HP Insight Control Power Management 7.0 User Guide

Figure 1 Power topology in a data center
Power delivery hierarchy
Power is provided through a set of power delivery devices. Insight Control power management
represents places that can be monitored in the power delivery points of the hierarchy such as PDU
load segment output, PDU outlet, and so on, or a place where you may want to aggregate and
report on power consumption of a set of devices like servers.
Describing the power delivery hierarchy in power management allows power management to
report on overall infrastructure utilization, providing you with knowledge that enables you to fully
utilize the available capacity while at the same time reducing the risk of overloading the
power/cooling infrastructure. Depending upon the types of power delivery equipment in your data
center, and the level of detail you desire, there is significant flexibility in how you describe the
power delivery hierarchy to power management.
A fully described power delivery hierarchy may contain all of the following elements depending
upon your needs:
8 Key concepts