Insight Environmental Configuration User Guide

Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5
About HP Insight Environmental Configurator .................................................................................................. 5
System requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Hardware requirements ...................................................................................................................... 5
Software requirements ........................................................................................................................ 5
Configurator interface ................................................................................................................................... 5
Selecting the user level .................................................................................................................................. 6
Creating a project......................................................................................................................... 9
Starting a new configuration project ............................................................................................................... 9
Adding the background image ...................................................................................................................... 9
Setting the background scale ............................................................................................................. 10
General configuration options ..................................................................................................................... 12
Creating a data source ............................................................................................................................... 13
Creating a WSN data source ............................................................................................................ 13
Creating a Wired data source ........................................................................................................... 15
Creating a Modbus/RTU data source ................................................................................................. 17
Creating a Modbus/TCP data source ................................................................................................. 19
Creating an SNMP data source ......................................................................................................... 21
Creating zones .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Creating calculation groups ........................................................................................................................ 25
Placing objects ........................................................................................................................................... 27
Adding a general object ................................................................................................................... 27
Adding environmental objects ........................................................................................................... 38
Adding a power and energy object ................................................................................................... 45
Adding a calculation object .............................................................................................................. 57
Configuring PUE data ................................................................................................................................. 69
Configuring power loss ..................................................................................................................... 69
Configuring IT power ........................................................................................................................ 74
Configuring cooling power ............................................................................................................... 75
Configuring lighting power ............................................................................................................... 77
Configuring total power using PUE Reporter ........................................................................................ 78
Adjusting project details .............................................................................................................................. 81
Naming objects ............................................................................................................................... 82
Duplicating objects ........................................................................................................................... 83
Assigning MAC IDs .......................................................................................................................... 84
Rotating the rack orientation .............................................................................................................. 85
Associating reference temperature ..................................................................................................... 86
Associating PUE objects .................................................................................................................... 86
Adjusting the view ...................................................................................................................................... 87
General view options ....................................................................................................................... 88
Configurations ................................................................................................................................. 90
Show halos ..................................................................................................................................... 91
Show association lines ...................................................................................................................... 92
Preset .............................................................................................................................................. 93
Locating objects ......................................................................................................................................... 95
Validating the configuration before export .................................................................................................... 95