HP Insight Control Power Management

Special notes

Many clients want to understand how to control their power and heating/cooling costs within their Data Centers. According to recent analysts reports these costs account for over half of the total costs associated with a typical Data Center. HP has responded to this client need by adding a number of features in our Insight software product family designed to help clients have greater visibility to, and greater control over, their power consumption . This new 2-day course teaches clients about these new power management features and their optimal use.

Course overview

This 2-day course provides students with the introductory skills needed to effectively manage power within your data center infrastructure.

Prerequisites

• ProLiant and/or BladeSystem experience

Audience

• HP ProLiant System Administrators
• System Integrators

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Course objectives

• Describe HP ProLiant and BladeSystem power management tools and capabilities
• Describe the benefits and components of HP Insight Control power management
• Describe the licensing and update options available for HP Insight Control Software 6
• Explain how HP Insight Control provides a complete power management solution

Benefits to you

• Understand Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and Onboard Administrator (OA) power management features
• Understand the features and functions of HP Insight Control power management tools
• Understand power management in an enterprise solution
• Practical hands-on lab exercises
• You will learn how to successfully manage HP servers using the HP Insight Control 6 software power management tools

Course outline

Module 0: Course Overview

Module 1: Power Management Overview

• Introduction to Power Management
• Why Do We Need to Manage Power?

Module 2: BladeSystem Power Management Features

• Power Management with the OA
• Dynamic Power Savings mode
• Power management with iLO-2/iLO-3

Lab:

• Power Management via Onboard Administrator and iLO-2/iLO-3
• Configuring ProLiant BladeSystem Servers

Module 3: Installing and Configuring

• Describe the hardware and software requirements for using the HP Insight Control power management products
• Explain the process of installing and configuring HP Insight Control power management
• Explain the process for discovering a data center’s physical and power delivery devices
• Intelligent Power Discovery
• Describe the configuration steps for a server

Lab:

• Configure Insight Control Power Management via SIM

Module 4: ProLiant Power Management Features

• ProLiant Power Regulator tools
• HP Dynamic Power Capping
• HP Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping
• Power Capping as part of a data center planning and provisioning strategy

Lab:

• Plugin Power Management Tools from SIM 6.2 to Insight Lights Out (2/3)

Module 5: Insight Control Power Management Features

• Defining the contents of a rack
• Describing the layout of the data center
• Power and thermal monitoring and reporting
• Spatial and thermal infrastructure views and editor
• Data Center Power Control - configuration
• Group Dynamic Power Capping

Lab:

• Using Insight Control power management to set power caps

Module 6: HP Power Advisor and Power Sizer tools

• Provide an overview of the HP Power Sizer tool
• Provide an Overview of the HP Power Advisor tool

Lab:

• HP Power Sizer lab (supported outside of VL)
• HP Power Advisor Lab (supported outside of VL)

Module 7: Support & Troubleshooting

• Powering c7000 enclosures
• List the available documentation and online resources for HP Insight Control Power Management
• List the HP support and services available for HP Insight Control
• Identify some of the known issues