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Managing data center cooling
High-density data centers require close monitoring and management to achieve and maintain efficient
and economical cooling. We offer two solutions, HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Environmental
Edge, to manage and monitor cooling status. These tools can be used separately or together as a
comprehensive management solution.
Managing ITE cooling with HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), a total management solution for data centers, lets you closely
monitor the thermal status of all racks by monitoring sensors within the racks and server chassis. The
resulting thermal status display (Figure 13) lets you identify possible cooling issues such as hot spots.
You can then take action such as adjusting the cooling system or, much more conveniently, using HP
SIM to control power consumption of servers in a specific location.
Figure 13: HP SIM screen showing the thermal status of IT racks