1. Description of Service
Energy Efficiency and Monitoring Services provide support for reducing the power
consumption and carbon emissions associated with office computer equipment that
is typically left powered-up even when not in use (especially overnight). The
core services are Wake-on-LAN and Power Management Monitoring.
1.1. Wake-on-LAN
The Wake-on-LAN service helps to overcome some of the common problems with
turning office desktop computers off overnight. This service is aimed at all
users in the University, and offers:
- Turn your PC on according to a preset schedule (e.g. 8.00am every
working day). This ensures that your PC has time to start up and be
ready for use when you arrive at the office, saving you time;
- Wake-up your PC on-demand via a simple web page (usable from mobile
devices). This means that you can turn on your PC if you need to access
it remotely, or if you are heading to work at a time when it would not
normally be scheduled to turn on;
- Automated wake-up to enable overnight TSM backups to take
place.
1.2. Power Management Monitoring
The Power Management Monitoring service keeps track of how much power your
devices are consuming over a period of time, enabling you to measure the
effectiveness of power management initiatives that you have employed. This
service is aimed primarily at ITSS and unit administrators, and offers:
- Hourly monitoring of all registered devices, and recording of the
number of powered-up devices and associated total power
consumption;
- Bar-chart view of time-series data showing how the number of
devices and power consumption varies over time;
- Export and download the data to a spreadsheet for your own
processing / import into another tool.
1.3. EEM Gateway Management
In order for the WoL and PMM services to be available for equipment connected
to a given network, that network must be visible to an EEM gateway. An EEM
gateway is a Linux-based server running the EEM gateway software and
connected (physically or logically) to the target network.
The EEM gateway server can be provided by ITSS using a physical or
virtual machine, or by IT Services as a pre-installed small form factor
device.
1.4.
EEM services were originally launched in 2009, and have been available in their
current form since January 2012.