HP Capacity Advisor 7.2 User Guide

a. Configure a single bay with a blade matching your desired configuration.
b. Specify utilization to 1%.
c. Select “Update Calculation” and record the Total System Input Power as idleSingle.
5. Calculate the max value for single blade:
a. Configure a single bay with a blade matching your desired configuration.
b. Specify utilization to 100%.
c. Select “Update Calculation” and record the Total System Input Power Requirement as
maxSingle.
6. Calculate idle value for two blades:
a. Configure two bays with blades matching your desired configuration.
b. Specify utilization to 1%.
c. Select “Update Calculation”, and record the Total System Input Power Requirement as
idleMultiple.
7. Calculate max value for two blades:
a. Configure two bays with blades matching your desired configuration.
b. Specify utilization to 100%.
c. Select “Update Calculation”, and record the Total System Input Power Requirement as
maxMultiple.
8. Calculate the idle/max power values to use:
a. Idle power requirement will be: idleMultiple – idleSingle.
b. Max power requirement will be: maxMultiple – maxSingle.
C-class HP Blades and HP Blade system sizer:
1. Go to the HP Blade System Sizer, and start with an empty configuration.
2. Specify Rack and Power configuration.
3. Select enclosure1 and specify the appropriate enclosure type. Select CTO if you are configuring
for Integrity blades.
a. Configure a single bay with a blade matching your desired configuration .
b. Specify utilization to 100%.
4. Select enclosure2 and specify the appropriate enclosure type
a. Configure two bays with blades matching your desired configuration.
b. Specify utilization to 100%.
5. Select “Update Calculation”.
6. Calculate idle power values to use:
a. Locate enclosure1 table, and record the input power @ idle as enc1Idle.
b. Locate enclosure2 table, and record the input power @ idle as enc2Idle.
c. Idle power requirement will be: enc2Idle – enc1Idle.
7. Calculate max power values to use:
a. Locate enclosure1 table and record the input power @ 100% as enc1Max.
b. Locate enclosure2 table and record the input power @ 100% as enc2Max.
c. Max power requirement will be: enc2Max – enc1Max.
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