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Managing power and cooling with the IBM Cool Blue™ portfolio

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IBM has built more than 30 million square feet of data center space for clients worldwide. Based on this vast experience, we've developed a proven methodology to help you plan your data center power and cooling needs with optimal results. We can assist you in creating a plan for deployment of energy-efficient technology, power savings and future expansion, including solutions for power metering and trend analysis.

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

The IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ solution is available for select IBM BladeCenter and System x servers and allows direct power monitoring through IBM Director software. This solution helps you measure, track and manage actual power usage of systems, applications and workloads at the rack and server level.

Using IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, you can obtain power usage and temperature pattern trend data over time (hourly, weekly, monthly) to better analyze and plan for the power needs of the servers.

IBM rack and power infrastructure options

Optimize your IBM BladeCenter and IBM System x environment while easing deployment with our full suite of IBM rack and power infrastructure solutions. Engineered and IBM ServerProven® tested for compatibility, our products are not only designed for seamless integration, but to address your current and emerging requirements for server management, power, cooling and protection.

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