This is the last of a 3-part series "DCIM for High Availability" presented by GreenField Software. It first defines "high availability" and then gives instances of some recent high profile Data Center failures in spite of their robustness and extreme in-built redundancies. The business impact of Data Center failures is highlighted.
Data Center topology has changed in the last two decades as a result of the High Availability Mantra and new tools are required to effectively manage the Modern Data Center. DCIM Software today has matured to a level where it is no longer an option. Data Centers of all sized need to implement DCIM not just to reduce risks of Data Center failures, but also to arrest increasing capital costs and operating expenses.
GFS Crane DCIM Software is a great example as the two DCIM Case Studies show in this presentation.
The following GFS Crane capabilities have been included in this presentation:
- Improved Availability through Predictability, Visibility and Change Tracking.
- Controlling Capex Costs though better visibility of under-utilized capacities and therefore deferring expensive capital expenditures; and minimizing stranded capacities.
- Reducing Operating Expenses: Real-time monitoring and multi-level PUE helps to reduce power costs; automation of processes improves productivity; and rationalization of assets reduces AMC and space rentals.
The presentation concludes with two GFS Crane DCIM Case Studies: in Financial Services and Telecom verticals.
GreenField Software’s Mission is to help Data Centers control capital expenditures reduce operating expenses and mitigate the risks of Data Center failures. Besides DCIM Software, GFS offers Data Center Advisory Services in the areas of best practices, capacity planning, energy efficiency and business continuity of data centers.
The Trellis DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Managment) Solution is a Dynamic infrastructure optimization Platform. It's the first holistic DCIM platform of hardware, software and services to bridge the critical gap between IT equipment and data center physical infrastructure.
Trellis ensures Availability, Efficiency, Agility for the modern Data Center Infrastructure.
This presentation shows that Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software to a Data Center Manager is what ERP software is to a VP - Manufacturing. This is the 2nd presentation from a series of 3-part series from GreenField Software on the subject: DCIM for High Availability.
DCIM Software charts out the relationship maps for assets by identifying various dependencies among them. Threshold-based alerts on critical parameters, combined with impact analysis of Move-Add-Change, mitigates risks of DC failures.
GreenField Software’s Mission is to help Data Centers control capital expenditures reduce operating expenses and mitigate the risks of Data Center failures. Besides DCIM Software, GFS offers Data Center Advisory Services in the areas of best practices, capacity planning, energy efficiency and business continuity of data centers.
A brief presentation that explains the origin of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software and its role in Data Center operations. With example of a DCIM Software's functional capabilities, the presentation highlights the business benefits and value it brings to an enterprise. The presentation concludes with Case Study of a DCIM Software deployment in a leading financial services enterprise in India.
A key part of implementing Volt-VAR control and optimization is to identify the benefits that can be attributed to VVO. The major challenge is to separate the impacts of VVO (i.e. the VVO benefits) from the impacts of factors not related to VVO, such as changing weather conditions, random customer behavior and routine operational changes (planned switching). Utilities on the panel have performed VVO measurement and verification using different methods. Each presenter will describe how the method works, data requirements, strengths and weaknesses of the approach and results. The session also will summarize work by the IEEE Volt-VAR task force to develop IEEE Guideline P1885 M&V of VVO projects for electric distribution utilities.
Cybersecurity for Industrial Plants: Threats and Defense Approach - Dave Hreha Schneider Electric
As presented at AIST 2014: The proliferation of cyber threats and recent facts have prompted asset owners in industrial environments to search for security solutions that can protect plant assets and prevent potentially significant monetary loss and safety issues
While some industries have made progress in reducing the risk of cyber attacks, the barriers to improving cybersecurity remain high. More open architectures and different networks exchanging data among different levels have made systems more vulnerable to attack.
With the increased use of commercial off-the-shelf IT solutions in industrial environments, control system integrity started to be vulnerable to malware originally targeted for commercial applications and already opened a new world of new threats dedicated for control systems.
The objective of this presentation is to describe a multi-layered Defense-in-Depth approach through a holistic, step-by-step plan to mitigate risk.
Asset Management - what are some of your top priorties?Schneider Electric
Asset Managment...how to avoid costly impact of downtime; maintain multiple tools, devices and protocols; manage the risk of working remotely with the Foxboro Evo system.
How Test Labs Reduce Cyber Security Threats to Industrial Control Systemse cy...Schneider Electric
Federal agencies are moving their industrial control systems (ICS) from operational business networks to separate, dedicated networks in order to enhance security. However, without a system to test the new equipment and software coming into these separate networks, security risks will persist. This paper explores the impact on security of instituting a sanctioned ICS test lab and recommends best practices for setting up and operating these labs.
