ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers
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1. Maximum Supply Voltage Total Frequency Pe SU 2 Voltage Tolerance Harmonic pregnancy Tolerance Distortion Servers with Ac Dc 1 0 for 2 0 for 50 Hz or 60 6 Single Output PSUs 2an vag products products Hz UFRO which are which are rated for lt 1 5 rated for lt 1 5 230 Vac l 230 Vac kW maximum kW maximum 50 Hz or 60 Servers with Ac Dc and or Power or Power or Hz 4 1 0 Multi Output PSUs i 115 Vac 4 0 for 5 0 for 115 Vac products products 60 Hz Optional Testing which are which are Conditions For Ac rated for gt 1 5 rated for gt 1 5 50 Hz or 60 E Dc Japanese 100 Vac kW maximum kW maximum Hz 1 0 Market2 Power Power Dc Servers 53 Vdc 1 0 V N A N A B Ambient Temperature Ambient temperature shall be from 18 C to 27 C C Relative Humidity 1 Low End Moisture 5 5 C Dew Point 2 High End Moisture 60 Relative Humidity 15 C Dew Point D Power Meter Power meters shall possess the following attributes 1 Crest Factor An available current crest factor of 3 or more at its rated range value For analyzers that do not specify the current crest factor the analyzer must be capable of measuring an amperage spike of at least 3 times the maximum amperage measured during any 1 second sample 2 Minimum Frequency Response 3 0 kHz 3 Minimum Resolution a 0 01 W for measurement values less than 10 W b 0 1 W for measurement val2. ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers ENERGY STAR Partner Commitments Following are the terms of the ENERGY STAR Partnership Agreement as it pertains to the manufacture and labeling of ENERGY STAR qualified products The ENERGY STAR Partner must adhere to the following partner commitments Qualifying Products 1 Comply with current ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria which define performance requirements and test procedures for Computer Servers A list of eligible products and their corresponding Eligibility Criteria can be found at www energystar gov specifications 2 Prior to associating the ENERGY STAR name or mark with any product obtain written certification of ENERGY STAR qualification from a Certification Body recognized by EPA for Computer Servers As part of this certification process products must be tested in a laboratory recognized by EPA to perform Computer Server testing A list of EPA recognized laboratories and certification bodies can be found at www energystar gov testingandverification Using the ENERGY STAR Name and Marks 3 Comply with current ENERGY STAR Identity Guidelines which define how the ENERGY STAR name and marks may be used Partner is responsible for adhering to these guidelines and ensuring that its authorized representatives such as advertising agencies dealers and distributors are also in compliance The ENERGY STAR Identity Guidelines are available at www energystar
3. 2 have independent current limits d Multi Output Power Supply A PSU that delivers its power through more than one primary output including one or more standby outputs which remain active whenever connected to an input power source For multi output PSUs the combined power from additional outputs other than the primary and standby outputs is greater than 20 watts This definition also applies to power supplies with multiple outputs at the same voltage that do not meet the definition of a single output PSU I O Device A device that provides data input and output capability to the computer server from other devices An I O device may be integral to the main computer board or may be a separate device connected though expansion slots such as PCI or PCle Examples of I O devices include a Ethernet devices b InfiniBand devices c External RAID SAS controllers and d Fibre Channel devices I O Port Physical circuitry within an I O device where an independent I O session can be established A port is not the same as a connector receptacle since a single receptacle connector may service multiple ports of the same interface D Operational Modes 1 Idle State An operational state in which the operating system and other software have completed loading and the computer server is capable of completing workload transactions but no active workload transactions are requested or pending by the system i e the Computer Server is operat
4. Pappu i is the Idle State power allowance for additional components as determined per Table 4 Table 3 Base Idle State Power Allowances for 1S and 2S Servers eee Base Idle State Power Category prosecsars Managed Server SR i P A 1 No 55 0 B 1 Yes 65 0 Cc 2 No 100 0 D 2 Yes 150 0 Table 4 Additional Component Idle State Power Allowances for 1S and 2S Servers Installed Component Applies To Idle State Power Allowance for Additional Components Papp i watts Additional Power Supply PSUs installed explicitly for power redundancy 20 0 watts per Power Supply Additional Hard Drive HDD and SSD Installed hard drives greater than one 8 0 watts per Hard Drive Additional Memory rounded to the nearest GB Installed memory greater than 4 GB 2 0 watts per GB Additional I O Device single connection speed rounded to nearest Gbit Installed I O devices greater than two ports of 1 Gbit onboard Ethernet Y lt 1 Gbit No Allowance 1 Gbit 2 0 watts Active Port gt 1 Gbit and lt 10 Gbit 4 0 watts Active Port 2 gt 10 Gbit 8 0 watts Active Port i These Idle power limits are applicable to single and dual socket systems only regardless of the number of processors e g a three or four socket system with only one or two processors installed would not be subject to this requirements ii All quantities in Table 3 and
