Users Guide
Viewing placement suggestions
1. In the left pane, click Analysis and then click Power Analysis.
The Power & Space Analysis page is displayed.
2. In the Placement Suggestions Based on Available Power and Space section, click Launch.
Placement Suggestion window is displayed.
3. From the Group Selection tab, select the data centers by clicking + to analyze the availability of
power and space. Click Next.
4. In the Placement Type tab, select the type of placement required from the drop-down list. The
available options are Auto and Manual. By default, Auto option is selected.
5. Select the server model from the Server Model drop-down list for which you require placement
suggestions.
6. Enter the number of servers in the Server Count text field.
7. Select the criteria in which the racks are selected and click Next. The available options are:
Table 7.
Option Description
Equal rack priority Select racks with equal priority
Highest space headroom Select racks with higher space headroom
Highest power headroom Select racks with higher power headroom
Lowest space headroom Select racks with lowest space headroom
Lowest power headroom Select racks with lowest power headroom
8. In the Rack Placement tab, information about the availability of power and space before and after
allocation is displayed. You can set the weightage of the racks by typing the required value in
Weightage column of the Set the rack placement priority section and click Next.
9. The placement suggestions are provided in the Rack Placement Result section. Analyze the result
and click Next.
NOTE: Click Add Another Model to repeat the same procedure with a different server model.
10. The summary of the analysis is displayed in the Summary screen. Click Finish.
NOTE: You can also export the report to the required location on the system.
Viewing resource suggestions
1. In the left pane, click Analysis and then click Power Analysis.
The Power & Space Analysis page is displayed.
2. In the Power and Space Gains from Underutilized Server(s) section, click Launch.
Power and Space Savings window is displayed.
3. From the Server Selection tab, details about the underutilized servers are displayed. Select the
servers by clicking the check box next to each server. You can also select all the servers by selecting
Consider all underutilized servers option. Click Next.
4. The summary of the analysis is displayed in the Summary screen. Click Finish.
NOTE: You can also export the report to the required location on the system.
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