The Trellis DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Managment) Solution is a Dynamic infrastructure optimization Platform. It's the first holistic DCIM platform of hardware, software and services to bridge the critical gap between IT equipment and data center physical infrastructure.
Trellis ensures Availability, Efficiency, Agility for the modern Data Center Infrastructure.
This presentation shows that Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software to a Data Center Manager is what ERP software is to a VP - Manufacturing. This is the 2nd presentation from a series of 3-part series from GreenField Software on the subject: DCIM for High Availability.
DCIM Software charts out the relationship maps for assets by identifying various dependencies among them. Threshold-based alerts on critical parameters, combined with impact analysis of Move-Add-Change, mitigates risks of DC failures.
GreenField Software’s Mission is to help Data Centers control capital expenditures reduce operating expenses and mitigate the risks of Data Center failures. Besides DCIM Software, GFS offers Data Center Advisory Services in the areas of best practices, capacity planning, energy efficiency and business continuity of data centers.
A brief presentation that explains the origin of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software and its role in Data Center operations. With example of a DCIM Software's functional capabilities, the presentation highlights the business benefits and value it brings to an enterprise. The presentation concludes with Case Study of a DCIM Software deployment in a leading financial services enterprise in India.
A key part of implementing Volt-VAR control and optimization is to identify the benefits that can be attributed to VVO. The major challenge is to separate the impacts of VVO (i.e. the VVO benefits) from the impacts of factors not related to VVO, such as changing weather conditions, random customer behavior and routine operational changes (planned switching). Utilities on the panel have performed VVO measurement and verification using different methods. Each presenter will describe how the method works, data requirements, strengths and weaknesses of the approach and results. The session also will summarize work by the IEEE Volt-VAR task force to develop IEEE Guideline P1885 M&V of VVO projects for electric distribution utilities.
Cybersecurity for Industrial Plants: Threats and Defense Approach - Dave Hreha Schneider Electric
As presented at AIST 2014: The proliferation of cyber threats and recent facts have prompted asset owners in industrial environments to search for security solutions that can protect plant assets and prevent potentially significant monetary loss and safety issues
While some industries have made progress in reducing the risk of cyber attacks, the barriers to improving cybersecurity remain high. More open architectures and different networks exchanging data among different levels have made systems more vulnerable to attack.
With the increased use of commercial off-the-shelf IT solutions in industrial environments, control system integrity started to be vulnerable to malware originally targeted for commercial applications and already opened a new world of new threats dedicated for control systems.
The objective of this presentation is to describe a multi-layered Defense-in-Depth approach through a holistic, step-by-step plan to mitigate risk.
Asset Management - what are some of your top priorties?Schneider Electric
Asset Managment...how to avoid costly impact of downtime; maintain multiple tools, devices and protocols; manage the risk of working remotely with the Foxboro Evo system.
How Test Labs Reduce Cyber Security Threats to Industrial Control Systemse cy...Schneider Electric
Federal agencies are moving their industrial control systems (ICS) from operational business networks to separate, dedicated networks in order to enhance security. However, without a system to test the new equipment and software coming into these separate networks, security risks will persist. This paper explores the impact on security of instituting a sanctioned ICS test lab and recommends best practices for setting up and operating these labs.
Preparing for the Future: How Asset Management Will Evolve in the Age of Smar...Schneider Electric
Most utilities struggle to organize information about their distribution network assets. Operations, engineering, accounting, and other business functions all use different tools and systems, forcing grid operators to synchronize separate databases. This paper presents an improved approach to managing grid assets by establishing a ‘single source of the truth,’ eliminating special-purpose databases, utilizing spatial databases, and incorporating a workflow management tool to support database updates.
Download GFS Crane DCIM case study to see how we help business via IT and Telecom Infrastructure DCIM implementation, including ROI and payback period.
Panduit Physical Infrastructure Manager™ (PIM™) Software Platform and PViQ Intelligent Hardware combine for a comprehensive data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution. This intelligent software and hardware provides data center professionals greater staff productivity and visibility of all data center assets along with their connectivity, locations, and relationships. PIM™ solutions allow you to discover, visualize, model, control, report, predict and manage all physical data center assets including the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan capacity for future growth. PIM™ solutions can also help control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Liquids Pipeline Leak Detection and Simulation TrainingSchneider Electric
Increasingly, pipeline operating companies must deal with regulations that focus on environmental protection. The goal of the regulations is to minimize pipeline leaks that not only endanger the environment but also result in operator downtime and financial penalties. Identifying, verifying and responding to the abnormal conditions around a potential leak require best practices, including controller training.