5. 2 3 Power Factor Computer Server ac dc PSUs shall meet power factor requirements as specified in Table 2 when tested using the EPRI Generalized Internal Power Supply Efficiency Test Protocol Rev 6 4 2 available at www efficientpowersupplies org ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 6 of 15 Table 2 Power Factor Requirements for Ac Dc Power Supplies Load Level as a Single Output Percentage of F Multi Output Nameplate Output i lt 500 watts aooo ota gt 1000 watts Current welts 10 N A N A 0 65 0 80 20 0 80 0 80 0 80 0 90 50 0 90 0 90 0 90 0 90 100 0 95 0 95 0 95 0 95 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 Power Management Requirements Three socket 3S and four socket 4S servers shall be configured with processor level power management to reduce power consumption of the processor during periods of low utilization Power management for three and four socket servers shall be implemented as follows i Power management functionality shall be enabled in the system BIOS and or a management controller or service processor ii For systems that ship with a pre installed supervisor system OS or hypervisor power management functionality shall be enabled by default in the supervisor system iii All processors shall be capable of reducing power consumption in times of low utilization by either 1 reducing voltage a
6. Table 4 refer to the number of components installed in the system not the maximum number of components the system can support e g installed processors not processor sockets installed memory not supported memory etc The Additional Power Supply allowance may be applied for each PSU in addition to the minimum quantity necessary to operate the Computer Server ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 8 of 15 3 4 2 3 4 3 iv The Additional I O Device allowance may be applied for all I O Devices over the Base Configuration i e Ethernet devices additional to two ports of 1 Gigabit per second Gbit s onboard Ethernet plus any non Ethernet I O devices including on board I O devices and add in I O devices installed through expansion slots V The Additional I O Device allowance shall be calculated based upon the rated link speed of a single connection rounded to the nearest Gbit I O devices with less than 1 Gbit speed do not qualify for the Additional I O Device allowance vi The Additional I O Device allowance shall only be applied for I O devices that are active enabled upon shipment and are capable of functioning when connected to an active switch Dual node Servers For dual node servers with one or two sockets per node measured Idle State power on a per node basis shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Idle State Power Requirement Pinte max as Calcul
7. gov logouse 4 Use the ENERGY STAR name and marks only in association with qualified products Partner may not refer to itself as an ENERGY STAR Partner unless at least one product is qualified and offered for sale in the U S and or ENERGY STAR partner countries 5 Provide clear and consistent labeling of ENERGY STAR qualified Computer Server families and configuration 5 1 Partners must use the ENERGY STAR mark in all the following ways 5 1 1 On the Computer Server manufacturer s Internet site specification sheet where product information is displayed and configurations are provided 1 This ENERGY STAR mark will also serve as a link from the manufacturer s specification sheet to the corresponding Power and Performance Data Sheet for the qualified configuration or Product Family 5 1 2 0n the ENERGY STAR Power and Performance Data Sheet and 5 1 3 The ENERGY STAR mark shall be used to identify qualified Product Families and or configurations in collateral materials which could include but not be limited to user manuals product guides marketing brochures etc 5 2 If additional information about the ENERGY STAR program or other products is provided by the Partner on its website Partner must comply with the ENERGY STAR Web Linking Policy which can be found at www energystar gov partners ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Partner Commitments Verifying Ongoing Product Qualification 6
8. of a single type e g Hard Disk Drives HDD or Solid State Drives SSD and technical specifications e g spindle speed interface e g SCSI b The number and capacity of hard drives may vary within a product family c Aconfiguration without an internal hard drive but otherwise identical to the Minimum Configuration may be included in a product family ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 4 of 15 7 Include I O devices per the following guidelines a Incorporate I O devices with identical technical and power specifications b Multiple types of I O devices may be included in a product family c A configuration without an add in I O device may be included in a product family with any number of add in I O devices included in other configurations F Product Configurations 1 Maximum Configuration A highly configured product that includes the combination of power supplies memory hard drives I O devices etc that results in the maximum possible power consumption within a product family 2 Minimum Configuration A minimally configured product that includes at least one hard drive and is currently available and sold in the marketplace i e not under configured The Minimum Configuration typically has the minimum quantity of power supplies minimum quantity of memory modules a single hard drive and a single integrated or add in I O device 3 Typical Configurat
