManage Power Center can Support up to 2 000 nodes For larger implementations multiple instantiations would be required Management T
22. d Connector profes of ef onmator AME Farag Eat Pite irt Pirit 10 1 68 1 10 1 69 254 255 265 264 0 COMME TION PROTO S lane Mh it cd Det SCAN THE LAB SUBNET IP MI an QUERY aj a 8 During the scanning process you will notice the systems that are discovered will be counted on the screen This process may take a few minutes depending on the size of your subnet and the number of servers found on the subnet WA TI 2012 92 04 i2 OO a i Parse Ciel ET Fer 16 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center This shows the details of your recent searches including the most recent time of scan how long your scan was running and the number of devices discovered If you add more devices to the subnet you can rerun the search RECENT COSCOVERY J003 gt View Active Taarched Raerched Laing Power Centers mish er Seek AiAi tt a 1 SO EEE iea Visualizing Devices in Power Center Now that you have selectively scanned your subnet for IPMI based devices with the username and password selected you can go to the Device List link in Power Center to see the devices that meet your scanning criteria Note the two Dell PowerEdge R720xd systems from the test bed shown below FEP hhh EREN Dell Power Center is an agent free application which means the iDRAC and Host OS are separated To add more logic to your data collection you can remove the IP address and add the Hostname to each system by clicking Edit
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24. d too cold Given this scenario the reader could in practice set those tolerances much tighter and establish a very well defined temperature setting for the data center Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Use Case Two Creating Power Policies to Increase Server Density As part of the Dell PowerEdge Servers Intel Node Manager gives the capability to set up to 16 discrete policies per server These policies can be related to static or dynamic power limits temperature based triggers and also used to mitigate Single Server Policy potential power outage situations Intel Node Manager is a capability built into a single server and acts on power and temperature in milliseconds to prevent the systems from tripping a circuit Power policies can be utilized as a sustaining activity to maintain rack level To enable a power policy on the Power Center main screen select POLICIES Select the t Create New Pobey CREATE MEW POWER POLICY Sian Oki conte ip finale to Pee Po er Creare gd Seno Tae he p pou BA i Clee fhe piir Poet Cea bie option this will pop up a new window as shown below Sen J Gede Pra er Aiea mn fhe Pacen Ub fon Fe pete ed erii power at a particular power budget or to increase server density in a server rack by managing a group of servers to use energy for processing but within data center circuit power demands You are then directed to the Power Overview window and
25. e ciate A bossa oda atasaants mae ianerstunautuantint 11 Adding the Enterprise License Key to the IDRACTZ u ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssseesssssssesssssssseesesssssesesssssseccessssssccessssssesessssseessssssecessssscessessssseeten 11 Dell OpenManage Power Center Installation amp Configuration sssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssesssssssesssssseesssssseesssssssseseesssssseessssssecesssnseestesssssses 12 SND AU Oma VON aaa cacy ous go setae tvedvaeesansiv E educa dase ot senses A O ena iat 14 Fr WON OS recess vacvavserssces E AE EE E malaise aia lenin Aonaamandeinsanunni manners 14 Visualizing DEVICES IN Power CONTES sscssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseesssssseesssssseesssssersssssessssssscessssecssssseerssssseesssssersssuseresssueeesseseesssssseesssssseessssseersssssensssssenssssuesesssueesssnseeestees 17 creaung and Manading Gr OUDS arcsec cat csvcn cous bossy execacsesa en vp pce cassava vasa aceon ngage oma Mavs sean anv Heo ENA a ae So TA a 18 Energy Marogement USC C GSC esnea E lain taeened a deeartt in nce adgieomcecaindeie 22 Use Case One Monitoring Power Temperature and Events of a Device OF GFOUP ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssseecssssssessssseessssssesssssseessssseessssseesssses 22 Use Case Two Creating Power Policies to Increase Server Density sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseesssssssesssss
