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Transcript of DCIM
Leveraging Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools
....to improve planning, lower operational costs, and speed up information delivery
Overview of DCIM
Problems DCIM Solves
Why It’s Important
How DCIM Works
Session objectives
Key Take Away
Do You Have The Right Tools?
Data Center / Facilities Infrastructure
Power | Cooling | Racks | Security | Environment
Business Applications
IT InfrastructureServers | Storage | Networking
Overview Of DCIM
DCIM Growth Projections
20101%
201460%
According to Gartner Research:
DCIM tools and processes will become
mainstream in data centers, growing
from 1% penetration in 2010 to 60%
in 2014.
What Do Analysts Say About DCIM?
“It is imperative that as these deployment models (traditional IT, cloud, outsourcing, hosting, colocation) permeate data center environments there is some level of orchestration keeping power, cooling, space, servers, networking, and storage in equilibrium. DCIM is meant to perform this orchestration for space, power, and cooling in the data center, respective of IT systems' changing requirements.” IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DCIM 2011 Vendor Analysis – January 2012
“Energy savings from well-managed data centers can reduce operating expenses by as much as 20%.”
Gartner 2010
“One thing is clear: modern, well-run data centers will increasingly be run by managers armed with detailed, live and accurate information about the status of their equipment, along with reporting, analysis and control systems that enable them to plan effectively and to act on short notice.” The 451 Group – Market Insight Service – July 13, 2011
Overview of DCIM
Problems DCIM Solves
Why It’s Important
How DCIM Works
Session objectives
Problems DCIM Solves
Capacity Planning
Respond Faster to the Business
Maintain Availability Lower Costs
Need to dramatically simplify planning, designing, deploying & operating data centers
Cloud Computing
DC Consolidation
Symptoms of Poor Data Center Operations
My CIO said “There’s some white space – put the servers there!”
I flew to London to put a Post-It note on a rack!
When I come in every morning, I can HEAR if
everything is okay
It’s like the wild west!
I use Excel (Access) to track what’s there
My hand at the back of the rack – THAT’s how I find hot spots I could fix this if we had a
fire – a BAD fire!
I found some servers and I didn’t know where they came from or
who installed them
Overview of DCIM
Problems DCIM Solves
Why It’s Important
How DCIM Works
Session objectives
Planning
Common Planning Questions Answered By DCIM Tools
How does my trending look for server CPU utilization across the
entire data center?
How will a new server impact the existing branch circuit?
Do I need to spread out my blade servers to get reliable operations?
Does the existing power and cooling equipment have the capacity to
accommodate new server technologies?
IT Manager
Do I have underutilized servers that could be consolidated ?
Where do I place my next server?
Provisioning New Systems
Server CPU %
Overlay server level CPU utilization data on the rack layout.
Color-coded bars show the avg. CPU utilization.
Server tooltips include detailed utilizaton
data.
CPU Utilization – Individual Servers
CPU Utilization – Trending for Entire DC
Operations
Common Operational Questions Answered by DCIM Tools
What projects are due tomorrow & their current status?
One of my racks has an exceeded power capacity - what can I do?
I lost a fan on my CRAC
– what do I do now?
How can I address hotspots in my data center?
What’s my PUE?
What’s the overall health of my data center? IT & Facility
Managers
What do I have in my data center?
Automatically discover network enabled data
center assets.
Auto Discover IT Assets
Discovered assets can be placed directly into the data
center model.
The model is populated based on the data retrieved during discovery.
Provision Discovered Assets
Capacity & Alarms in One View
Schneider Electric
●Highlighting entire rack where alarm is present
Alarm View
Measure Real-Time Power●Real-time Power Consumption > Power Details Overlay
Real-time power consumption displayed as an overlay on floor and rack layout
Lower Safety Margins Saves Money
Power &Cooling
IT Demand
Power &Cooling
Facilities Supply
SafetyMargin
Power &Cooling
IT Demand
Power &Cooling
Facilities Supply
Schneider Electric 24
Air Temperature & Velocity
Why move a VM?
The virtual machine manager
● Not enough PROCESSOR
● Not enough MEMORY
● Not enough STORAGE
Not enough COMPUTE resources...
● Power outage – on battery, low battery
● Cooling trouble – failure of a cooling device
● Loss of redundancy in power or cooling
PowerCooling
DCIM
There is physical infrastructure DANGER ...
ORwatches this side watches this side
Power Cooling
Reasons on both sides...
Communication Between Virtual & Physical Worlds
Analytics
Common Analytical Questions Answered By DCIM Tools
How can I reduce my operational expenses?
How do I know if our energyefficiency initiative succeeded?
What’s the cost of running my data center?
When will my data center run out of power and cooling capacity?
When will I need to build another data center?
CIO
Have we met our regulatory requirements?
Capacity Dashboard
Control Energy Usage in Your Data Center
“Energy use is a substantial cost of IT operations, in some cases exceeding the cost of the IT hardware itself!” Quote US Department of Energy, May 2007
DCIM...anytime, anyplace
Graphical Overview
Graphical overview of power, cooling, space, and network on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis.
Capacity OverviewFull capacity utilization overview on
power, cooling, space, and network at a glance.
Barcode scan functionality
Built-in barcode scanner for easy identification of assets
Remaining Capacity
Drill down view into any location or room and predictions of
remaining capacity based on growth rate.
Schneider Electric
Why It’s Important?
Automate Manual Processes Reporting, inventory, moves/adds/changes, capacity planning, outage
impact analysis, energy measurements Respond faster to business initiatives by as much as 50% Dramatically improve productivity
Financial Benefits Reduce costs by 10-30% annually < 12 month payback Improve OpEx and CapEx
Measure Data Center Performance Gain operational intelligence about energy efficiency, resource utilization,
process efficiency Link KPI’s to strategies & actions that drive improvement Holistic view of Data Center for all roles
Overall, DCIM helps you gain control of your infrastructure so that it doesn’t control your business!
Key Take Away
Do You Have The Right Tools?
THANK YOU