Using Efficient DCIM Practices to Prepare for the Cloud Transition Steve Hassell , President, Avocent A Division of Emerson Network Power Tuesday, May 10 11:50am-12:20pm
Emerson At-a-Glance 2010
$21 Billion in sales
2 Headquarters in St. Louis, Mo. NYSE: EMR
Diversified global manufacturer and technology provider
Approximately 127,700 employees worldwide
Manufacturing and/or sales presence in more than 150 countries 240 manufacturing locations worldwide No. 117 on 2010 FORTUNE 500 list of America’s largest corporations Founded in 1890
Emerson Is a Leader in Its Core Global Businesses & Markets
#1 AC & DC Power Systems #1 OEM Embedded Power
#1 Control Valves #1 Measurement Devices
#1 Compressors #1 Controls
#1 Precision Cooling Systems #1 Access & Control (KVM)
#1 Food Waste Disposers
#1 Alternators #1 Fluid Control #1 Ultrasonic Welding
#1 Residential Storage Solutions
#1 Mobile Point-of-Care Carts
#1 Plumbing Tools #1 Wet/Dry Vacuums #1 Pressing Tools/Jaws #1 CCTV Inspection Systems
Emerson Recognized for Growth, Performance and Management Excellence 2010 FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Companies – No. 3 in electronics industry category
2008, 2009 and 2010 Best CEOs in America – David N. Farr tops electrical equipment / multi-industry category
2009 America’s Most Shareholder-Friendly Companies – No. 2 in electrical equipment / multi-industry category
2010 FORTUNE 500 – No. 117 among America’s 500 largest corporations, as ranked by revenues – Largest company in electronics and electrical equipment industry
2010 Top Software and Service Provider – No. 77 among world’s largest providers, as ranked by revenues – For fiscal year 2009, Emerson’s global software and service revenues exceeded $700 million
2009 LEED Gold Certification – 2011 Facility Manager of the Year – Only 7 percent of applications receive Gold Certification
CIO Infrastructure Imperatives
Availability
• Identify outages before they occur • Identify interdependencies between facilities and IT infrastructure • Automate impact analysis • Reduce MTTR • Leverage root cause analysis to eliminate sources of risk • Identify gaps in redundancy • Reduce human error
Efficiency & Cost
• Minimize energy required to meet service levels • Identify inefficiencies in energy usage • Understand total cost of ownership of IT services • Optimize resource utilization • Improve process efficiency • Centralize access to IT equipment
Capacity Planning & Agility • Understand inventory and relationship of data center assets • Plan for future needs of IT services • Optimize deployment of IT resources • Model alternative deployment scenarios • Reduce number of vendors • Reduce the number of devices and management tools
Compliance
• Control and log access to IT systems • Control physical access to data center infrastructure • Meet government /industry energy efficiency standards
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Emerson: St Louis Data Center New Tier III facility – Global Production Data Center Concurrently maintainable power and cooling infrastructure 99.982% uptime – average 1.6 hrs/yr unplanned downtime (no planned or unplanned
downtime to date) Online since August 2009
State of the art technology and environmentally responsible Utilizing Latest Emerson Network Power Products Integrated 100kW solar array on roof
Achieved LEED Gold Certification Uses estimated 31% less
energy than typical data center
~35,000 ft2 building 12,000 ft2 of raised floor Ability to cool up to
300+ W/ft2
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Barriers to Success Identified Information Gaps
Stranded Capacity
Insufficient data to determine how to unlock stranded capacity Lacked real-time visibility across the Application, IT and Physical layers Vendor solutions were focused on a traditional management frameworks Costs to create comprehensive visibility would be labour intensive and difficult to maintain
75% Utilization
Even the “optimal” data center design has barriers to efficiency
What We Discovered: “Traditional� Data Center Thinking Focuses On Functional Layers Hold original design together
Static Design
Traditional Process
Plan
Design
Deploy
Operate
Maintain
Application Layer
IT Layer
IT Managed
Physical Layer Facility
Virtualization Exposes The Gap Between The IT and Physical Infrastructure Layers
No tools today to synchronize the virtualization automation with the physical layer Results in potential overloading and subsequent outages Does not allow optimization in design
There is a need for physical and IT infrastructure to have a dynamic relationship
App 4
App 5
App 6
App 8
App 7
Virtualization IT Infra
IT Infra
IT Infra
IT Infra
IT Infra
X X Physical Infrastructure
IT Infra
Infrastructure Management Inflection Points Hybrid Cloud
Complexity
Real-Time Decision Making Virtualization
Data Center Infrastructure Management
Monitoring
Growth in operations and increased complexity
Move from Mainframe to Distributed
Capacity Buffer
Preserving Availability Through Increased Safety Margin = Lower Power Capacity Utilization Data Center Power Allocation CRAC fans 10%
Power
Actual Capacity
Buffer Limit
Dynamic Changes
Stranded Capacity
Other 55%
Chiller 18%
Power Usage
Time
“Datacenter power capacity includes buffers intended to absorb spikes in power use caused by peaks in resource utilization. These buffers are typically based on either nameplate, or nominal server power consumption or power consumption measured at peak utilization with specific workloads.”