A computational pipeline monitoring (CPM) system uses real-time information from the field – such as pressure, temperature, viscosity, density, flow rate, product sonic velocity and product interface locations – to estimate the hydraulic behavior of the product being transported and create a computerized simulation. With it, controllers can be alerted to actual operating conditions that are not consistent with the calculated conditions and might signal the existence of a pipeline leak. Different CPM methodologies provide different leak detection capabilities, so different methods, or a combination of methods, might be better applied to different operations.
A comprehensive CPM system also supports training best practices that help engineers and controllers develop intimate knowledge of the control system interface, alarming functions and response actions. It is an efficient way to implement refresher training to cover network modifications and expansions and to accurately document training, testing results and qualifications. Computerized simulation has demonstrated to provide more comprehensive and effective training for a specific pipeline than on-the-job training. For this reason, it is the preferred method of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Association (DOT-PHMSA) for training controllers to recognize the abnormal conditions that might suggest a leak and to optimize the safety of the pipeline operation.
Schneider Electric’s SimSuite Pipeline solution is based on a real-time transient model that includes leak detection capabilities, crucial to safety and environmental concerns; a simulation trainer application for targeted and effective training of operational staff; and forecasting and planning functionalities that help improve business intelligence. Together, these capabilities help the pipeline operator reduce operations cost as well as comply with regulations.
Field Data Gathering Services — A Cloud-Based ApproachSchneider Electric
Utilities today wish to facilitate the capture of asset information in the field in a way that is not only scalable but cost effective. They need a system that is simple to use, inexpensive to implement, flexible enough to meet ever-changing needs, yet also powerful enough to cover a majority of their needs with immediacy. This paper describes Schneider Electric's powerful cloud-based solution to optimize the inspection and gathering of field information.
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
With DTN Guardian3 for ethanol terminal automation, you can optimize inventory and demand, manage volumetric and weighed products, and ensure safety and security.
Download the file now to learn it al about DTN Guardian3.
Dtech 2015 the distribution management system network modelSchneider Electric
The presentation will illustrate the methodology deployed to achieve an accurate Distribution Network Model at Duke Energy Carolinas. It will also dive in to the impact on various stakeholders in the organization, as well as the change management process that drives the successful implementation of the model.
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms and Branch...Schneider Electric
Small server rooms and branch offices are typically unorganized, unsecure, hot, unmonitored, and space constrained. These conditions can lead to system downtime or, at the very least, lead to “close calls” that get management’s attention. Practical experience with these problems reveals a short list of effective methods to improve the availability of IT operations within small server rooms and branch offices. This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power, cooling, racks, physical security, monitoring, and lighting. The focus of this paper is on small server rooms and branch offices with up to 10kW of IT load.
2013 Vendor Track, GE Digital Energy Solutions Overview by John ChisumGIS in the Rockies
Utility & Telecommunication GeoSpatial Solutions - GE's solutions enable critical network assets with Geospatial Systems, mobile workforce applications, and communications management
- Advanced solutions for network infrastructure
- Mobile solutions
- Field force automation
Utility Operations Systems - GE's PowerOn suite delivers end to end grid control for security and stability of supply, enabling operators to restore power faster when unforeseen problems cause outages
- GridIQ Insight
- Advanced Distribution Management System
- Distribution Management System
- Outage Management System
- Energy Management System
- Demand Response Management System
An electric grid alarming management system that works with real-time data is vital for optimizing network performance and safety. This system also must have the ability to finely tune alarms, to assure reliable event and condition notifications without overloading control room operators and reducing alarming effectiveness.
Schneider Electric’s Smart Alarming Management solution works seamlessly with the Schneider Electric Advanced DMS solution to put real-time data to work in the most effective and efficient manner. The robustness of this solution is due to its application to both database and system alarms. Configurable tools enable fast and reliable identification of event severity and specific filtering, prioritization and suppression. This approach assures that operator screens communicate what is needed, when needed. Displays provide comprehensive summaries of alarm status and actions performed that add to efficiency.
In particular, the Schneider Electric solution supports alarming management for defined areas of responsibility. Focusing on alarm capabilities at the AOR level optimizes both control and security for the network as a whole.
Smart Alarming management makes the most of the utility’s investment in its real-time information infrastructure. Together, they provide vital and relevant network information that enables operators to respond promptly and effectively to changing network conditions.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Control Room Management - Alarm Management Schneider Electric
Industry best practices call for pipeline operators to define a clear alarm management plan that helps avoid controller overload and ensures alarms are accurate and support safe pipeline operation. Review of controller workload is key in this program, as it can provide the most critical information on how to improve the performance of an alarm system and the controllers monitoring it. Controller performance can be impaired when deluged with too many SCADA alarms, a significant increase in the number of points being monitored and alarms related to communications, which all add to other attention-demanding activities not directly related to alarms.