9. the revision process Partners should always use the most recent version of the data sheet posted to the ENERGY STAR Web site Data Measurement and Output Requirements Data Elements One socket and two socket 1S and 2S Managed Servers and all Computer Servers with greater than two sockets 3S and 4S shall be capable of measuring and reporting the following data elements i Input Power in watts with recommended accuracy at the system level of 10 witha cutoff of 10 watts i e accuracy is not required to be better than 10 W ii Inlet Air Temperature in degrees Celsius with accuracy of 3 C iii Estimated Processor Utilization for each logical CPU that is visible to the OS This data shall be reported to the operator or user of the computer server through the operating environment OS or hypervisor Reporting Implementation i Data shall be made available in a published or user accessible format that is readable by third party non proprietary management systems ii Data shall be made available to end users and third party management systems over a standard network connection iii Data shall be made available via embedded components or add in devices that are packaged with the Computer Server e g a service processor embedded power or thermal meter or other out of band technology or pre installed OS iv Products shipped with a pre installed OS shall include all necessary drivers and software installed to
10. 09 ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 13 of 15 APPENDIX A Sample Calculations Idle State Power Requirements To determine Maximum Idle State Power Requirement for ENERGY STAR qualification determine the base Idle level from Table 3 then add power allowances from Table 4 An example is provided below EXAMPLE A standard single processor Computer Server with 8 GB of memory two hard drives and two I O devices the first with two 1 Gbit ports and the second with six 1 Gbit ports 1 Base allowance a Determine base idle allowance from Table 3 b The example server is evaluated under Category A and could consume no more than 55 0 watts in Idle to qualify for ENERGY STAR Number of Base Idle Cateaor Installed Managed Power gory Processors Server Allowance P W A 1 No 55 0 B 1 Yes 65 0 Cc 2 No 100 0 D 2 Yes 150 0 2 Additional Idle Power Allowances Calculate additional idle allowances for extra components from Table 4 System ie Characteristic Applies To Additional Idle Power Allowance Additional Power supplies installed explicitly for 20 0 watts per Power Supply Rowen Supplies power redundancy Additional Hard Drives including solid state drives Installed hard drives greater than one 8 0 watts per Hard Drive Additional Installed memory Memory greater than 4 GB er alle PerGe Ad
11. Fan power may be excluded from measurements and or efficiency calculations for single output PSUs Fan power shall be included in measurements and efficiency calculations for multi output PSUs vi Efficiency and Power Factor Reporting PSU efficiency test results shall be reported to the first decimal place e g 85 2 PSU power factor test results shall be reported to three decimal points e g 0 816 5 EFFECTIVE DATE 5 1 1 Effective Date The Version 1 1 ENERGY STAR Computer Server specification shall take effect on the dates specified in Table 7 To qualify for ENERGY STAR a product model shall meet the ENERGY STAR specification in effect on its date of manufacture The date of manufacture is specific to each unit and is the date e g month and year on which a unit is considered to be completely assembled ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 12 of 15 5 1 2 Future Specification Revisions EPA reserves the right to change this specification should technological and or market changes affect its usefulness to consumers industry or the environment In keeping with current policy revisions to the specification are arrived at through stakeholder discussions In the event of a specification revision please note that the ENERGY STAR qualification is not automatically granted for the life of a product model Table 7 Specification Effective Dates Effective Date May 15 20
12. Participate in third party verification testing through a Certification Body recognized by EPA for Computer Servers providing full cooperation and timely responses EPA DOE may also at its discretion conduct tests on products that are referred to as ENERGY STAR qualified These products may be obtained on the open market or voluntarily supplied by Partner at the government s request Providing Information to EPA 7 Provide unit shipment data or other market indicators to EPA annually to assist with creation of ENERGY STAR market penetration estimates as follows 7 1 Partner must submit the total number of ENERGY STAR qualified Computer Servers shipped in the calendar year or an equivalent measurement as agreed to in advance by EPA and Partner Partner shall exclude shipments to organizations that rebrand and resell the shipments unaffiliated private labelers 7 2 Partner must provide unit shipment data segmented by meaningful product characteristics e g type capacity presence of additional functions as prescribed by EPA 7 3 Partner must submit unit shipment data for each calendar year to EPA or an EPA authorized third party preferably in electronic format no later than March 1 of the following year Submitted unit shipment data will be used by EPA only for program evaluation purposes and will be closely controlled If requested under the Freedom of Information Act FOIA EPA will argue that the data is exempt Any infor