Source: Intel White Paper - Increasing Data Center Efficiency with Server Power Measurements
Server fans 10%
Mid changes
Dynamic Changes
Static
Data Center Eco-System
DECOMMISIONING
The data center has evolved from a static homogeneous environment to a complex heterogeneous eco-system
Emerson Defines DCIM
Data Center Infrastructure Management is a product and process-based framework for continuous performance improvement of the critical infrastructure.
Stages of Data Center Infrastructure Management Data Capture and Planning What and where are
assets in the data center? How are they
Monitor and Access How are my assets
operating? Am I getting real-time
interconnected?
notification of alarms and alerts?
Do we have space,
How do I get my server
cooling and power to meet future needs? How can I efficiently
commission decommission?
Improved Planning
back up and running? Can I populate my
planning tools with actual performance data?
Early Warning (Reactive)
Analyze and Diagnose How do I extend
the life of the data center? How do I reduce mean
time to repair (MTTR)? How do I synch
infrastructure with virtualization automation? How are we doing
Recommend and Automate How do I anticipate
potential failures and automatically shift compute and physical load to eliminate downtime? How can I optimize
efficiency across my data center?
against SLAs?
Reduced MTTR and Effort
Availability at Optimal Performance (Proactive)
Different Entry Points Based On Customer Requirements
Return on Investment Improve Personnel Efficiency Data Capture and Planning
Reduce time to install and decommission equipment Complete equipment audits quickly Reduce error rates in equipment installations Enables IT to better inform Finance to leases and support contracts when equipment is decommissioning
Reduction in Costly Rework •45,000 square foot DC •75-100 equipment installation requests per month •30% improvement (10 to 7 hours) $135,000 saved •Error rate for power from 25% to 0%.$22,000 saved
Return on Investment Improve Personnel Efficiency Data Capture and Planning
Reduce time to install and decommission equipment Complete equipment audits quickly Reduce error rates in equipment installations Enables IT to better inform Finance to leases and support contracts when equipment is decommissioning
Eliminate Unaligned Inventory •No communication to Finance Dept when equipment is decommissioned •Leases and maintenance were being renewed on equipment that was out of service •Automating equipment decommission process and automatically notifying Finance saved $1.8 million in lease and maintenance expenses
Return on Investment Avoid Downtime and Reduce MTTR/MTBF Monitor and Access
Prevent downtime by taking action before equipment fails Remotely access equipment and improve response time Measure energy consumption and establish processes to optimize Improve personnel efficiency
Improve response time and avoid unplanned outages •Managed hosting company requires central management •Costs to build and manage servers is skyrocketing •High availability is critical to market position and revenue •Remote access and control technology improved efficiency and eliminated appx 13,846 hours of onsite work. Allowing personnel to be focused on new builds and complex hardware issues
Return on Investment Increase Energy Efficiency & Capital Utilization Analyze and Diagnose
Identify and remove stranded capacity without compromising availability Defer or avoid costly capital expenditures
Defer or Avoid Capital Expenditures •Utilization of raised floor, utilizing 10% of power in an 18,000 square feet •DCIM increased utilization to 70% •Prevented company from building an additional 9,400 square foot facility
Emerson’s DCIM Software Solutions Today
Data Capture and Planning
Monitor and Access
Aperture Suite
Liebert Nform
Avocent Data Center Planner (formerly Avocent Mergepoint Infrastructure Explorer)
Liebert SiteScan
Avocent DS View
Analyze and Diagnose Aperture Integrated Resource Manager Services
Recommend and Automate
Emerson’s Future Solution
Services
Services
Improved Planning
Early Warning (Reactive)
Reduced MTTR and Effort
Availability at Optimal Performance (Proactive)
Customers Can Start With Emerson Today Knowing They Have a Path to the Future
Closing the Gaps: Act Upon the Data Emerson Network Power Expertise & Commitment
New Data Center Infrastructure New Trellis Appliance •Heterogeneous Communication •Multiple Protocol Support •Real-Time Collection •Bi-Directional Communication
Management Applications Leveraging Liebert Product and Monitoring Technology Leveraging Avocent Device Firmware Expertise
Leveraging the Expertise Across Emerson Network Power
Summary
Data Center Infrastructure Management tools can significantly improve data center operations The key to unlocking stranded capacity is managing the data center as an eco-system A robust hardware + software approach is needed to support today’s rapidly changing environment Integrating multiple point solutions will create information gaps that can lead to unplanned downtime and operational inefficiency Begin carefully reviewing vendors now and chose a solution that fits your current state and can scale with you Data Center Infrastructure Management can help achieve both Cost Reductions and Energy Efficiency
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