Developing a program to analyze and continually improve the alarm system includes identification of the operator’s Alarm Philosophy: identifying what constitutes an alarm, who manages it, how it is managed and how training and change of management are carried out. Other best practices of an alarm management program include benchmark and performance audits; rationalisation to determine which SCADA alarms warrant response; and implementation, in an auditable manner, of actions defined.
When implementing an alarm management improvement program, the highest benefit is realised through strategies that involve little advanced technology. These high benefit strategies include alarm storm reviews, tuning alarm settings on nuisance alarms and fixing known issues; adjusting deadbands of repeating alarms; and eliminating alarms with no defined response. Strategies of medium benefit include suppression of alarms from ‘out of service’ stations; replacing absolute alarms with deviation alarms; and filtering, de-bouncing, or suppressing repeater alarms. Other advanced alarm improvement strategies that can provide additional benefit after initial strategies have been implemented include use of dynamic alarm thresholds, operator-set alarms and operational mode suppression. Tracking improvement in the alarm program after modifications are made is important, especially as operations bring in larger point counts.
Schneider Electric actively participates in industry alarm management programs to assure its advanced-technology Control Room Management solution targets best practices and meets new regulations for improved alarm management in the pipeline sector and other control implementations.
Press Conference at Hannover Messe #HM15SE...As a leader in energy management and industrial automation our interconnected technologies, solutions and services help unlock unprecedented value and ensure Industry Is On everywhere
A deck on Data Center challenges and how DCIM Software can help to overcome them. It also shows the origin of DCIM over the various Traditional Data Center monitoring tools and methods.
Preparing for the Future: How Asset Management Will Evolve in the Age of Smar...Schneider Electric
Most utilities struggle to organize information about their distribution network assets. Operations, engineering, accounting, and other business functions all use different tools and systems, forcing grid operators to synchronize separate databases. This paper presents an improved approach to managing grid assets by establishing a ‘single source of the truth,’ eliminating special-purpose databases, utilizing spatial databases, and incorporating a workflow management tool to support database updates.
Download GFS Crane DCIM case study to see how we help business via IT and Telecom Infrastructure DCIM implementation, including ROI and payback period.
Panduit Physical Infrastructure Manager™ (PIM™) Software Platform and PViQ Intelligent Hardware combine for a comprehensive data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution. This intelligent software and hardware provides data center professionals greater staff productivity and visibility of all data center assets along with their connectivity, locations, and relationships. PIM™ solutions allow you to discover, visualize, model, control, report, predict and manage all physical data center assets including the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan capacity for future growth. PIM™ solutions can also help control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Liquids Pipeline Leak Detection and Simulation TrainingSchneider Electric
Increasingly, pipeline operating companies must deal with regulations that focus on environmental protection. The goal of the regulations is to minimize pipeline leaks that not only endanger the environment but also result in operator downtime and financial penalties. Identifying, verifying and responding to the abnormal conditions around a potential leak require best practices, including controller training.
A computational pipeline monitoring (CPM) system uses real-time information from the field – such as pressure, temperature, viscosity, density, flow rate, product sonic velocity and product interface locations – to estimate the hydraulic behavior of the product being transported and create a computerized simulation. With it, controllers can be alerted to actual operating conditions that are not consistent with the calculated conditions and might signal the existence of a pipeline leak. Different CPM methodologies provide different leak detection capabilities, so different methods, or a combination of methods, might be better applied to different operations.
A comprehensive CPM system also supports training best practices that help engineers and controllers develop intimate knowledge of the control system interface, alarming functions and response actions. It is an efficient way to implement refresher training to cover network modifications and expansions and to accurately document training, testing results and qualifications. Computerized simulation has demonstrated to provide more comprehensive and effective training for a specific pipeline than on-the-job training. For this reason, it is the preferred method of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Association (DOT-PHMSA) for training controllers to recognize the abnormal conditions that might suggest a leak and to optimize the safety of the pipeline operation.
Schneider Electric’s SimSuite Pipeline solution is based on a real-time transient model that includes leak detection capabilities, crucial to safety and environmental concerns; a simulation trainer application for targeted and effective training of operational staff; and forecasting and planning functionalities that help improve business intelligence. Together, these capabilities help the pipeline operator reduce operations cost as well as comply with regulations.
Field Data Gathering Services — A Cloud-Based ApproachSchneider Electric
Utilities today wish to facilitate the capture of asset information in the field in a way that is not only scalable but cost effective. They need a system that is simple to use, inexpensive to implement, flexible enough to meet ever-changing needs, yet also powerful enough to cover a majority of their needs with immediacy. This paper describes Schneider Electric's powerful cloud-based solution to optimize the inspection and gathering of field information.
