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Overview

IBM® Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ Version 4.2 measures, monitors, and manages the power and thermal components built into IBM systems enabling a cross-platform management solution. Active Energy Manager extends the scope of energy management to include non-IBM systems and facility providers to enable a more complete view of energy consumption within the datacenter. It is a unique energy management software tool that can provide a single view of the actual energy usage across the systems and facilities within the data center.

Active Energy Manager is an IBM Systems Director plug-in available for Linux® on System z®, Linux on POWER®, Linux on System x®, AIX®, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

Provides support for:

The main new features of Active Energy Manager 4.2 include:

Active Energy Manager also provides a source of energy management data that can be exploited by Tivoli enterprise solutions such as IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Active Energy Manager is a key component of IBM's energy-efficient technologies and services and is required for a dynamic infrastructure strategy.

What we offer

Active Energy Manager monitors and manages power consumption and environment data (temperature, humidity, etc) to allow better utilization of available energy resources and facilities equipment. The application software enables you to trend actual power consumption and corresponding environment data on systems running applications in your data center

IBM's energy management provides an integrated approach across the entire energy spectrum with products that align with your needs.

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager:

Benefits:

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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager 4.2 Availability
IBM formally announced IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager on October 20, 2009 and it will be made Generally Available via download or with new server orders in the fourth quarter of 2009. Services from IBM will be available to help with the analysis and deployment of IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager 4.2 and can assist existing IBM Director Active Energy Manager clients migrate to the new release.

Requirements:
Active Energy Manager 4.2 requires IBM Systems Director 6.1.2. If the product is installed on an older version of IBM Systems Director, you will be prompted to perform an upgrade before accessing full functionality. Consult the Installation and User's Guide (PDF, 1.17MB) for full plug-in requirements.

Get a 60-day trial of Active Energy Manager
Take advantage of the 60 day trial opportunity to see for yourself how this solution will enable you to measure, monitor and manage the energy components built into IBM Systems enabling a cross-platform management solution. Active Energy Manager extends the scope of energy management to include facility providers to enable a more complete view of energy consumption within the datacenter. When the trial ends, for continued use of IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager beyond the 60-day trial, the offering must be purchased.

The following trial download link will be updated with Active Energy Manager 4.2 when it becomes available. Previous versions are available now at this link.

Purchase Active Energy Manager
Contact your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL.



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