26. er consumption thresholds and the temperature is balanced between the hot and cold thresholds established 24 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Accuracy of the Dell PowerEdge R720 in the Data Center For accuracy comparison here are a few pictures of the two Dell PowerEdge R720 servers along with temperature measurements using an Ultra U12 41380 Infrared Thermometer and power measurements from the Yokagawa WT 210 Power Meter Application POWER DASHBOARD TEMPERATURE DASHBOARD 25 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Power Details You can drill down further into the POWER DETAILS tab to visualize the average power of the rack over time In the display you will notice several power measurements showcased some of this data is extracted from Intel Node Manager statistics which are recorded in the firmware of the systems Average Power The average power value from the previous time point to the current time point PA CR DET AL S P Piip TE itn ia 1B 1 di ie O02 7017 1356 TEMPERATUSE DETALI Maximum Power The maximum power value from the previous time point to the current time point Minimum Power The minimum power value from the previous time point to the current time point Rack Power Capacity This is derived from when you created the rack entity in this case 6 000W was the limit of the rack AS more devices are added to the rack
27. h a broad selection of new Dell PowerEdge servers with embedded systems management available IT managers can spend more time achieving and less time struggling to keep up Dell PowerEdge R620 The PowerEdge R620 is an Intel processor based 2 socket 1U rack server well suited for server rooms or corporate data centers and remote sites that require exceptional virtualization systems management and energy efficiency Dell PowerEdge M620 The PowerEdge M620 is an Intel processor based 2 socket half height blade server built for virtualization mainstream business applications and front end database workloads Dell PowerEdge R720 The PowerEdge R720 is a mainstream Intel processor based 2 socket 2U rack server great for server rooms or corporate data centers and remote sites that require exceptional virtualization systems management and energy efficiency Dell PowerEdge T620 The Dell PowerEdge T620 is a feature rich 2 socket tower server with up to 24 DIMMs storage capacity of up to 32 drive bays and Intel Xeon E5 processing power Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure The PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis enclosure is the robust foundation for the PowerEdge M series blade solution enabling significant data center density with an easy to deploy and manage platform that maximizes power and cooling efficiency Improve operational efficiency Manage anywhere anytime with truly agent free server manageme
28. he data center Dell Power Center gives simple access to some critical data found in each and every data center By using Intel Node Manger technology in conjunction with the iDRAC the data center manager can visually see the power consumed by each server and the thermal inlet temperature on the front of each server chassis These data points can be aggregated to make critical decisions on server placement manage ways to optimize cooling and also maximize the usage of power circuits throughout the room When devices are added into Power Center the data collection process Starts immediately and in our test bed demo measures power and thermal inlet temperature every minute Any events that occur on the systems will show up as well Select the Power Overview Link in the upper left and tab through to the rack level shown in the previous section Thresholds are guidelines that administrators can use to establish common boundaries for computing for power and temperature monitoring The reader should understand that the power and temperature thresholds that are based on our test data center should not be used as a guideline but should develop their own methods to determine the power and temperature thresholds as each data center is unique and generalizations should not be used Click the THRESHOLDS tab to see what settings can be implemented RACE EVENTS DASHBOARD POWER ee TALS POWER THRE SHOLI TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS a Chek
29. high level steps to install and configure the infrastructure used to exercise the server power monitoring and management capabilities supported by Intel on the Dell PowerEdge R Series servers specified above Dell OpenManage Power Center is supported on the following Windows operating systems Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 Standard Enterprise Small Business Server x86 x64 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Standard Enterprise Small Business Server x86 x64 Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Enterprise Small Business Server x86 x64 Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Vista x86 x64 Dell OpenManage Power Center can be installed on a standalone server or virtual machine with the following minimum configuration A dual core processor of 2 6GHz or higher 4GB RAM 60GB hard disk free space Gigabit Ethernet network infrastructure Web browsers supporting Power Center include Mozilla Firefox 5 0 and 6 0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 0 8 0 and 9 0 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center The following steps assume the reader has a basic understanding of how to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise Edition and all further steps are based on this installation 1 Install Dell OpenManage Power Center version 1 0 and follow the default instructions for installation 2 After installation you can connect to the Power