Integrated Control and Safety - Assessing the Benefits; Weighing the RisksSchneider Electric
While best practice has leaned toward keeping control and
safety isolated from each other, recent enterprise data integration
and cost control initiatives are providing incentive to
achieve some level of integration. This paper describes three
basic integration models, including an “interfaced” approach,
in which separate control and safety communicate via a
custom built software bridge; an “integrated but separate”
approach, in which the disparate systems sit on the same
network, but share information only across isolated network
channels; and a “common” approach, in which both control
and safety systems share a common operating system. The
authors then compare the three approaches according to
compliance with safety standards and cost efficiencies.
With DTN Guardian3 for ethanol terminal automation, you can optimize inventory and demand, manage volumetric and weighed products, and ensure safety and security.
Download the file now to learn it al about DTN Guardian3.
Dtech 2015 the distribution management system network modelSchneider Electric
The presentation will illustrate the methodology deployed to achieve an accurate Distribution Network Model at Duke Energy Carolinas. It will also dive in to the impact on various stakeholders in the organization, as well as the change management process that drives the successful implementation of the model.
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms and Branch...Schneider Electric
Small server rooms and branch offices are typically unorganized, unsecure, hot, unmonitored, and space constrained. These conditions can lead to system downtime or, at the very least, lead to “close calls” that get management’s attention. Practical experience with these problems reveals a short list of effective methods to improve the availability of IT operations within small server rooms and branch offices. This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power, cooling, racks, physical security, monitoring, and lighting. The focus of this paper is on small server rooms and branch offices with up to 10kW of IT load.
2013 Vendor Track, GE Digital Energy Solutions Overview by John ChisumGIS in the Rockies
Utility & Telecommunication GeoSpatial Solutions - GE's solutions enable critical network assets with Geospatial Systems, mobile workforce applications, and communications management
- Advanced solutions for network infrastructure
- Mobile solutions
- Field force automation
Utility Operations Systems - GE's PowerOn suite delivers end to end grid control for security and stability of supply, enabling operators to restore power faster when unforeseen problems cause outages
- GridIQ Insight
- Advanced Distribution Management System
- Distribution Management System
- Outage Management System
- Energy Management System
- Demand Response Management System
An electric grid alarming management system that works with real-time data is vital for optimizing network performance and safety. This system also must have the ability to finely tune alarms, to assure reliable event and condition notifications without overloading control room operators and reducing alarming effectiveness.
Schneider Electric’s Smart Alarming Management solution works seamlessly with the Schneider Electric Advanced DMS solution to put real-time data to work in the most effective and efficient manner. The robustness of this solution is due to its application to both database and system alarms. Configurable tools enable fast and reliable identification of event severity and specific filtering, prioritization and suppression. This approach assures that operator screens communicate what is needed, when needed. Displays provide comprehensive summaries of alarm status and actions performed that add to efficiency.
In particular, the Schneider Electric solution supports alarming management for defined areas of responsibility. Focusing on alarm capabilities at the AOR level optimizes both control and security for the network as a whole.
Smart Alarming management makes the most of the utility’s investment in its real-time information infrastructure. Together, they provide vital and relevant network information that enables operators to respond promptly and effectively to changing network conditions.
[Oil & Gas White Paper] Control Room Management - Alarm Management Schneider Electric
Industry best practices call for pipeline operators to define a clear alarm management plan that helps avoid controller overload and ensures alarms are accurate and support safe pipeline operation. Review of controller workload is key in this program, as it can provide the most critical information on how to improve the performance of an alarm system and the controllers monitoring it. Controller performance can be impaired when deluged with too many SCADA alarms, a significant increase in the number of points being monitored and alarms related to communications, which all add to other attention-demanding activities not directly related to alarms.
Developing a program to analyze and continually improve the alarm system includes identification of the operator’s Alarm Philosophy: identifying what constitutes an alarm, who manages it, how it is managed and how training and change of management are carried out. Other best practices of an alarm management program include benchmark and performance audits; rationalisation to determine which SCADA alarms warrant response; and implementation, in an auditable manner, of actions defined.
When implementing an alarm management improvement program, the highest benefit is realised through strategies that involve little advanced technology. These high benefit strategies include alarm storm reviews, tuning alarm settings on nuisance alarms and fixing known issues; adjusting deadbands of repeating alarms; and eliminating alarms with no defined response. Strategies of medium benefit include suppression of alarms from ‘out of service’ stations; replacing absolute alarms with deviation alarms; and filtering, de-bouncing, or suppressing repeater alarms. Other advanced alarm improvement strategies that can provide additional benefit after initial strategies have been implemented include use of dynamic alarm thresholds, operator-set alarms and operational mode suppression. Tracking improvement in the alarm program after modifications are made is important, especially as operations bring in larger point counts.