13. R Version 1 1 Following is the Version 1 1 ENERGY STAR Product Specification for Computer Servers A product shall meet all of the identified criteria if it is to earn the ENERGY STAR 1 DEFINITIONS A Product Types 1 Computer Server A computer that provides services and manages networked resources for other computers or networked devices Computer servers are sold through enterprise channels for use in data centers and office corporate environments A computer server is designed to be primarily accessed via network connections and not through direct user input devices such as a keyboard mouse etc In addition a computer server has all of the following characteristics Marketed and sold as a computer server Designed for and listed as supporting computer server operating systems OS and or hypervisors and targeted to run user installed enterprise applications Support for error correcting code ECC and or buffered memory including both buffered DIMMs and buffered on board BOB configurations Packaged and sold with one or more ac dc or dc dc power supplies and All processors have access to shared system memory and are independently visible to a single OS or hypervisor Blade System A system comprised of a blade chassis and one or more removable blade servers and or other units e g blade storage blade network equipment A blade system provides a scalable means for combining multiple blade server or storage unit
14. R qualification Table 5 Test Methods for ENERGY STAR Qualification Product Type Test Method ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers Rev Aug 2010 All Products Idle Testing as outlined in Section 4 B for Idle power requirements of Single and Dual socket Computer Servers and for Idle power and full load power reporting of all Computer Servers on the Power and Performance Data Sheet 4 2 Number of Units Required for Testing 4 2 1 Representative Models shall be selected for testing per the following requirements i For qualification of an individual product model a product configuration equivalent to that which is intended to be marketed and labeled as ENERGY STAR is considered the Representative Model ii For qualification of a product family both the Maximum and Minimum Configurations that are intended to be marketed and labeled as ENERGY STAR are considered Representative Models Both the Maximum and Minimum Configuration Representative Models shall be configured for testing with e memory module s of the maximum available density GB module and e hard drive s of the maximum available power draw ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 11 of 15 4 3 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 3 3 Input Power Guidelines Products shall be tested for qualification at the input voltage frequency combinations specified in the ENERGY STAR Test Method for Compu
15. ated per Equation 1 i If both nodes in the system are identical in configuration and use identical components Idle State power per node shall be calculated by measuring the Idle State power of the entire system including both server nodes and dividing by two ii Idle power for each node and the Full Idle power of the entire system including both server nodes shall be measured and reported on the Power and Performance Data Sheet per the requirements in Section 3 5 of this specification 3S and 4S Servers Idle State power requirements are not applicable to three socket 3S and four socket 4S computer servers However both Idle State and Full Load power for these products shall be measured per the ENERGY STAR Test Method and reported on the Power and Performance Data Sheet 3 5 Standard Information Reporting Requirements 3 5 1 A standardized Power and Performance Data Sheet PPDS shall be completed for each ENERGY STAR qualified Computer Server and posted with other product configuration information on the Partner s website Partners are encouraged to provide one data sheet per qualified configuration but may also provide one data sheet per Product Family as defined in Section 1 with data on the power and performance in Maximum Minimum and Typical configurations If one PPDS is used to represent a Product Family Partners are encouraged to provide a link to a more detailed power calculator where information on the power consu
16. bled for testing 11 Measure and record the ac input voltage and frequency or dc input voltage 12 Measure and record the test room ambient temperature 13 Shut down the UUT 7 TEST PROCEDURES FOR ALL PRODUCTS 7 Measuring Full Load and Idle Power 1 Power up the UUT Dual Node Servers shall be booted and logged on concurrently 2 Once logged in with the operating system fully loaded and ready close any open windows so that the standard operational desktop screen or equivalent ready screen is displayed 3 Begin recording elapsed time immediately after completing any log in activity necessary to fully boot the system ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Test Method Rev Aug 2010 Page 4 of 5 4 Between 5 and 15 minutes after the initial boot or log in set the power meter to begin accumulating power values at an interval of greater than or equal to 1 reading per second and commence benchmark operation at the greatest possible output e g 100 load For benchmarks that measure multiple load points only the greatest load point should be measured 5 At the end of benchmark operation calculate and record the average arithmetic mean power observed during benchmark operation at maximum load 6 Between 5 and 15 minutes after the full load benchmark test has been completed accumulate Idle power values for 5 additional minutes and record the average arithmetic mean value observed du