30. hts on the server Installation of an operating system on the Dell PowerEdge server can be performed as recommended by the reader In this document all default options were used when installing Windows 2008 R2 x64 and all of the latest patches and hotfixes were applied that are current as of the date of this publication Readers may select a different operating system that is supported by Dell on the PowerEdge servers and any workload can be used to showcase the power differences shown Dell OpenManage Power Center is able to scan this simple subnet test bed scenario to authenticate add and monitor the servers by using the credentials provided in Step number 1b If you change the default username and password be sure to update OpenManage Power Center settings as well Carats Ophone rac impor Select Leim Haig Adding the Enterprise License Key to the iDRAC7 This section may be optional depending on whether or not your Dell PowerEdge Server was pre configured with an Express or Enterprise license If your system was ordered as an Express model the following steps show you how to install the Enterprise update which is purchased from Dell 1 As stated above if your iDRAC network port is connected to a network which can assign an IP address to the iDRAC you should be able to connect to the system in your Internet browser by typing http idrac lt systemtag gt domain com in your browser s address field
31. ie E ee io ce ee ee Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center 4 You can add multiple ranges if you wish but for this demonstration only one subnet will be scanned as shown below Be sure to select the IP range checkbox and select Next to move to the next step IP RANGES Tia Aad P Range ca Ca i Pema Mia 5 In the window shown below you can select the protocol to be used to scan the IP range selected For this test bed solution we will use IPMI to communicate with the IDRAC6 iIDRAC7 You can add a scanning profile name and a description of the profile for future use and reference Be sure to type in the correct iIDRAC username and password with administrative access to properly authenticate to each iIDRAC device and click Apply Add Protocol PROTOCOL INFORMATION aem ies Lat ai Pe os I 7rd 1 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center 6 You have now added an IPMI Protocol Scanning Profile to Power Center as shown below which can be re used for future IP subnet scans on the same or other subnets CONNECTION PROTOCOL kj Sacre ee Tha duha m a Telly aidad H Tania Ad Protec M Cnirte F Profs A F o Tota bera foung 1 DE Sean the Lab Seiri 7 You are now back at the Device Discovery Summary Page if your data is setup correctly you can click Search to commence your subnet scan for iIDRAC devices Enter P Range Sect Protocol a ted te Piega be
32. ime Driopa Trp Lefi dae MAA Pact ini Tobe bere Foumi 1 so 3 Now that your room and aisle have been created click ON Racks Add New to enter anew Rack Name and Description Be sure to enter the Rack Capacity Units U and Total Power Capacity of the Rack in Watts W and Apply the changes Now you have the basic Data Center Physical Group to add the devices found in the previous section to the rack 19 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Adding Servers to the Rack In order to add servers to the rack select the rack from the Physical Group Tab note that there are no devices listed Create of Manage Groups Physical Groups Rack 12 ee Bee Agee L Below the Physical Group Rack tab is a physical layout of the rack Rock pie Rack 12 A hois npe Ge me Geerowenta Peery cannot te eked a bo a eck i ce ie hki To pede ed i pimi ee ee Oh el Pet eed ae hii ay Talp Dra om Capen pise 6000 W Seg Li Couche Tee ate a f anis del to Rack Sod Figiet dete ia T A brags Tac Pare Tja IP deta eee Seal hue on Sereme Tag Di i ai wi Bac TF 20 Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center 1 Click Batch Add to add the iIDRAC7 devices found previously in our Device Scan 2 Be sure to Select both devices you can also determine which slot U the systems reside in the rack For our test bed we ll allow the Auto setting to be selected Then click Apply Batch Ad
33. in the screen shown in the above figure This will allow you to pair a hostname with the appropriate iDRAC7 device without having to know the IP address to ensure you re monitoring and controlling the system that is running a particular workload Simply remove the IP address and add the hostname and click Apply as shown below ae The deve inl dnp i dap cee ard mers poder Gere et Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Creating and Managing Groups Creating a group of servers gives an opportunity for the data center administrator to put some human logic around the servers and devices found in the data center In this test bed we have two systems which is very simple but with most enterprise data centers there are thousands of nodes and devices to manage so physical and logical groups are required to ensure you have a good understanding of power monitoring and control In the main Power Center screen select Group Management and click Create or Select a Physical Group to create a new data center This will be the premise for the sub groups that we will create to place the devices that we ve found to meet the usage model guidelines Create of Manage Groups Shc one of the odie Physical Groups Cpe Sane a ee eet Lue ge eee ee eats a Tope ei al Logical Groups Gta ibe Ge e BS ee Pp ee Pe eo he ied cue le ee i i ke irra ce Creating the Data Center The highest level of Physical grouping is the data center
