HP ProLiant DL185 Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper (EM - Page 1

Dynamic Power Capping TCO and Best Practices White Paper Executive Summary ...2 Introduction ...2 Poor Power Planning Results in Trapped Power Capacity 2 Thermal Logic and Dynamic Power Capping Reclaim Trapped Power Capacity 3 At the Rack Level ...4 At Blade Enclosure Level ...5 The results of the data-gathering exercise appear in the following section 6 Case 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 6 Case 2. HP ProLiant BL460c G1 and G5 Servers 7 Best Practices for Implementing Dynamic Power Capping 8 Setting Dynamic Power Caps for rack-mount servers 8 Setting Dynamic Power Cap with HP BladeSystem infrastructure 10 Conclusion...12 Appendix: TCO Test Configurations and Supported Servers 13 Test Configuration 1-HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server 13 Test Configuration 2-HP ProLiant BL460c G1 Server 13 Test Configuration 3-HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server 14 Supported Servers and Enclosures...14 For more information...15 Feedback...15