17. ditional I O Devices Installed Devices lt 1 Gbit No Allowance single greater than two ports 1 Gbit 2 0 watts Active Port connection speed of 1 Gbit onboard gt 1 Gbit and lt 10 Gbit 4 0 watts Active Port rounded to Ethernet 2 10 Gbit 8 0 watts Active Port nearest Gbit a The example server has one hard drive in excess of the base configuration It therefore is provided with an additional 8 0 watt allowance for the hard drive 1 HDD x 8 0 watts b The example server has 4 GB in excess of the base configuration It therefore is provided with an additional 8 0 watt allowance for memory 4 extra GB x 2 0 watts GB c The example server has one I O card that does not qualify for an adder the first device has only two Ethernet ports and does not exceed the two port threshold Its second device does qualify for an adder the server is provided with an additional 12 0 watt allowance for the device 6 Gbit ports x 2 0 watts active port ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 14 of 15 3 Calculate the final Idle allowance by adding the base allowance with the additional power allowances The example system would be expected to consume no more than 83 0 watts at Idle to qualify 55 0 W 8 0 W 8 0 W 12 0 W Additional Idle Allowance Power Supplies The following examples illustrate the idle power allowances for additional power supplies A If a Computer S
18. er promotional materials If information concerning ENERGY STAR is provided on the Partner website as specified by the ENERGY STAR Web Linking Policy available in the Partner Resources section of the ENERGY STAR website EPA may provide links where appropriate to the Partner website Ensure the power management feature is enabled on all ENERGY STAR qualified displays and computers in use in company facilities particularly upon installation and after service is performed Provide general information about the ENERGY STAR program to employees whose jobs are relevant to the development marketing sales and service of current ENERGY STAR qualified products ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Partner Commitments 2 Provide a simple plan to EPA outlining specific measures Partner plans to undertake beyond the program requirements listed above By doing so EPA may be able to coordinate and communicate Partner s activities provide an EPA representative or include news about the event in the ENERGY STAR newsletter on the ENERGY STAR website etc The plan may be as simple as providing a list of planned activities or milestones of which Partner would like EPA to be aware For example activities may include 1 increasing the availability of ENERGY STAR qualified products by converting the entire product line within two years to meet ENERGY STAR guidelines 2 demonstrating the economic and environmental benef
19. erver requires two power supplies to operate and the configuration includes three installed power supplies the server would receive an additional 20 0 watt Idle power allowance B Ifthe same server were instead shipped with four installed power supplies it would receive an additional Idle power allowance of 40 0 watts ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 15 of 15 ENERGY STAR Program Requirements D Product Specification for Computer Servers Grete Test Method 1 OVERVIEW The following test method shall be used for determining compliance with requirements in the ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria for Computer Servers and when acquiring test data for reporting of Full Load power on the ENERGY STAR Power and Performance Data Sheet 2 APPLICABILITY The following test method is applicable to all products eligible for qualification under the ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria for Computer Servers 3 DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise specified all terms used in this document are consistent with the definitions contained in the ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria for Computer Servers 4 TEST SETUP A Input Power Input power shall be as specified in Table 1 ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Test Method Rev Aug 2010 Page 1 of 5 Table 1 Input Power Requirements for Computer Servers with Single Output or Dc Dc Power Supplies
20. head electrical use from the PDU shall be included in the measurement of Idle power for the UUT As shipped Condition Products shall be tested in their as shipped configuration which includes both hardware configuration and system settings unless otherwise specified in this test method Where relevant all options and software shall be set to their default condition Power Management and Operating System The as shipped operating system or a representative operating system must be installed Products that are shipped without operating systems must be tested with a representative OS installed For all tests manufacturers must ensure that only the power management techniques and or power saving features which are enabled on shipment are those enabled on systems under test Any power management features which require the presence of an operating system i e those that are not explicitly controlled by the BIOS or management controller must be tested using only those power management features enabled by the operating system by default Storage HDD SSD Products that do not include pre installed hard drives HDD or SSD must have an identical hardware and software configuration as a product that was tested and qualified with at least one installed hard drive Network Connection The UUT must have at least one port connected to an Ethernet network switch capable of the UUT s highest and lowest network speeds The network connection must be l
