Overview 5
Overview
About HP Insight Environmental Observer
The HP Insight Environmental Observer is a web-based application that provides visualization of data
center environmental and power data including:
• Rack and/or equipment cabinets temperature and relative humidity
• CRAH/CRAC temperature and relative humidity
• Differential subfloor air pressure
• Chilled water energy values
• Electric power and current values
Users can create customized alerts based on the monitored sensor points.
Observer can monitor a single data center or multiple data centers with a single software installation.
Components
The HP Insight Environmental software includes the following components:
• HP Insight Environmental Application Server
• HP Insight Environmental Observer Console—Visualization and monitoring application
• MySQL Database—Data storage
• HP Insight Environmental Imaging Server—Environmental images created from sensor data
• HP Insight Environmental Device Manager—Subsystem of Observer that provides interfaces to the
managed sensor and data devices
For more information on using HP Insight Environmental software components and its components, see the
HP Insight Environmental Software Installation Guide.
System requirements
Before you install Observer software and related components, the following minimum specifications must
be met.
Hardware requirements
Hardware Requirements
Processor Quad-core processor (Inte®l or AMD®)
Memory 8 GB RAM
Disk space 750 GB (hot swap RAID 1 preferred) with battery-
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