Schneider Electric actively participates in industry alarm management programs to assure its advanced-technology Control Room Management solution targets best practices and meets new regulations for improved alarm management in the pipeline sector and other control implementations.
Press Conference at Hannover Messe #HM15SE...As a leader in energy management and industrial automation our interconnected technologies, solutions and services help unlock unprecedented value and ensure Industry Is On everywhere
A deck on Data Center challenges and how DCIM Software can help to overcome them. It also shows the origin of DCIM over the various Traditional Data Center monitoring tools and methods.
Our DCIM Product suite GFS Crane provides policy and constraint-based capacity planning for data centers resolving conflicting objectives like maximizing asset utilization, minimizing power consumption while delivering high availability at over 99%.
On-demand version of Slide deck presented by GreenField Software during Webinar with Intel DCM on February 11. 2016. The presentation shows how a policy-driven DCIM like GFS Crane helps to avoid common pitfalls of data center operations that cause costly data center failures.
In medicine - an MRI can quickly reveal a hidden ailment and actionable insight to get better. For IT and business leaders whose key concern with the mainframe is the platform costs and lean operations - the CA Mainframe Resource Intelligene reveals multiple sources of hidden mainframe costs and operational inefficiencies along with actionable recommendations.View this slideshare to understand how this new SaaS offering from CA brings together automation, speed, analytics and mainframe expertise of 40+ years. CA Mainframe Resource Intelligence reports answer your CIO’s toughest questions about mainframe optimization and potential for digital transformation.
For more information, please contact your account director or mainframe specialist at:
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Case Study: Datotel Extended the Power of Infrastructure Management to the Ph...CA Technologies
Learn how Datotel, a provider of cloud computing, co-location and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is using CA DCIM to help run their data centers more efficiently.
For more information on DevOps solutions from CA Technologies, please visit: http://bit.ly/1wbjjqX
Data Centers in the age of the Industrial InternetGE_India
The convergence of machine and intelligent data is known as the Industrial Internet, and it's changing the way we work by improving efficiency and operations.
In the age of the Industrial Internet, the data center and its key components are evolving.
To learn more, click here: http://invent.ge/1c8vfvO
To know more about GE in India log on to: http://www.ge.com/in/
Connect with GE India online:
https://www.facebook.com/GEIndia
https://www.twitter.com/GEIndia
https://www.youtube.com/GEIndia
All aspects of energy are becoming more information intensive, and will likely become more so in the future. This is true at the machine level, facility level, fleet level and network level. The consequences are significant including the potential for more efficient operations, lower transaction costs, a shift from reactive to predictive maintenance, better safety and finally new regulatory dynamics with new levels of transparency for monitoring and enforcement.
In this presentation we will be discussing the business benefits for data centre power and environmental monitoring and practical steps you can take to reduce risk and increase efficiency. Richard May bio.: Richard May is the Data Centre Power SME and Country Manager for Raritan UKI and Nordics. With over 17 years’ data centre experience, specialising in rack monitoring, metering and control, Richard works to support Raritan customers and partners; helping to maximise the efficiency of their existing data centres, and developing strategies for their new facilities.
Real Time Dynamics Monitoring System (RTDMS): Phasor Applications for the Co...Power System Operation
The electric power grid in the US has evolved
from a vertically integrated system to a mixture of
regulated and deregulated competitive market system.
Grid oversight is transitioning from local utilities to an
assortment of transmission companies, regional
Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional
Transmission Organizations (RTOs). Regulatory and
economic pressures have caused new transmission
construction to lag the growth in demand. These forces
have increased pressure on electricity markets and
caused operators to maximize the utilization of the
system. The result is an operating environment where
operators are faced with quick changing and previously
unseen power flow patterns and operational conditions
with limited information available for real-time
operation and decision-making. Furthermore, the aging
High Scalability Network Performance Management for EnterprisesCA Technologies
CA Performance Management is a big data collection, warehousing and analytics solution that helps enterprises maximize return on their network infrastructure investments and lower the cost of network operations.
Learn more about CA Performance Management here: http://bit.ly/1vrQPJB
Visualizing Your Network Health - Driving Visibility in Increasingly Complex...DellNMS
Dell Performance Monitoring Network Management solutions can provide your IT department with the affordable, in-depth visibility and actionable monitoring needed to manage network infrastructure complexity.
Join our webcast to learn how:
• Dynamic discovery of equipment provides the ability to map current location, configuration and interdependencies.
• Real-time visibility across network infrastructures can help ensure availability and performance.
• Actionable information about network health, faults, bandwidth hogs and performance issues reduces the mean-time-to-resolution.
• Proactive analysis can pinpoint the root cause of intermittent, hard to find problems.
