HP Insight Management 7.2 Update 2 Support Matrix

A Hardware requirements and supported capabilities for
Insight Control power management
This appendix describes the support requirements for Insight Control power management. The
minimum firmware versions listed in this appendix apply only to power management. For firmware
requirements that apply to the entire Insight Management stack, see “Managed system firmware
” (page 45).
The license redemption process for Insight Control generates separate license keys for all Insight
Control capabilities, including power management, and generates the license keys for HP iLO
Advanced and iLO Advanced for BladeSystem. To use Insight Control power management, you
must apply an iLO Advanced license key to the server.
Power management capabilities
Insight Control power management provides the following power management capabilities:
• Power Regulator enables dynamic or static changes in CPU performance and power states.
In dynamic mode, Power Regulator automatically adjusts the processor power usage and
performance of a server to match CPU application activity. It improves server energy efficiency
by giving CPUs full power for applications when they need it and enabling power savings
without performance degradation when application activity is reduced. For more information,
see the Power Regulator website:
http://www.hp.com/servers/power-regulator
• Dynamic Power Capping reclaims trapped power and cooling capacity by safely limiting peak
power consumption of servers.
• Data Center Thermal Mapping aggregates the data from thermal sensors in the servers and
draws a thermal map of the room.
• Power Metering provides real-time measurements of actual power consumption so you can
find and fix inefficiencies.
• Calibrated Maximum Power provides calibrated maximum power to enable power planning
based on accurately measured peak potential power for each device instead of estimates.
• Data Center Power Control protects critical loads by reducing power to noncritical servers
during cooling system failures. The features of Data Center Power Control available on the
hardware are subject to the capabilities of the operating systems that are listed in Table 57
(page 58).
• Intelligent Power Discovery automatically detects the PDU and outlet that a server is plugged
into.
Server requirements and supported capabilities for Insight Control power
management
This section lists the servers on which power management is available as well as the power
management requirements and supported power management capabilities. Support for specific
power management capabilities varies by server model.
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