HP Insight Control Power Management 7.3 User

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 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
Intelligent
Power
Discovery
HP iPDU
when
following
best-practice
wiring
strategy
✓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
A sample
at every
ManualManualSupported
PDUs with
discovery5-min
interval
SNMP
support (detail level
varies by
the device)
✓✓Dynamic
Enclosure
Capping
24-hour
complete
✓Automatic
Physical
ordering
ManualHP
BladeSystem
within the
Rack
✓✓
1
✓
1
24-hour
complete
1
✓
1, 2
✓
1
Automatic
Physical
ordering
Intelligent
Power
Discovery
1
HP servers
with power
monitoring
or control within the
Rack
✓Manual
specification
✓
3
✓
2
ManualManualHP or third
party
ofservers/devices
maximum
power
without
power
monitoring
or control
1
Available depending on the model. 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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