34. l OpenManage Power Center Once you click Apply this static power cap is installed into the server s firmware and will remain until you change or remove the policy If you check the POWER DETAILS tab for this system you will notice the workload has settled in at 300W EVENTS DASHBOARD TEMPERATURE DETALS POLCIES THRESHOLDS POWER DETAILS gt Fem Pana 15 Mn 1H 10 iW iM IM 1Y POWER W iros TAF T7DS 17348 03012012 Aver age _ op Alan rae mim Miriam r m Pow er Pokey eF WEN Fw ii Cap Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Multi Server Policy To establish a multi server policy you must simply select a group of systems whether it is an entire data center room aisle rack or chassis The data provided when selecting any of those higher level groups will contain the information of all the systems beneath it There are static and dynamic capping policies for group capping Static Policy The group power cap is a static value manually set for individual servers by the user this value can only be changed manually by the user Dynamic Policy The group power cap is dynamically distributed to individual servers based on the power utilization and priority at each monitoring level Create New Policy Set Power Cap ue Be pote y Rack 12 30 Pow er Cap The p e ai cap poky E miy apple able to pokey capable denies Marusly gnie the pow ef cap for Be group Recommended Range Powe cap mo
35. n circumstances like power outage and cooling system failure occurs In these scenarios it may be appropriate to set aggressively lower power caps though performance would be affected The use case illustrates how this works at a data center location or a group of servers 4 Power Optimized Workloads to achieve power efficiency Workload profiles are built and a maximum performance loss target set Experiments determine how much Capping can be applied before the performance target is hit The approach is to match actual performance against service level requirements For workloads that were not processor intensive we were able to optimize server power consumption by approximately 20 percent without an impact on performance For workloads that were processor intensive for the Same 20 percent power Saving we Saw an 18 percent decrease in performance For a 10 percent power reduction performance decreased by 14 percent 5 Data Center Energy Reduction through Power Aware Support for Multiple Service Classes showcases the ability to enforce multiple SLAs across different populations of users with different priority workloads Workloads that ran over a period of eight hours realized 25 percent less energy consumption The paradigm of cloud computing brings opportunity for data center efficiency Energy management usage models addressed here can substantially help to meet power management requirements Introduction
36. nt Reduce maintenance time with auto update for replacement parts Control cooling costs with better power monitoring and control Tailor your network to your applications with fabric flexibility Accomplish more Get more throughput with major I O input output performance enhancements Accept no compromise on virtualization with maximum memory density Get faster compute results with the most advanced processor technology using the Intel Xeon processor E5 family IDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Dell s innovative agent free system management tool provides direct access to hardware status inventory and configuration even if the operating system is down or not installed iDRAC7 allows you to monitor troubleshoot and remediate servers It also sends you server alerts with improved error messaging and removes dependence on the operating system or agents You get increased oversight with fewer resources and lower cost In this document we will be utilizing the Dell PowerEdge R720xd server Dell offers more platforms to meet your data center needs the various server models can be found at hitp www dell com poweredae Intel Node Manager Intel Node Manager was a server power management capability that is embedded in Dell s latest generation of PowerEdge servers Intel Node Manager is hardware and firmware based technology that is used to optimize and manage power and cooling resource
