The IBM® Systems Energy Estimator (also referred to as Energy Estimator or Estimator) is a new web-based tool for estimating power requirements for IBM Power Systems. You can use this tool to estimate typical power requirements (watts) for a specific system configuration under normal operating conditions. The Energy Estimator can be run in stand-alone mode and is also integrated with the IBM Systems Workload Estimator. The Energy Estimator will be regularly updated to support new hardware and software functions.
The estimated power requirement is described as "typical" and does not necessarily represent the worst-case power condition that can be measured at 100 percent processor utilization or under abnormal operating conditions such as excessive inlet temperature or hardware failure. At this time, the estimated power requirement does not take into account energy saving techniques which may be employed by the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager and IBM EnergyScale technology for POWER6 processor-based systems.
Energy Estimator features
Functions provided as part of Energy Estimator v2009.4 (November 2009)
- Specify multiple External Expansion types for a single configuration
New support has been added to allow multiple external expansion types to be specified for a single system configuration. Use the Add, Remove, and Duplicate buttons to specify the desired external expansion options. - Support for Solid State Disk
Energy estimation support has been added for Solid State Disk (SSD) drives on the 8346 backplane and on supported internal and external expansion options. - Inactive core function for 595-9119-FHA models
Inactive cores can now be specified on the system configuration screen for the 595-9119-FHA models. Specifying inactive cores will reduce the estimated energy requirement.