Schneider Electric has introduced StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.2, data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software that identifies underutilised and comatose servers enabling the optimisation of IT equipment. Updates to the operation platform include the addition of IT Power Control, powered by Intel DCM and the inclusion of the Cisco UCS Manager plug-in.
“Businesses are increasingly looking to the data centre for opportunities for optimisation, which can be achieved through right-sizing and consolidating the physical infrastructure and optimising the IT layer,” says Soeren Brogaard Jensen, vice president solution software at Schneider Electric. “The new software release provides crucial information for making key decisions on how to run data centres more efficiently. The platform provides data managers with the ability to operate, monitor, analyse and optimise the energy usage of a centre all the way down to the server and CPU levels, gaining significant CapEX and OpEx savings and extending the data centre life cycle in the process.”
Power consumption optimization
StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.2 helps customers optimise the IT layer by focusing on actual IT power consumption rather than nameplate ratings and by reducing the power and cooling required to support the IT layer. The platform also provides an instant report on top power consumers, presenting managers with a list of servers that are likely candidates for upgrades, load sharing or retirement, as well as a report on underutilised and non-utilised servers, ultimately ensuring that server sprawl is reduced and ROI is improved.
New features of StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.2 include:
* IT power and utilisation monitoring determines the business usefulness for all IT assets and helps eliminate underutilised servers and maximise IT capacity at the rack, row and room levels.
* Underutilised server tracking reduces costs by eliminating unnecessary servers and maximising efficiency and rack capacity.
* Server usage chargeback enables businesses to capture and assign IT costs to individual departments for accurate billing support down to the physical or virtual server level.
* IT asset auto-discovery saves time and increases accuracy of managed asset inventory.
* Auto-association automatically associates discovered IT devices with the inventory, based on properties such as make, model and IP address.
* IT asset monitoring continually discovers and monitors IT components through standard protocols for accurate and current inventory management.
* Genome library constantly growing asset library enables the software to determine power consumption without the aid of hardware sensors.
* Reporting capabilities provides reporting on underutilised servers, top power consumers and KPI data.
In order to provide customers with the most comprehensive DCIM suite on the market Schneider Electric has equipped the StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.2 platform with a number of sophisticated and automated ways to keep track of inventory from any vendor, reported into one system. Integrations with Cisco, VMware and the inclusion of Intel’s IT Power Control technology all provide valuable support to the platform and greatly increase the flexibility to deploy it in any data centre.
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