21. ion An intermediate configuration between the Maximum Configuration and Minimum Configuration The Typical Configuration is representative of a product with high volume sales 4 Base Configuration A reference configuration that does not qualify for any additional power allowances The Base Configuration includes a One hard disk drive or solid state drive b 4 Gigabytes GB of system memory c The minimum number of power supplies required to operate the Computer Server i e no redundant power supplies and d Two ports of 1 Gigabit per second Gbit s onboard Ethernet 2 SCOPE 2 1 Included Products 2 1 1 Products that meet both of the following conditions are eligible for ENERGY STAR qualification with the exception of products listed in Section 2 2 i Meet the definition of a Computer Server and ii Host 1 to 4 individual processor sockets 2 2 Excluded Products 2 2 1 Products that are covered under other ENERGY STAR product specifications are not eligible for qualification under this specification The list of specifications currently in effect can be found at www energystar gov products ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 5 of 15 2 2 2 The following products are not eligible for qualification under this specification i Blade Systems including Blade Servers and Blade Chassis i Fully Fault Tolerant Servers iii Server Appliances iv Mu
22. ional but not processing any useful work ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 3 of 15 E Product Family A group of product models that are 1 made by the same manufacturer 2 subject to the same ENERGY STAR qualification criteria and 3 of acommon basic design For Computer Servers product families consist of product models that satisfy the following criteria Are from a single model line 2 Include the same model motherboard 3 Include processors per the following guidelines a Incorporate processors from a single model line with identical power specifications e g Thermal Design Power and core count b Incorporate the same quantity of installed discrete processor packages e g a branded processor not a number of cores c Processor clock speed may vary within a product family 4 Include power supplies per the following guidelines a Incorporate power supplies from a single model line with identical technical and power specifications e g maximum rated output power b The number of power supplies may vary within a product family 5 Include memory DIMMs per the following guidelines a Incorporate memory modules of a single type e g DIMM FB DIMM and technical specifications b The number and capacity of memory modules may vary within a product family 6 Include hard drives per the following guidelines a Incorporate hard drives
23. its of energy efficiency through special in store displays twice a year 3 providing information to users via the website and user s manual about energy saving features and operating characteristics of ENERGY STAR qualified products and 4 building awareness of the ENERGY STAR Partnership and brand identity by collaborating with EPA on one print advertorial and one live press event Join EPA s SmartWay Transport Partnership to improve the environmental performance of the company s shipping operations The SmartWay Transport Partnership works with freight carriers shippers and other stakeholders in the goods movement industry to reduce fuel consumption greenhouse gases and air pollution For more information on SmartWay visit www epa gov smartway Join EPA s Green Power Partnership EPA s Green Power Partnership encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with traditional fossil fuel based electricity use The partnership includes a diverse set of organizations including Fortune 500 companies small and medium businesses government institutions as well as a growing number of colleges and universities For more information on Green Power visit www epa gov greenpower ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Partner Commitments ENERGY STAR Program Requirements p q Product Specification for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria ENERGY STA
24. ive during all tests and although the link must be ready and able to transmit packets no specific traffic is required over the connection during testing Dual Node Servers The UUT must have identical configurations for each node including all hardware components and software power management settings These systems must also be measured in a way to ensure that all power from both nodes is being captured by the power meter during the entire test PRE TEST UUT INITIALIZATION Prior to the start of testing the UUT shall be initialized as follows 1 Record the UUT manufacturer model name and configuration details including operating system name and version processor type and speed installed power supplies physical memory hard drive configuration installed I O devices power management features enabled etc ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Test Method Rev Aug 2010 Page 3 of 5 2 Connect the UUT to a live Ethernet IEEE 802 3 network switch The live connection must be maintained for the duration of testing except for brief lapses necessary for transitioning between link speeds If a controller system is required to provide workload harness control data acquisition or other UUT testing support the controller system shall be connected to the same network switch as the UUT and satisfy all other UUT network requirements 3 Connect the power meter to the input power source 4 Connect the UUT t
25. lti Node Servers v Storage Equipment including Blade Storage and vi Network Equipment 3 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 Significant Digits and Rounding All calculations shall be carried out with actual measured or observed values Only the final result of a calculation shall be rounded Calculated results shall be rounded to the nearest significant digit as expressed in the corresponding specification limit Unless otherwise specified compliance with specification limits shall be evaluated using exact values without any benefit from further rounding 3 2 Power Supply PSU Requirements 3 2 1 Power supply test data and test reports from manufacturer independent test entities accredited to perform power supply testing and approved by EPA shall be recognized for the purpose of qualifying the ENERGY STAR product 3 2 2 Efficiency Computer Server PSUs shall meet efficiency requirements as specified in Table 1 when tested using the EPRI Generalized Internal Power Supply Efficiency Test Protocol Rev 6 4 2 available at www efficientpowersupplies org Table 1 Power Supply Efficiency Requirements Load Level as a Multi Output Si ingle Output Ac Dc amp Dc Dc Percentage of Ac Dc amp De Dc put Nameplate Output P ae All Output Levels lt 500watts oao te gt 1000 watts 10 N A 0 70 0 75 0 80 20 0 82 0 82 0 85 0 88 50 0 85 0 89 0 89 0 92 100 0 82 0 85 0 85 0 88 3