37. od be betewen AL Wand 377 W Cece Counts 2 deere in ihe group ane pode poanadle 0 Acai ane aot pollcpcanad i Poi Tyge Ornan uv Pow er moniioing valet mn lable are for a feed fm period Previgws day ba Average Perey ie i bi Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center After clicking Next the Power Allocation screen shows the ability to prioritize different servers to High Medium Low if you have different priorities for the workloads on your systems In the test bed scenario we will keep these systems at Medium which ts default Create New Policy Sel Power Cap Bees slle lies Set Power Cap Dynamic Loup Poa er Cap TAF Wi Deite Counts 2 dete in ihe goug are policy capedle 0 centered Et MaDe for fhe ndvadwal daveen n ihe group Paria Average Mace mun Cerin Pow en Pow ea Pow ca hare YY E E ess 1 im ria coor at Sins 1 mnb com Pate cat Note how the two systems are operating at different levels and will both comprise the data that is used to meet the 80 percent limit on the rack Keep the default Schedule settings as Always and click Next to get to the summary page sel Power Cap Power Allocation Choose Schedule a The Gime amga uses a 24 hour lime formal Erdity Mare Pokey Hame Type Pow er Cap Cate Rare Tete Fange Dwys Rack 12 Rack 212 2 Pow ar Cap Dy name Tel VW Forever Al y Everyday Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center Once you click Apply
38. on reference point Allowing interaction beyond Power Center will impact expected results The Baseboard Management Controller BMC through which Power Center communicates with the devices must have a local user with administrative Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center control The device must be configured administrative control and enable the time basis This data collection runs 24x7 to use at least one of the cipher suites Web Server service and Is available for any authenticated 0 3 and enable IPMI over LAN setting user logging into Power Center There Once the requirements have been met l i ae is monitored two way communication The WS MAN user through which and the assets have been collected into Power Center communicates with the Power Center database the power between OpenManage Power Center and the chassis must be a local user with and thermal data is collected onauser set ach asset Asset Inventory and Control POU SNNP WMI WS MAN IPMI SNMP Ss a Dell OpenManage Power Center Server Servers IPMI Chassis IPMI WS MAN AAAA Power Center Figure 2 Dell OpenManage Power Center Asset Data Collection Hardware amp Software Description Dell OpenManage Virtual Machine hosted 4 Virtual CPUs 4GB RAM 60GB Hard Disk Power Center on VMware Power Center VM Intel Server Host running Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 64 bit VMware ESX5i Dell
39. pact the workload compute cycles and time to complete the effort but ultimately that is usually better than the servers being shut down due to a power loss from the public energy grid The EPR Policy can be placed on the entire data center or any sub entity even down to the server level These next Steps will show how to use EPR and the interaction on the system 1 Login to Power Center and go to the POWER OVERVIEW section and select the devices that you would like to place under EPR 2 Inour test bed we select Rack 12 which has both servers from the test environment 3 Disable the policies from the previous testing by going to the Policies tab for the rack and any single node policies un check the enabled box and click APPLY 4 Start your workloads on the servers and check the current power on the rack 5 Now go to the Policies tab and click the Emergency Power Reduction link RACK EVENTS POWER DETALS TEMPERATURE DETALS POLICES THRESHOLDS DASHBOARD gt Frrr POWER DASHBOARD T34 Recorded 2112 03 02 08 4400 TEMPERATURE DASHBOARD Recorded 2012 03 02 W 44 0 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center 6 You will be greeted with a warning about implementing this policy as it will reduce system performance Click Continue RACK EVENTS DASHBOARD POWER DETALS TEMPERATURE DETALS Bei THRESHOLDS POWER POLICIES T Use the Power Pokcies Tabie to Create View Git Era
40. penManage Power Center Dell PowerEdge R720 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2660 Hostname R720 6M fm intel com IDRAC idrac 6m516s1 fm intel com Dell PowerEdge R720 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2660 Hostname R720 3M fm intel com iDRAC idrac 3m516s1 fm intel com Physcial Layout of Test Bed Setup Figure 3 Physical Layout of the Test Bed Setup Server Setup amp Configuration Out of the box setup is quite simple adding power cords for each PSU and one Ethernet cable for Network Interface Card NIC 1 and another Ethernet cable for the IDRAC7 port In this testing scenario we chose to use the same subnet for both the data and manageability ports The reader is expected to have basic knowledge of the server configuration and operating system installation 1 The iDRAC7 will have a pre populated name assigned to it which is related to the system tag a The naming convention is idrac lt systemtag gt domain name where domain name is provided via DHCP in this case b The default username root and password calvin is used for first time iDRAC7 authentication It is recommended that the reader change the username and password to meet their local information security requirements INTEGRATED DELL REMOTE ACCESS CONTROLLER 7 LICensing Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center c By default this root user has administrative rig
