Compaq 312134-B21 - Intel Pentium II Xeon Processor Board White Paper

June 1997
Prepared By
Windows NT Integration
Compaq Computer
Corporation
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Introduction.................... 3
Compaq
Microprocessor-
based Power
Supply and System
Overview ........................ 3
Things to Consider................ 3
Description of Power Supply
LEDs ................................... 4
Comparison of
Utilities Available
to Monitor Power
Consumption .................. 5
Performance Monitor ............. 5
Compaq Insight Manager ....... 5
Installing the
Power Supply
Performance
Counters ........................ 6
Obtaining the Compaq Resource
Paq for Windows NT ............. 6
List of Performance Counters . 7
How to Determine
Power
Consumption .................. 7
Analyzing
Performance
Counters Using
Performance
Monitor......................... 11
Determining Redundancy ..... 12
Power Predictions Before
Adding Components ............ 12
Event Logging .................... 14
Setting Alerts ..................... 15
Power Consumption Test
Scenarios .......................... 17
Considerations to Eliminate
Single Points of Failure ....... 18
Summary ...................... 19
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Compaq ProLiant 6000 Power
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Performance Monitor
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The focus of this white paper is to describe redundant power supplies and power supply
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performance counters on a Compaq ProLiant 6000 system running Microsoft Windows
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NT 4.0. It explains how to monitor redundant hot-pluggable power supply modules using
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the Microsoft Windows NT Performance Monitor with the Compaq performance health
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counters.
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The information presented in this document is intended for system administrators,
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network managers, and system/network engineers with knowledge of Compaq server
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products and Microsoft Windows NT.
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This document describes how to:
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evaluate information provided by the power supply performance counters to
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determine total power consumption
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interpret performance counter values to determine power supply redundancy
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calculate power usage to predict effects of adding additional components to your
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system
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provide test scenarios that demonstrate power utilization and its effects on
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redundancy
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denote caveats to help eliminate single points of failure
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This document assumes that you know how to use the Windows NT Performance Monitor.
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For instructions on using the utility, please refer to the Windows NT Resource Guide
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and/or the Windows NT Performance Monitor Help file.
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Help us improve our technical communication. Let us know what you think about the
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technical information in this document. Your feedback is valuable and will help us
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structure future communications. Please send your comments to:
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CompaqNT@compaq.com
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