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HP Dynamic Power Capping Dynamic Power Capping uses sophisticated monitoring and control circuitry to prevent server power from exceeding a preset level. Because Dynamic Power Capping is hardware-based, it can quickly control sudden surges in power consumption by servers and prevent tripping even the fastest circuit breakers used in HP Power Distribution Units (PDUs). You can set a power cap for an individual server from the iLO user interface. For groups of servers, you can set the power caps from the power management module within HP Insight Control. HP Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping We designed Enclosure Dynamic Power Capping technology specifically for BladeSystem enclosures. It lets you set a power cap for an HP BladeSystem Enclosure by using Insight Control (version 2.0 or later) or Onboard Administrator (firmware version 2.30 or later). The Onboard Administrator monitors and maintains the power cap for the entire enclosure by adjusting cap levels on individual server blades. As one server blade becomes busy and another becomes idle, the Onboard Administrator adjusts the individual caps to give each server blade the power it needs while maintaining the total enclosure power draw below the cap. HP Power Advisor utility The HP Power Advisor utility helps you calculate the expected power use of ProLiant and Integrity servers to determine power distribution, power redundancy, and battery backup requirements. It lets you calculate the power requirements for a single server, a rack of servers, or multiple racks of servers. These calculations are based on data collected through extensive testing of various HP ProLiant and Integrity server configurations, running a particular synthetic workload. You can adjust the calculations to determine server power requirements at different server utilization levels that more closely match your expected workload. Read the ―HP Power Advisor utility‖ technology brief at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01861599/c01861599.pdf. HP Power Advisor 3.0, available now, includes the ProLiant Gen8 servers. Networking HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters include features that improve performance and energy efficiency and decrease latency. For select ProLiant Gen8 servers, we offer HP FlexibleLOM (LAN-on-motherboard) modules to address rigid and aging infrastructures and provide choices based on your infrastructure needs. HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters As part of our expanded Sea of Sensors 3D, FlexibleNetwork Adapters for ProLiant Gen8 servers have an embedded temperature sensor. The sensor reports thermal data to the iLO Management Engine (see ―Server management-HP iLO Management Engine‖) for capture by the HP Active Health System log. This allows the server to manage fan speeds and internal temperatures better and maximize system power efficiency. HP FlexibleLOM modules The idea behind LAN-on-motherboard was to provide essential connectivity without the need to consume an expansion slot or mezzanine connector. The implication is that the choice has to be made in the design phase and the decision can't be revisited until the design is changed. With the FlexibleLOM module approach in select ProLiant Gen8 servers, not only can you choose from several different technologies, speeds and features, you're able to do so without sacrificing any of your expected expandability. This also means that if new connectivity technologies come out, you don't 7