HP Insight Control Power Management 6.2 User Guide

A Capability matrix
For using HP or third party non-managed or managed devices and servers, the available power management
capabilities are given in the following table:
Table A-1 Insight Control power management capabilities
Rack/Power
Planning
Power
Capacity/Requirements
Power
Capping
Power
History
Power
ON/OFF/CYCLE
Control
Locator UID
Physical
Location
Power
Topology
Device Type
✓Automatic
capacity
discovery
24-hour
complete
✓✓Automatic
rack
placement
when
following
best-practice
wiring
strategy
Intelligent
Power
Discovery
HP iPDU
✓Automatic
capacity
discovery
A sample at
every 5-min
interval
ManualManualHP
Monitored
Power
Distribution
Units
✓Automatic
capacity
discovery
A sample at
every 5-min
interval
ManualManualHP Power
Distribution
Rack
✓Automatic
capacity
discovery
(detail level
varies by the
device)
A sample at
every 5-min
interval
ManualManualSupported
PDUs with
SNMP
support
✓✓Dynamic
Enclosure
Capping
24-hour
complete
✓Automatic
Physical
ordering
within the
Rack
ManualHP
BladeSystem
✓✓
1
✓
1
24-hour
complete
1
✓
12
✓
1
Automatic
Physical
ordering
within the
Rack
Intelligent
Power
Discovery 1
HP servers
with power
monitoring
or control
✓Manual
specification
of maximum
power
✓
3
✓
2
ManualManualHP or third
party
servers/devices
without
power
monitoring
or control
1 Available depending upon specific models. For more information, see HP Insight Software Support Matrix available at: http://
www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
2 Device can be hard power-cycled if manually connected to iPDU outlets.
3 Power history can be derived if connected to a monitored outlet on a PDU.
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