41. r logical groups as we described in the previous section Establishing boundaries and limits ensures that the server group operates within those safe boundaries Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Test Bed Blueprint Intel has worked with Dell to implement a test bed that features Dell PowerEdge R Series servers designed for high performance and efficiency in enterprise computing The test bed is intended to provide an environment to simulate the aspects of a data center that are relevant to enterprise computing usage models using Dell PowerEdge R Series which include Intel Node Manager technology and management by Dell OpenManage Power Center using Intel DCM as the base framework for power and thermal management Power Center User ii Access 7 Power Center Server Manage 7 Data Center Physical Group ul Data Center i Data a Center Design Considerations Dell PowerEdge servers with Intel Node Manager technology require instrumentation with PMBus compliant power supplies for real time power monitoring The inlet thermal sensor is also required for thermal readings and reaction to those readings via power policies set by the system administrator Authentication in this document is used as the basic Power Center Login account more advanced account authentication methods can be reviewed in the Dell OpenManage Po
42. r_number for details Intel Node Manager 40 increase in density per published proof of concept http communities intel com docs DOC 4212 Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors Performance tests such as SYSmark and MobileMark are mea sured using specific computer systems components software operations and functions Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary You should consult other informa tion and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases including the performance of that product when combined with other products Generational Performance Source Performance comparison using geometric mean of SPECint _rate_base2006 SPECTp _rate_base2006 STREAM _MP Triad and Linpack benchmark results Baseline geometric mean score of 166 75 on prior generation 2S Intel Xeon Processor X5690 platform based on best published SPECrate scores to www spec org and best Intel internal measurements on STREAM _MP Triad and Linpack as of 5 December 2011 New geometric mean score of 306 74 based on Intel internal measured estimates using an Intel Rose City platform with two Intel Xeon processor E5 2690 Turbo and EIST Enabled with Hyper Threading 128 GB RAM Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 1 beta for x86_6 Intel Compiler 12 1 THP disabled for SPECTp_rate_base2006 and enabled for SPECint _rate_base2006 INFORMA
43. raffic Separation Many customers feel a need to Separate their management data from their production data The Dell IDRAC allows you to put your management data onto a separate network port The reader should consider options to share the same network or use a Separate network and IP space for the IDRAC data Power Management Usage of power management should be considered only after careful analysis of the workload performance under various conditions and evaluated both before and after power capping has been used As mentioned previously there are many usage models that can benefit from power monitoring and management At the same time there can be scenarios where power management may not be the optimal solution For example if a highly Sensitive production application is very CPU intensive and the host machine is already over subscribed for power adding a power cap below that maximum power consumption level could inadvertently affect the performance of the system and return less than expected results from the application Power Capping Capability in Dell OpenManage Power Center Dell PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7 come from the factory with the IDRAC7 Express license unless otherwise specified when ordering your Dell server The Express license gives you monitoring only capabilities for power and temperature You Cannot implement policies on the server platform until you upgrade to the Enterprise license model For
44. rata are available on request Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product order Copies of documents which have an order number and are referenced in this document or other Intel literature may be obtained by calling 1 800 548 4725 or by visiting Intel s Web site at www intel com Copyright 2012 Intel Corporation All rights reserved Intel the Intel logo Xeon Xeon inside and Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the US and other countries Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others intel
