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HP Systems Insight Manager continues to be the clear choice for managing HP servers and storage by being the easiest, simplest and least expensive way for HP system administrators to maximize system uptime and health
HP Systems Insight Manager continues to be the clear choice for managing HP servers and storage by being the easiest, simplest and least expensive way for HP system administrators to maximize system uptime and health
What’s New in the Sept ’10 launch-- Insight Control power management
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New Features1) Usability improvements2) Power/Thermal events for asynchronous
notification of power/cooling issues as they are detected
3) Power history calculation for devices that do not support power management
4) HP Intelligent PDU Power/UID Locator Control5) Additional 3rd party integration6) Additional platform support
Usability ImprovementsNotable Enhancements• Automatic initial data collection• Improved data collection diagnostics/recovery• Enhanced rack content visualization• Improved report navigation• Improved power cap analysis feedback
Benefits• Quicker time to value• Better error detection/reporting/recovery• Simplifies day-to-day use
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Power/Thermal EventsGenerate power status alerts via HPSIM events• Allows asynchronous notification• Automatic event handling (email, page, etc.)
Automatically detects/reacts to equipment changes
• Newly installed equipment connected to a PDU• Changes that may create potential overload
conditions• Loss of redundant power delivery• Events automatically cleared when correction
detected
Power/Thermal Event Collections• Single folder of all power/events• View all or only un-cleared events
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Power History CalculationDerive power history from available monitoring
points• Utilizes power history gathered from the HP or 3rd
party PDUs• Generate power history for any device (3rd party
server, Router, or HP server without power management support)
• Any device can now have a Power/Thermal tab• Quality of data depends upon type of PDU
When used with the new HP iPDU• Provides best-in-class power history data• 5-minute peak & average values from ½ second
sample• Data 99% accurate above 1 wattFebruary 2007 – HP Restricted1-16
HP iPDU Power/UID ControlControl power and UID lights from HP SIM console• Power ON/OFF/CYCLE each outlet• Power ON/OFF/CYCLE outlets associated with a
server• Control Outlet/Outlet Bar locator lights• Available via tool launch for actions on multiple
devices• Power/Thermal report action bar for ease of access
Benefits• Verify connectivity by matching up server/outlet UID
lights• Power ON/OFF/CYCLE for 3rd party servers, non-
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Additional 3rd Party IntegrationEaton Power Xpert Reporting V2• Import Eaton 1-line power diagrams and power
topology• Simplifies Power Management configuration
Nlyte Software V5.3• Updates to support import/export of power
management configuration • Improves Nlyte power planning with accurate data