Hi.
My name is Rami Radi and
I'm a solutions architect
in Intel's
Data Center Management Solutions Group.
In this video, I'll be going over
some of the latest features
of Intel Data Center Manager
or Intel DCM,
specifically those that focus
on improving data center sustainability.
Remember to follow the links
in the description below.
To learn more about Intel DCM,
in our previous video,
our group's general manager,
Ajay Garg,
discussed how Intel DCM
provides a 3-in-1 solution
to measure,
project and control
the carbon
footprint of data centers
in order to address the industry's demand
for greener data centers
and to comply with today's stricter
carbon emission regulations.
So let's use a live DCM instance
to look at some of those
sustainability features in more depth.
Once you log onto the
Intel DCM web console,
you'll see the main dashboard,
which consists of customizable gadgets
that are designed to give you
a holistic view of your data centers.
One of these gadgets will show the annual
and monthly,
actual and projected
carbon emissions for your data centers.
The carbon
emissions of a device is calculated
based on
the power consumption
of that device,
which Intel DCI monitors in real time,
the data centers, known PUE
or power usage effectiveness
and the carbon intensity,
which is a measure of the amount
of carbon dioxide
or other greenhouse gases
that are emitted per
unit energy consumed,
which is typically expressed
in kilograms of CO2 per kilowatt hour.
Clicking on the sustainability
tab on the left
takes us to a more detailed
view of this graph
that shows us the carbon emissions
relative to any set thresholds.
So in this case, we see that
while we're still good
on this month's carbon emissions,
it seems that based on this trajectory,
we'll be reaching
the set annual threshold by October.
DCM takes note of that and
can send notifications and alerts
as we get closer to that threshold.
A first quick and easy
preemptive measure we could take
is to click on this tab
to see
which servers in the environment
are underutilized
and unnecessarily
consuming power and space.
And you can see how much carbon emissions
can be reduced by consolidating
or taking down such servers.
Clicking on the server
will take you to a page
that will show you its details,
including its inventory
information, its health status,
the status of its subcomponents,
its fault history,
its sensor readings
and utilization details,
as well as its temperature,
power and carbon emission details
over a period of time,
which can be customized
from anywhere from an hour
all the way up to a year.
DCM can also aggregate
the carbon
emissions as you move up
the physical hierarchy
of your environment.
So while we were looking
at the carbon emissions
of this particular server over time,
you can also see that on the rack, row,
room, and data center levels.
You can also click on the devices tab,
then click on groups
to create logical
groups of devices regardless
where they exist
in the physical hierarchy.
For example,
I've created here
a group of servers
running a specific workload,
and this can allow DCM
to calculate the carbon emissions,
even on a workload level.
Another action
we can take
is click on the sustainability tab
and look at the cooling analysis
to see
if we are unnecessarily over
cooling some of the rooms
in our data centers.
If most of the servers in the room
are running cold,
it might be a good opportunity
to safely increase
the set point temperature
to reduce the energy spent on cooling.
This is not really the case
in this room in particular,
but it was very easy
for us to verify that.
We can also click on the Server
Characteristics tab
and then click on server
replacement analysis
to do a what if carbon emissions analysis
that allows us to see
the impact of removing,
adding or replacing servers
in your environments. Carbon footprint.
For example,
if I want to add five new servers
of this model in this data center,
we see that would significantly increase
our carbon emissions
and we would exceed our annual
threshold much sooner.
And this kind of information
can have
a significant impact
on server procurement decisions.
These are just some of the features
that Intel DCM offers
to aid datacenter managers
in measuring modeling
and controlling the operational carbon
footprint of data centers.
Thank you very much for watching.
Be sure to check out our other videos
and stay tuned
for more videos on Intel DCM,
and don't forget to visit our website
and intel.com/dcm.
For more information.
You can also try Intel DCM for free
by downloading it
from the following link.
And if you have any questions
or if you'd like to schedule
a more in-depth demo of Intel DCM,
please don't hesitate
to contact us at DCM@Intel.com.
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