DCIM

Leveraging Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools

....to improve planning, lower operational costs, and speed up information delivery

Overview of DCIM

Problems DCIM Solves

Why It’s Important

How DCIM Works

Session objectives

Key Take Away

Do You Have The Right Tools?

Data Center / Facilities Infrastructure

Power | Cooling | Racks | Security | Environment

Business Applications

IT InfrastructureServers | Storage | Networking

Overview Of DCIM

DCIM Growth Projections

20101%

201460%

According to Gartner Research:

DCIM tools and processes will become

mainstream in data centers, growing

from 1% penetration in 2010 to 60%

in 2014.

What Do Analysts Say About DCIM?

“It is imperative that as these deployment models (traditional IT, cloud, outsourcing, hosting, colocation) permeate data center environments there is some level of orchestration keeping power, cooling, space, servers, networking, and storage in equilibrium. DCIM is meant to perform this orchestration for space, power, and cooling in the data center, respective of IT systems' changing requirements.” IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DCIM 2011 Vendor Analysis – January 2012

“Energy savings from well-managed data centers can reduce operating expenses by as much as 20%.”

Gartner 2010

“One thing is clear: modern, well-run data centers will increasingly be run by managers armed with detailed, live and accurate information about the status of their equipment, along with reporting, analysis and control systems that enable them to plan effectively and to act on short notice.” The 451 Group – Market Insight Service – July 13, 2011

Overview of DCIM

Problems DCIM Solves

Why It’s Important

How DCIM Works

Session objectives

Problems DCIM Solves

Capacity Planning

Respond Faster to the Business

Maintain Availability Lower Costs

Need to dramatically simplify planning, designing, deploying & operating data centers

Cloud Computing

DC Consolidation

Symptoms of Poor Data Center Operations

My CIO said “There’s some white space – put the servers there!”

I flew to London to put a Post-It note on a rack!

When I come in every morning, I can HEAR if

everything is okay

It’s like the wild west!

I use Excel (Access) to track what’s there

My hand at the back of the rack – THAT’s how I find hot spots I could fix this if we had a

fire – a BAD fire!

I found some servers and I didn’t know where they came from or

who installed them

Overview of DCIM

Problems DCIM Solves

Why It’s Important

How DCIM Works

Session objectives

Planning

Common Planning Questions Answered By DCIM Tools

How does my trending look for server CPU utilization across the

entire data center?

How will a new server impact the existing branch circuit?

Do I need to spread out my blade servers to get reliable operations?

Does the existing power and cooling equipment have the capacity to

accommodate new server technologies?

IT Manager

Do I have underutilized servers that could be consolidated ?

Where do I place my next server?

Provisioning New Systems

Server CPU %

Overlay server level CPU utilization data on the rack layout.

Color-coded bars show the avg. CPU utilization.

Server tooltips include detailed utilizaton

data.

CPU Utilization – Individual Servers

CPU Utilization – Trending for Entire DC

Operations

Common Operational Questions Answered by DCIM Tools

What projects are due tomorrow & their current status?

One of my racks has an exceeded power capacity - what can I do?

I lost a fan on my CRAC

– what do I do now?

How can I address hotspots in my data center?

What’s my PUE?

What’s the overall health of my data center? IT & Facility

Managers

What do I have in my data center?

Automatically discover network enabled data

center assets.

Auto Discover IT Assets

Discovered assets can be placed directly into the data

center model.

The model is populated based on the data retrieved during discovery.

Provision Discovered Assets

Capacity & Alarms in One View

Schneider Electric

●Highlighting entire rack where alarm is present

Alarm View

Measure Real-Time Power●Real-time Power Consumption > Power Details Overlay

Real-time power consumption displayed as an overlay on floor and rack layout

Lower Safety Margins Saves Money

Power &Cooling

IT Demand

Power &Cooling

Facilities Supply

SafetyMargin

Power &Cooling

IT Demand

Power &Cooling

Facilities Supply

Schneider Electric 24

Air Temperature & Velocity

Why move a VM?

The virtual machine manager

● Not enough PROCESSOR

● Not enough MEMORY

● Not enough STORAGE

Not enough COMPUTE resources...

● Power outage – on battery, low battery

● Cooling trouble – failure of a cooling device

● Loss of redundancy in power or cooling

PowerCooling

DCIM

There is physical infrastructure DANGER ...

ORwatches this side watches this side

Power Cooling

Reasons on both sides...

Communication Between Virtual & Physical Worlds

Analytics

Common Analytical Questions Answered By DCIM Tools

How can I reduce my operational expenses?

How do I know if our energyefficiency initiative succeeded?

What’s the cost of running my data center?

When will my data center run out of power and cooling capacity?

When will I need to build another data center?

CIO

Have we met our regulatory requirements?

Capacity Dashboard

Control Energy Usage in Your Data Center

“Energy use is a substantial cost of IT operations, in some cases exceeding the cost of the IT hardware itself!” Quote US Department of Energy, May 2007

DCIM...anytime, anyplace

Graphical Overview

Graphical overview of power, cooling, space, and network on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis.

Capacity OverviewFull capacity utilization overview on

power, cooling, space, and network at a glance.

Barcode scan functionality

Built-in barcode scanner for easy identification of assets

Remaining Capacity

Drill down view into any location or room and predictions of

remaining capacity based on growth rate.

Schneider Electric

Why It’s Important?

Automate Manual Processes Reporting, inventory, moves/adds/changes, capacity planning, outage

impact analysis, energy measurements Respond faster to business initiatives by as much as 50% Dramatically improve productivity

Financial Benefits Reduce costs by 10-30% annually < 12 month payback Improve OpEx and CapEx

Measure Data Center Performance Gain operational intelligence about energy efficiency, resource utilization,

process efficiency Link KPI’s to strategies & actions that drive improvement Holistic view of Data Center for all roles

Overall, DCIM helps you gain control of your infrastructure so that it doesn’t control your business!

Key Take Away

Do You Have The Right Tools?

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