Visualizing and optimizing your network is easier than you think
Similar to The High Availability Mantra - How DCIM Can Help (20)
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Today’s Topics
• High Availability Mantra Revisited
• Anatomy of a DCIM Software: GFS Crane
• How GFS Crane DCIM Delivers Higher Availability
• How GFS Crane DCIM Helps to Reduce Costs
• GFS Crane DCIM Case Studies
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The High Availability Mantra RevisitedThe High Availability Mantra Revisited
Amazon Data Centers (built to Tier 4 standards and with an expected availability of 99.995%) had two
outages in 2012 – each over 3 hours!
• Tier 3/Tier 4 just defined by hardware redundancies
• Glaring gaps in operating procedures to prevent fatal human errors
• Lack of purpose-built BCP software to predict failures
• Lack of chain of custody to detect root cause
Amazon Data Centers (built to Tier 4 standards and with an expected availability of 99.995%) had two
outages in 2012 – each over 3 hours!
• Tier 3/Tier 4 just defined by hardware redundancies
• Glaring gaps in operating procedures to prevent fatal human errors
• Lack of purpose-built BCP software to predict failures
• Lack of chain of custody to detect root cause
Availability % Downtime per year Downtime per month* Downtime per week
99% ("two nines") 3.65 days 7.20 hours 1.68 hours
99.5% 1.83 days 3.60 hours 50.4 minutes
99.8% 17.52 hours 86.23 minutes 20.16 minutes
99.9% ("three nines") 8.76 hours 43.8 minutes 10.1 minutes
99.95% 4.38 hours 21.56 minutes 5.04 minutes
99.99% ("four nines") 52.56 minutes 4.32 minutes 1.01 minutes
99.999% ("five nines") 5.26 minutes 25.9 seconds 6.05 seconds
99.9999% ("six nines") 31.5 seconds 2.59 seconds 0.605 seconds
99.99999% ("seven nines") 3.15 seconds 0.259 seconds 0.0605 seconds
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Did You Know?
90% of DC Failures Are From Common Preventable Causes90% of DC Failures Are From Common Preventable Causes
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Did You Know?
Average Failure of an Online System: 36 hours per annum.
That’s only 99.6% Uptime
Average Failure of an Online System: 36 hours per annum.
That’s only 99.6% Uptime
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Did You Know?
75% of Businesses Without a BC Plan Fail Within 3 Years after a Major
Disruption in their IT Systems
75% of Businesses Without a BC Plan Fail Within 3 Years after a Major
Disruption in their IT Systems
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Improves Availability: Predictability, Visibility & Change Tracking
Advanced Alarm Management and analytics helps in failure
predictability, faster turn-around-time, improved availability and SLA
Consolidation of alarms from different facilities helps in centralized
monitoring
Improved visibility of the power chain and the relationships among
critical components of the infrastructure helps in better impact analysis of
device malfunction or failure and doing RCA
Change Tracking in the data center environment helps in doing impact
analysis of any change and root cause analysis of any outage occurring due
to a change
Predictive
Analytics
Predictive
Analytics
Visibility from
Power Chain
Visibility from
Power Chain
Change TrackingChange Tracking
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Improves Availability: Predictability from Proactive Alarms
Proactive Real-time alarms
Alarms on power, PUE and environmental
conditions like temperature, humidity, smoke,
fire, WLD, door-open and motion
Alarms can be sent on e-mail & SMS
Alarm Dashboard
Alarms from multiple data centers are
consolidated on a dashboard
Analysis on alarms based on severity, type,
source, duration etc.
