November 21, 2007—IBM has introduced a new version of what it calls industry-first management software that uses autonomic capabilities to track energy consumption in data centers and helps customers to monitor their power usage and make adjustments to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
The latest version of IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AEM), originally introduced in 2005 as PowerExecutive, allows customers to cap power usage, prevent cost overruns, and monitor energy usage trends that enable better planning before deploying workloads across multiple platforms in their data centers, says the company.
Originally developed for IBM’s x86 System x hardware, AEM now supports additional IBM Systems (POWER) and IBM System Storage platforms and plans to extend support to IBM System z (mainframe). In addition, some hardware from other manufacturers is supported.
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager will be available for download beginning December 7, 2007. iPDU capabilities, Power Trending, and Thermal Trending are no-charge features of the AEM product. Prices for managing power usage start at an IBM list price of under $100 per system, and include both Power Savings Mode and Power Capping.
For more information visit IBM’s Active Energy Manager Web page.