45. s in the data center This server power management technology extends component instrumentation to the server level and can be used to make the most of every watt consumed in the data center Using intelligent energy management at the server level helps IT administrators Squeeze extra value and performance out of existing rack space while reducing the total cost of ownership by better managing power and cooling operational costs Administrators can improve business continuity by dynamically Capping power to avoid overcooling systems reducing downtime and allowing critical operations to continue even during power or thermal events They can also balance resources by dynamically moving power from one part of the data center to another depending on where the need for power or cooling is greatest Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center To maximize the benefits of Intel Node Manager a management console is required to aggregate power data and set policies for physical and logical groups of servers Dell OpenManage Power Center is the featured console in this document and we will detail the resources available to support Intel Node Manager in scale deployment Establishing policies gives the data center administrator the ability to setup certain scenarios to manage these four basic usage models Group management is utilized in Dell Power Center while controlling multiple servers within the physical o
46. sssseeessssssecessssseessesssssses 28 Use Case Three Surviving Power and Thermal Demands in the Data Cente P ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssssesssssssssessssssseessssssssseesssssseessssssessssssssses 35 TI MUGS OCON a aus as sesuncscniesseeacistanetvauseaitnbsasecovecantese vaca voneves seven auc ds sts cdesdsiicauv anc ba ve cas npviet cavpusoances case tant aaa eoatuaisie namin Gaeaven easton its 38 Aree Cra Glo hcl 0 TAON aera et een een pee eer err ee ern ee ee ee eee ee 38 SS A cA E Ae E E EE E E E EE E E E T EEE 38 PONET kd Fo RS 121 Le A geeemreetereetrerre teeter eeeteee Sareea erate ever emresrrt ore mmenvter enrrrrersererserenet i spertrereer eepeer merece seer er err ee eerre reer rere rere teeter eer ere ee ere 38 Power Capping Capability in Dell OpenManage Power Center sccesssssssscssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssessssssssssssssssssseesssssseesssssssessessssseeeessssseeesssssseesssssseessesssssses 38 MANOS Si A E E EA E A EA AE AAAA IEA A cece AA EEA ENA ERA AAE A A E A A A A A E A A 38 mMer Ao JE AF pte 0 e ee e e eer eee eee ee ae ae eeeee re eer 38 inter Data Center Manager Mte LCI sssrissicsniniinna asseciacettaaiennainieasad AAE A G 38 Intel Cloud Builders Guide De OpenManage Power Center petOpenManade TOUT CENTE aaa ccc eects ete eee 38 BT Sassen be scecaccsechsnsc zac meses bsaeecntnceectcese cece du culate EAE 38 Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Executi
47. thousand servers in a data center Included in the higher end model Dell PowerEdge server is iIDRAC Express which allows the systems administrator to monitor power and thermal inlet temperature In order to address more complex usage models it s preferred to upgrade to the Enterprise license for IDRAC which gives you control of those power and thermal events The iDRAC license can be upgraded to the Enterprise level during the Dell PowerEdge R series purchase or purchased as an additional upgrade later Communication to the servers Is performed via TCP IP and IPMI and no other software or plugins on the server are required for access iIDRAC must have IPMI over LAN access with Administrator rights in one of the first three cipher suites This allows out of band access from the console to monitor and control each Dell PowerEdge server Dell OpenManage Power Center has been developed to address several imperatives that impact enterprise customers on a daily basis According to an ENERGY STAR 2010 Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiatives report there is a projected 30 46 percent increase of power in the data center over the next five years Costs today are roughly 7 4 billion USD in energy consumption and enterprise customers want to monitor and manage the energy at a more granular level within the confines of their own control Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center The consequences of not managing