Advanced Alarm Management helps in failure
predictability, faster turn-around-time,
improved availability & SLA compliance
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Improves Availability: Visibility from Power Chain
Maps relationships among critical
components of electrical infrastructure
Create power chain for electrical infrastructure
Map asset relationships and redundancies
starting from power source to customers and
applications
Asset Relationship Mapping
Improved visibility of the power chain and
relationships among critical components of
the infrastructure help in better impact
analysis of device malfunction or failure
and doing root cause analysis
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Improves Availability: Change Tracking
Maintains an audit trail for all
Installation/Move/Add/Change activity in
the data center
Integration with existing ITSM tool
enables running the tracked changes
through a workflow system for change
approvals
Audit Trail of DC Configuration Changes
Tracking changes in the data center environment helps in doing impact analysis
of any change and root cause analysis of any outage occurring due to a change
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Reduces Cost: Capex & Opex
Better visibility helps discovering under-utilized computing capacities
-> defers capex purchases
Better visibility helps avoiding stranded capacities on rack space &
power use: maximizes utilization of available capacities
Better monitoring & analytics reduces operating cost on power
Automation of processes like Asset Tracking, Provisioning &
Monitoring improves productivity
Rationalizing asset base helps in lower maintenance costs like
equipment AMC
Reduces CapexReduces Capex
Reduces OpexReduces Opex
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Reduces CapEx: Monitoring IT Utilization
Visibility of hidden compute capacity
Calculates the average utilization of all
computing devices in the data center
Identifies the unused compute capacity
Under-utilized servers can be repurposed
Based on power consumption & utilization
patterns, hardware specs and age, ‘Repurpose
Candidates’ are identified that helps in deferring
new server hardware purchase
Hidden Computing Capacity
Repurpose Hardware
Discovery of hidden compute capacity defers
capital investment on new server hardware and
software licenses
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Reduces Capex: Minimizing Stranded Capacities
Visibility of consumed power against max
capacity in a rack
Provides real-time information on actual IT
load in a rack
Provides maximum power capacity
Provides available power capacity
Visibility of occupied rack space against
max available space
Provides real-time information on occupied
space in the rack in RU
Provides maximum space capacity
Provides available space capacity
Hidden Power Capacity
Hidden Space Capacity
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Reduces OpEx: Power Costs
Multi-level PUE Comparison
Compares PUE calculated at
multiple levels and identifies power
distribution losses that can be
rectified to improve efficiency and
reduce OpEx on Power
Detect Power Distribution Loss
L1 PUE: UPS Output
L2 PUE: PDU Output
L3 PUE: Device-level
reading
Detection of power distribution losses in the
electrical infrastructure helps in improving
energy efficiency of the data center and
reduce operating cost on power
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Reduces Opex: Process Automation & Improved Productivity
Automated discovery and inventory of
both IT and infrastructure assets
Intelligent assets are automatically
discovered using SNMP/IPMI
Manufacturer Repository contains
information on static attributes of assets
Assets data imported from
spreadsheets or asset management tool
Single management console to manage
IT and non-IT assets
Maintenance management for assets
done using plug-ins that sends scheduler
based proactive alerts
Workflow-based auto-provisioning
improves speed and reduces errors
Advanced Asset Management
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Reduces Opex: Asset Rationalization
Asset Rationalization
Asset Management module tracks & maintains inventory of all assets (IT
& non-IT) in the data Centre.
Helps identify legacy servers and replacement candidates
Reduces AMC, space rentals
Asset
Rationalization
Asset
Rationalization
Server
Virtualization
Server
Virtualization
Capacity
Planning
Capacity
Planning
Data Center
Consolidation
Data Center
Consolidation
GFS
Crane
DC
DCIM
GFS
Crane
DC
DCIM
Legacy Data
Center
Legacy Data
Center
Server & Rack
Consolidation
Server & Rack
Consolidation
Multiple
Data Centers
Multiple
Data Centers
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How GFS Crane DCIM Helps
• Helps Data Center Manager avoid unnecessary over-provisioning
• Helps plan investments and new capacity
• Helps reduce the capital costs
• Helps reduce power use and other operating costs
• Helps reduce risk of failures through critical alerts
• Helps adapting to technical and business change more easily
• Helps improvement plans through real-time metrics & dashboard
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GFS Crane DCIM Case Study 1: Financial Services
Industry Project Financing & Mutual Funds
Data Center Location India
Data Center Details Tier III certified by 451 Research, Energy Efficient ‘green’ Data Center
certified by TÜV Rheinland
DCIM Implementation
date
January, 2012
Business requirement
driving DCIM
implementation
Improve energy efficiency through better energy management
Comply with Green Grid recommendations and adopt best practices
in data center operations
Improve data center availability and meet business SLA through
better monitoring, failure prediction and faster turn-around-time
Integration Touch
Points
Power Systems: LT transformer panels, UPS, PDUs and Distribution
Panels, BUSBAR panels, Multifunction Energy Meters.
Environmental Systems: PAC units, temperature and humidity probes
Servers, Network devices, Storage devices
Siemens Building Management System
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Industry Mobile Operator
Data Center Location South Asia
Data Center Details Multiple data centers spread across 4 locations, covering 8,500 sq.ft. of
whitespace and housing 320 racks
DCIM Implementation
Date
Ongoing
Business requirement
driving DCIM
implementation
Improve data center efficiency through better energy management
Improve operational efficiency through better asset management,
capacity planning and converged infrastructure monitoring capability
Improve data center availability and meet business SLA through
better monitoring, failure prediction and faster turn-around-time
Integration Touch
Points
Power Systems: LT transformer panels, UPS, A/C & D/C PDUs and
Distribution Panels, BUSBAR panels, Multifunction Energy Meters.
Environmental Systems: PAC units, temperature and humidity probes
Diesel generator, flow and level sensors
IBM Netcool (ITSM), VESDA, ACS and IP Surveillance
GFS Crane DCIM Case Study 2: Telecom