May 2017

ABB AbilityTM DataCenter Automation

Datacenter Infrastructure Management for efficient operation, overview
Gregor Kilian
ABB power & automation

ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that

enable utility and industrial customers to improve performance
while lowering environmental impact.

ABB powers large parts of the datacenter power infrastructure.

Were using decades of expertise in industrial mission critical

facilities to the data centre industry.

$40B in revenue, 135,000 employees in ~100 countries.

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ABB in datacenters
A portfolio fit for industrialization

ABB AbilityDatacenter Automation

Drives & Motors Power Modules PLC & DCS control Automation software Safety features Service, Support and
Consulting

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DCIM-platform, ABB Ability for Datacenter Automation and Operation
Competitiveness through better operation efficiency

Innovation open platform

A mature platform with 10,000 + industrial implementations
based on 800xA.

A proven software stack & control hardware supporting many

mission critical industries.

An enterprise approach to measuring and managing

performance across the datacenter.

A proven platform for PMS, BMS, Energy metering &

management, IT & Asset Management and beyond.

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Datacenter common functionality
DCIM needs to be open to handle functions from different vendors
Mobile Center Monitoring Web
Central Platform

Maintainace Mgmt Power Mgmt Alarm Mgmt 3D-View/CFD Simulation

3D-View/CFD Simulation
AssetMgmt
Asset Mgmt Work Order Mgmt Remote Monitoring Capacityplanning
Capacity Planing
Central DCIM Energy Mgmt Linkage Mgmt Report Mgmt Cooling Optimization
Cooling Optimization
Security Lighting Other System
EMS Interface PMS Interface BMS interface IT Interface Fire Interface
Interface Interface Interface

OPC
Sub-System

Server Server Server

TCP/IP
Sub-System Data Collection

Controller N-Port Controller

Video

RS485 Light
Controller N-Port

Pressure T Security
T/H Leakage Fire
Control

Gas Battery Valve Trans Infrared

Server
CRAC UPS Chilling pump
The data amount is large, some times only
Devices

Gen HVAC

LV PDU HV
Chilling Chilling Storage
Water Unit Tank
Storage
PMS monitoring points can beyond
Chilling Fan AHU
100,000.
ATS HVDC Transformer Network

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Traditional datacenter model
DCIM solutions, market still evolving not as mature as other industries

Still many management systems to view and maintain

Poor or no integrations, limitations of control
Difficult to optimize and understand the true state of your data
center.

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Datacenter systems are needlessly complex
islands of automation increase risk, cost, inefficiency

Silos of data and information- Facilities Engineering, Operations & Planning IT DevOps, Planning
no real time dependency
modelling
Power Cooling White Space IT
Difficult to understand, manual
integration, human error Network
factors Compute
Network Mon.

PMS EMS
Lacking efficiency strategies to
CMS BMS Security BCM Data
Services
model & execute App. Mon.

Substation Switchgear
CRACs VFDs Airflow Hotspots Server Mon.
Fire Control

Utility Meter Generators Power Meters

Plug in Strips
Chillers Economisers Pressure
VESDA
UPS BCM PDU

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ABB Ability Datacenter Automation
Single integrated system, open architecture

Supports maximum connectivity and optimization through:

Standardized integrations and communication to most
protocols e.g. Modbus, BACNet, Profibus, IEC61850,
SNMP,
Common user interface
High-availability designs, Redundancy
Fewer systems to commission means faster startups.
Fewer systems means less cost

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How ABB Ability Datacenter Automation helps
Enabling a flexible network and integration in your existing data center

Enables comprehensive management of the

3 Cs in your data center:
Control
Capacity
Cost

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Control + Integrate + Operate
Across all datacenter infrastructure

Control everything in the infrastructure

treat your datacenter(s) as a single system

Integrate with everything in the enterprise

manage your datacenter(s) equipment from various
vendors, from grid to chip

Operate the most efficient environments

enable a lights-out, remote-hands capability

Platform for data and functional integration

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Command Center Dashboard
KPIs

100% Provider managed, data is made available via a historian and web-server running in the DMZ. This provides
safe and secure access by clients, without concern about direct access to the control system.

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Power Management
Highly reliable, real-time control over all power

Monitoring and control of devices, power systems and meters, including substation, microgrid and on-site power
generation, to ensure safe and reliable power distribution, switching and consumption.

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Building Management
Highly reliable holistic mechanical automation

Monitoring and centralised control over facility systems, such as chillers, CRACs, AHUs and the electromechanical
plant, including environmental and other physical factors.

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Energy Management
Actionable and automated enterprise energy efficiency

Monitoring, reporting and analytics of energy utilization including the optimization of the use of supply
resources to meet the predicted consumption at minimum total cost.

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Powerful Alarm Management

View alarms from cooling, power, and IT in a single list sorted

chronologically, by priority, or by equipment and filtered by
location, functionality, or network connectivity
Embedded analysis tools for determining the most frequent
offenders, the ones that take the longest to remedy, or those
that result in the greatest downtime

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Maintenance Management
Condition based and preventive maintenance

Shift from time-based to condition-based maintenance using automated prognostics and diagnostics to identify
and resolve issues before they become problems.

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Reporting Templates
Excel Integration to real time and historical data

Optimize space, power and cooling capacity through intelligent placement of IT assets. Perform modeling and
what-if analyses and automate and manage workflow processes.

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IT & Asset Management
Floor & capacity planning and management of racks

Monitor & Optimize from:

Power consumption
Temperature
Weather
Workload

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Deep Visibility of IT asset data - FNT integration
Rack example

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Shared Configuration Data
For power consumption data by any grouping (row, tenant, anything)

Location
Racks are synched from FNT and ABB and placed in the correct
location.
Rollup of power & energy by location
Tenant
Racks are placed under the appropriate Tenant.
Power & energy are tenant

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Shared Facility Data
For De-rating of Rack Power and Better Decisions on Server Placement

Historical real-time data is read from ABB Ability Data

Center Automation by FNT which then combined with
FNT data to produce a series of reports
FNT assets in the Navigator will show current historic
valued from ABB Ability Data Center Automation
Supporting the FNT planner to set a de-rated power
capacity based on historical power usage (min, max, avg.
in table or trend)
Historical temperature may also be used to avoid
placement of IT equipment in hot spots

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FNT Command and ABB AbilityTM Data Center Automation

Wouldnt it be nice if you could:

Plan your data center moves, adds and changes based on reals
power and thermal data, instead of theoretical design data
Give your team full visibility into the current state of your data
center at any hour, minute or second
Let your facilities team know how IT is using power and
cooling, and how they plan to use it in the future
Give facility and IT operations people tools that are tailored to
their needs
Deploy a solution that doesnt require custom interfaces or a
specialized system integrator

You can!

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FNT Command and ABB Ability Data Center Automation
Best-of-breed data center management with integrated facility, IT and operations

IT Asset Management and Capacity Planning Power, Space and Cooling

Facility IT
Operations Operations
ABB Ability
Data Center
Automation

Monitoring and Control of Facilities Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental

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ABB Ability Datacenter Automation comprehensive DCIM
Platform & Integrated System Solution

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Automated, Hyperscale and Secure
The Industrialized Data Center

Industrial, real-time, remote monitoring at component, device, ABB Ability Data Center Automation
and system levels, including environmental and IT conditions.
A unified alarm management system of the entire data center
(i.e. power, cooling, IT) with embedded analytics.
Secure, centralized control and automation of the facility.
Supports full BMS, EPMS and PMs capabilities.
Plug-in modules for Condition-based Monitoring, Operations
Management, Energy Management and Cooling Optimization.

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