Monitoring & Management

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Market DriversOverview

• Legislation (CRC)

• Cost reduction (maintaining current levels)

• Changing attitudes – The green message (marketing)

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• Changing attitudes – The green message (marketing)

• Corporate Social Responsibility

6 Zone Data Centre ManagementOverview

• Provides a truly holistic view of the data centre environment by bridging the gap between Facilities and IT

• Monitoring and reporting of energy usage and efficiency from the building ‘point of entry’ through to individual Server payload

• Tailored historical data collection and sophisticated management reporting, empowering the client to make informed decisions based on reporting, empowering the client to make informed decisions based on accurate data to maintain and improve energy efficiency, reduce costs and increase facility resilience

• Legacy data centre deployments typically show a first year energy saving of circa 25-30%, with an ROI of less than 12 months

• Apportioning of costs over user defined timeframes

• “Real time” monitoring and alerting

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Zone 3

Water Power In Gas

Main MV / LV Distribution Board (A or B)

UPS

Zone 1

Zone 2

Data Centre Block Diagram

6 Zone Data Centre Management

Lighting Boilers Fire SecurityCRACChillers Back up

Generator

Sub PDUData Hall

Environmental

Data Rack or

Free

Standing

Equipment

Individual

Payloads

(per outlet

monitoring)Power Monitoring

Environmental Monitoring

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zone 6

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What We Look To Achieve

• To identify and collect monitoring points in a logical step by step process.

• To monitor energy use from the point of entry to anindividual Server within the data centre.

• Consolidate data collection and reporting functions onto a single platform for multi department sharing of information, easy analysis platform for multi department sharing of information, easy analysis and interpretation.

• Provide automated “billing” reports based on Row, Cabinet, POD and down to Server level.

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Fiscal Meter

Point of Entry

Monitoring Points

Input fiscal monitoring

Energy Efficiency Parameters

None

Zone 1 Monitoring Points

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None

Management Energy Reporting

Billing

Billing reconciliation

Basic capacity, [is there enough]

Basic CO² foot printing

LV Switchgear Room

Monitoring Points

Input / Output Monitoring

Energy Efficiency Parameters

I²T losses [cables, transformer]

Basic fixed & variable energy overhead

Zone 2 Monitoring Points

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Basic fixed & variable energy overhead

PUE [Basic, 1st point of IT and Facilities segmentation]

Management Energy Reporting

Supporting services costs [by type, UPS, Chiller, CRAC]

Capacity Planning [Basic]

Trend Analysis [Basic]

Carbon foot printing [Basic]

PUE, DCiE [Basic Monitoring]

Fixed and variable energy overhead analysis [Basic]

Asset Management

UPS, Chillers, CRAC’s, Generator, Boiler room, Plant Room

Monitoring Points

Distributed monitoring of supporting services

Chillers, AHU’s, [individual unit monitoring]

Lighting UPS [input and output efficiency]

Energy Efficiency Parameters

I²T losses

Fixed & variable energy overhead

Zone 3 Monitoring Points

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Fixed & variable energy overhead

External environmental monitoring

PUE

Management Energy Reporting

Individual supporting services costs

Capacity Planning

Trend Analysis

Carbon foot printing

Dynamic PUE, DCiE [Basic Monitoring]

Fixed and variable energy overhead analysis

Phase load balancing

Asset Management

Data Hall PDU and Branch Circuits

Monitoring Points

PDU inputs

Distributed branch outputs

Energy Efficiency Parameters

I²T losses

Fixed & variable energy overhead

External environmental monitoring

Zone 4 Monitoring Points

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External environmental monitoring

PUE

Management Energy Reporting

Cost/Profit centre costing

Individual supporting services costings

Capacity Planning

Trend Analysis

Carbon foot printing

Dynamic PUE, DCiE [monitoring only]

Fixed and variable energy overhead analysis

Phase load balancing

Asset Management

Data Hall

Stand Alone Equipment & Data Racks

Monitoring Points

Data Hall direct feed equipment, data racks

Energy Efficiency Parameters

I²T losses

Fixed & variable energy overhead

External rack level environmental

Zone 5 Monitoring Points

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External rack level environmental

PUE

Access and Security

Monitoring and Control

Management Energy Reporting

Cost/Profit centre billing

Fixed and variable energy overhead analysis

Individual supporting services costs

Detailed capacity planning

Detailed trend analysis,

Carbon foot printing

Dynamic PUE, DCiE [Monitoring and Management]

