HP Insight Software 6.1 Support Matrix

A Insight Control power management support requirements
This appendix describes the support requirements for Insight Control power management. The minimum
firmware versions listed in this appendix apply only to power management. See “Firmware requirements”
(page 28) for firmware requirements that apply to the entire Insight software stack.
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 HP
iLO Advanced for BladeSystem. To use Insight Control power management, you must apply an iLO Advanced
license key to the server.
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 a server's processor power usage and performance
to match CPU application activity. This 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. See the Power Regulator website if you need more information:
http://www.hp.com/servers/power-regulator
• Dynamic Power Capping — reclaims trapped power and cooling capacity by safely limiting server
peak power consumption
• 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 non-critical 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 3-16 (page 35) and Table 3-17
(page 37).
• Intelligent Power Discovery — automatically detects the PDU and outlet a sever is plugged into
Table A-1 lists the servers on which power management is available and lists power management requirements.
Support for specific power management features varies by server model.
Managed system requirements and capabilities for Insight Control power
management
Table A-1 Insight Control power management server requirements and capabilities
Intelligent
Power
Discovery
Data
Center
Power
Control
Calibrated
Maximum
Power
Power
Metering
Data
Center
Thermal
Mapping
Dynamic
Power
Capping
Power
Regulator
Minimum
system
BIOS
version
Minimum iLO or OA
firmware versionHardware model
✓✓✓✓✓Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
For Dynamic Power
Capping, OA 2.30
or later. For
Calibrated
Maximum Power,
OA 3.0 or later.
Otherwise, OA
1.30 or later.
BladeSystem
c3000 Enclosure
✓✓✓✓✓Not
Applicable
Not
Applicable
For Enclosure
Dynamic Power
Capping, OA 2.30
or later. For
Calibrated
Maximum Power,
OA 3.0 or later.
Otherwise, OA
1.30 or later.
BladeSystem
c7000 Enclosure
HP Integrity Servers
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