26. m an ac source or a dc source A computer server PSU is separable from the main computer board and connects to the system via a removable or hard wired male female electrical connection cable cord or other wiring i e separate from and not integrated with the system motherboard This definition includes the following sub types ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 2 of 15 a Ac Dc Power Supply A PSU that converts line voltage ac input power into one or more different dc outputs b Dc Dc Power Supply A PSU that converts a dc voltage input to one or more different dc voltage outputs This definition excludes internal dc to dc converters also known as voltage regulators that are used to convert low voltage dc e g 12 Volts dc into other dc voltages for use by computer server components c Single Output Power Supply A PSU that delivers most of its rated power through one primary dc output Single output PSUs may include one or more standby outputs which remain active whenever connected to an input power source There may be additional outputs besides the primary output and standby outputs however the combined power from all additional outputs is less than or equal to 20 watts PSUs with multiple outputs at the primary voltage are considered single output PSUs unless these outputs 1 are generated from separate converters or have separate output rectification stages and or
27. make this information openly available Products that do not include a pre installed OS shall be packaged with printed documentation of methods to access registers that contain relevant sensor information V When an open and universally available data collection and reporting standard becomes available manufacturers should incorporate the universal standard into their products Sampling Requirements Data shall be averaged on either a rolling basis or over a manufacturer specified time period A default rolling average or time period of 30 seconds is recommended ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 10 of 15 3 6 4 3 7 3 7 1 Documentation Requirements The following information shall be included on the Power and Performance Data Sheet i Guaranteed accuracy levels for power and temperature measurements and ii The time period used for data averaging Additional Requirements Energy Efficient Ethernet EPA plans to investigate the use of the Energy Efficient Ethernet IEEE 802 3az standard for all external physical layer Ethernet e g 1 Gbit and 10 Gbit wired Ethernet following its ultimate approval by IEEE More information on the developing standard can be found at http grouper ieee org qroups 802 3 az 4 TESTING 4 1 4 1 1 Test Methods When testing Computer Server products the test methods identified in Table 5 shall be used to determine ENERGY STA
28. mation used will be masked by EPA so as to protect the confidentiality of the Partner 8 Report to EPA any attempts by recognized laboratories or Certification Bodies CBs to influence testing or certification results or to engage in discriminatory practices 9 Notify EPA of a change in the designated responsible party or contacts within 30 days using the My ENERGY STAR Account tool MESA available at www energystar gov mesa Performance for Special Distinction In order to receive additional recognition and or support from EPA for its efforts within the Partnership the ENERGY STAR Partner may consider the following voluntary measures and should keep EPA informed on the progress of these efforts Provide quarterly written updates to EPA as to the efforts undertaken by Partner to increase availability of ENERGY STAR qualified products and to promote awareness of ENERGY STAR and its message Consider energy efficiency improvements in company facilities and pursue benchmarking buildings through the ENERGY STAR Buildings program Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products Revise the company purchasing or procurement specifications to include ENERGY STAR Provide procurement officials contact information to EPA for periodic updates and coordination Circulate general ENERGY STAR qualified product information to employees for use when purchasing products for their homes Feature the ENERGY STAR mark s on Partner website and oth
29. mption of specific system configurations can be found Templates for the PPDS can be found on the ENERGY STAR Web page for Computer Servers at www energystar gov products Partners are encouraged to use the template provided by EPA but may also create their own template provided that it has been approved by EPA and contains the following information at a minimum i Model name and number identifying SKU and or configuration ID ii System characteristics form factor available sockets slots power specifications etc jii System configuration s including maximum minimum and typical configurations for product family qualification ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 9 of 15 3 6 3 6 1 iv Power data for Idle State and Full Load estimated energy consumption in kWh year link to power calculator where available v Additional power and performance data for at least one benchmark chosen by the Partner vi Available and enabled power saving features e g power management vii Information on the power measurement and reporting capabilities of the Computer Server viii Select thermal information from the ASHRAE thermal report and ix A list of additional qualified SKUs or configuration IDs along with specific configuration information for Product Family qualification only EPA may periodically revise this template as necessary and will notify Partners of