48. trol the enterprise data center Dell OpenManage Power Center can discover monitor and control PowerEdge platforms and other devices in the data center to assist customers in asset control power monitoring and power and thermal issue management This is all done without any need for software on the servers by utilizing the IDRAC6 iIDRAC7 controller interface on the Dell PowerEdge platform References Intel Node Manager http www intel com technology nodemanager Dell OpenManage Power Center http www dell com PowerCenter Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI http Awww intel com design servers ipmi PMBus http pmbus org specs html Advanced Configuration amp Power Interface ACPI http www acpi into Ultra U12 41380 Infrared Thermometer http www tigerdirect com applications searchtools item details asp EdpNo 047546 Yokogawa WT210 DIGITAL POWER METER http tmi yokogawa com products digital power analyzers digital power analyzers wt210wt230 digital Dower meters tm wt210_ 01 htm For more information on Dell and Intel Cloud Builders visit http www intelcloudbuilders com dell Intel Cloud Builders Guide Dell OpenManage Power Center Disclaimers A Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family not across different processor families See www intel com products processo
49. ve Summary The evolution of cloud computing has resulted in highly efficient and carefully optimized data centers with increased server density and capacity that makes considerations on energy consumption and utilization extremely critical along with several other factors that were not as significant in smaller data centers of the past To support this evolution Intel works with end users to create an open data center roadmap of usage models that address key IT pain points for more secure efficient and simple cloud architectures built on a foundation of transparency This paper describes an Energy Management reference architecture based on Dell and Intel solutions with usage models aimed at data center power efficiency and optimal utilization of provisioned power and cooling capacity The goal of energy management usage models is to optimize productivity per watt in order to reduce total cost of ownership TCO Requirements include the capability to monitor and cap power in real time at server rack zone and data center levels This means the ability to monitor and manage aggregated power consumption within a rack zone or data center based on available power and cooling resources Intel Node Manager was implemented on Intel server chipsets starting with Intel Xeon processor 5500 series platforms After significant improvements Intel Node Manager 2 0 was introduced in 2012 on server platforms supporting the Intel
50. wer Center documentation oo in Web Browser Monitoring Trending Control Logical Group J Logical Groups T cal HE om Figure 1 Dell OpenManage Power Center Topology Software Architecture The following illustration shows a high level overview of Dell OpenManage Power Center connection points to various systems within the enterprise data center The Power Center Server provides http or secure https access for the customer via Web browser connectivity Authentication can be performed using three different methods Power Center Account Windows Domain Account Local Windows Account Data center assets are split into both physical and logical groupings and as those assets are queried the technology used to acquire asset data is as follows iDRAC w IPMI 2 0 for Dell servers or WS MAN for blade chassis Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP for Power Distribution Unit PDU and Uninterruptable Power Supply UPS access Hardware and software requirements for the devices listed above must meet the following criteria in order to work properly with Dell Power Center The server must comply with Dell IDRAC6 IDRAC7 standards PDU or UPS devices must comply with the Management Information Base MIB provided by their vendor through the SNMP interface The devices must provide Power Center exclusive access as the policies and monitoring are to be controlled from a centralized data consolidati
51. wer monitoring and capping Capabilities at all levels of the data center system rack identification and data center What can be done at an individual server level becomes much more compelling once physical or virtual servers are scaled up significantly Aggregation of the power consumed at the rack level and management of power within a rack group to ensure that the total power does not exceed the power allocated to a rack Higher level aggregation and control at the row or data center level to manage power budget within the average power and cooling resources available Optimization of productivity per watt through management of power at the server rack row and data center levels to optimize TCO Application of standards based power instrumentation solutions available in all servers to allow management for optimal data center efficiency Extension of instrumentation to enable load balancing or load migration based on power consumption and close coupled cooling for the management of pooled power and cooling resources Dell ODenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Power Center is a new addition to the Dell OpenManage family which connects to Dell PowerEdge R T M Series servers with Intel Node Manager The system admin authenticates access through the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC Version 6 or 7 Dell OpenManage Power Center provides real time power monitoring and management for up to two
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