Phase load balancing

Cooling optimisation

Detailed asset management

Data Hall

Dynamic Monitoring of individual payloads

Monitoring Points

Data Hall direct feed equipment , individual Server, network equipment

Energy Efficiency Parameters

I²T losses

Fixed & variable energy overhead

Server level

Zone 6Monitoring Points

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Server level

Environmental

PUE

Access and Security

Monitoring and Control

Management Energy Reporting

Billing individual assets, services, cost/profit centres

Detailed Capacity Planning

Detailed Trend Analysis

Carbon foot printing

Dynamic PUE, DCiE [Monitoring and Management]

Fixed and variable energy overhead analysis

Phase load balancing

Cooling optimisation

Phase load balancing

Detailed Asset Management

DCIQ – Top Level Monitoring

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ReportingZones 5 & 6

Real time Alarming

Environmental• Temperature

• Humidity

• Water leakage

• Air flow

• Smoke

Power• True RM Volts

• True RMS Amps

• kVA

• kW

• kWhr

• PF

• PUE

• Energy Costs

CO² Tonnage from Point of entry, supporting services, individual supporting service

equipment, group of racks, individual rack, individual Server 12

Analysis and Interpretation

• Phase balancing

• Rack abuse by customer SLA’s

• Energy cost apportionment against:

– IT process

– Customer

– Cost /profit centre

• Computational process energy use

• Capacity planning/trend analysis

• Future energy/cooling for future business expansion

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Hot Spot IdentificationCooling Optimisation

• Increase set point on CRAC Units

• Reduces energy consumption

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Interpreting the Data - Power

• Rack with low power

• What services are they running?

• Can they be switched off?

• Can they be virtualised?

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• Can they be virtualised?

• Rack with high power

• What equipment is running?

• Are they old Servers?

• Are the fans always on?

(check temperature)

Interpreting the Data – Per Outlet

• Individual Socket Monitoring

• Cost analysis per payload

• Full range of parameters

• Analyse individual payload parameters

• Apportion cost/carbon usage at server level

• Attribute services/cost at departmental level

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• Attribute services/cost at departmental level

• Automatic inclusion of suppliers margin when generating reports

Per Outlet Reporting

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Platform Technology - Strategy

• Increases resilience by removing electronics from the strip

• Significantly reduces IP address count and therefore costs

• Provides additional benefits i.e. sensors,inputs, outputs and physical security

• Modular solution that allows from 2 – 24 power strips to be monitored from a single IP address

• Can manage from 16A – 63A solutions in single and three phase formats

• Can monitor legacy dumb power strips and stand alone solutions

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• Monitored, Monitored and Controlled, individual outlet monitoring

• True RMS Volts, Amps, kVA, kWHr, Power Factor and Frequency

• +/- 2% accuracy, better than 1% at the outlet

• Custom colours and specification, full C.A.D. capabilities

• Individually fused and power on neon indicators

• Remote power cycling, Sequential power-up against inrush current.

•Wide range of outlet socket types

Intelligent Power Strips

Low Risk, High Resilience & Accurate

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• 0 or 1 U rack mounting (vertical or 19” horizontal mount)

• Available in 10, 13, 16, 32 and 63 Amp load ratings, single and three phase

• Optional circuit breaker (16A / 32A). Allows all outlets to be isolated at the power strip.

All Power Strips are not created equal

• Minimal intelligence located within the PDU means greater reliability

• External PSU’s

• Accuracy / calibration

• Quantity of information

• Ultrasonic welding

• 3 stage testing and quality process

PRODUCT SETS

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The Management Platform Range

Per Server, Per Cabinet, Per Row, Per Room..

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6 2

Sensor P

orts

Eagle-i Eagle-i + Expansion Module

Door A

ccess Contro

l

Yes Y

es N

o

212 4 6 24

Monitored PDU’s and CL-Amp

6 2

Sensor P

orts

PowerHawk2

Hawk-i 3

Door A

ccess Contro

l

Yes Y

es N

o

LCD

Platform Technology

Unrivalled Scalability & Future Proofing

4x

Outputs

12x

Sensors

LCD

Status

Display

2 x Keypad

or 2 x Card

Reader

Expandable ports for Power Strips, CL-Amp, Dual In-Line Units

Standards

BSI Working group TCT7-3 ‘Telecommunications Installationrequirements, Facilities and Infrastructure’

Current work on the following Draft Specification

EN 50600 Data Centre facilities and infrastructure

.1 General concepts

.2 Building construction

.2.2 Power distribution

.2.3 Environmental control

.2.4 Telecom cabelling infrastructure

.2.5 Security systems

.2.6 Management and operation information