30. nd or frequency through Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling DVFS or 2 using processor or core reduced power states when a core or socket is not being used iv Power management techniques that are enabled by default shall be reported on the Power and Performance Data Sheet per the requirements in Section 3 5 of this specification Dual node servers with three or four sockets per node shall meet the processor power management requirements specified for 3S and 4S servers One socket 1S and two socket 2S servers may be configured with processor level power management to reduce power use of the processor during times of low utilization Idle State and Full Load Power Requirements 1S and 2S Servers Measured Idle State power Pipe shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Idle State Power Requirement Pinte max aS Calculated per Equation 1 1 The power factor requirements in Table 2 must be met in all loading conditions where the output power is greater than or equal to 75 watts Measurement and reporting of power factor values for applicable loading conditions less than 75 watts is still required ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 7 of 15 Equation 1 Calculation of Maximum Idle State Power n P pre _max P BASE y P ADDL_i Where Table 3 i l Pipte_max is the Maximum Idle State Power Requirement Pease is the base idle power allowance as determined per
31. o the power outlet on the power meter 5 Power on the UUT and perform initial system configuration as applicable 6 Verify that the UUT is configured in its as shipped configuration Maintain configuration and tuning parameters throughout the testing process for both full load power and Idle power 7 Install the benchmark software intended for use to acquire power at full load This benchmark shall be run when testing for full load power in Section 7 below and shall not significantly impact the power levels during the Idle power measurement e g automated benchmark software may automate a system Idle state but this simulated Idle state must be functionally equivalent to the Idle state achieved in step 7 1 6 below The UUT shall be configured to boot from the primary internal boot device hard disk drive or solid state drive 8 Configure primary storage devices integral to the UUT so they are not power managed spun down during Idle testing unless they contain non volatile cache memory integral to the drive e g hybrid hard drives If more than one internal hard drive is installed as shipped the non primary hard drive s shall be tested with hard drive power management enabled as shipped 9 Record the installed benchmark workload and configuration including any custom parameters or settings 10 Verify that only those system and hard drive power management features that are enabled upon shipment to a customer are ena
32. rant server uses two systems to simultaneously and repetitively run a single workload for continuous availability in a mission critical application Managed Server A computer server designed for a high level of availability in a highly managed environment A managed server has all of the following characteristics a Capable of operation with redundant power supplies and b An installed dedicated management controller e g service processor Dual node Server Two independent computer servers or nodes contained in a single enclosure and sharing one or more power supplies The combined power for all nodes is distributed through the shared power supplies A dual node server is designed and built as a single enclosure and is not designed to be hot swappable Multi node Server Greater than two independent computer servers or nodes contained in a single enclosure and sharing one or more power supplies The combined power for all nodes is distributed through the shared power supplies A multi node server is designed and built as a single enclosure and is not designed to be hot swappable Server Appliance A self contained computer server system bundled with a pre installed OS and application software that is used to perform a dedicated function or set of tightly coupled functions Server Appliances deliver services through one or more networks e g IP or SAN and are typically managed through a web or command line interface Server Appliance ha
33. rdware and software configurations are customized by the vendor to perform a specific task and are not intended to execute user supplied software Example services that may be made available via a Server Appliance include name services firewall services authentication services encryption services and voice over IP VoIP services Other Data Center Equipment 1 2 Network Equipment A product whose primary function is to provide data connectivity among devices connected to its several ports Data connectivity is achieved via the routing of data packets encapsulated according to Internet Protocol Fibre Channel InfiniBand or similar protocol Examples of network equipment commonly found in data centers are routers and switches Storage Equipment A system composed of integrated storage controllers storage devices e g hard drives or solid state storage and software that provides data storage services to one or more computer servers While storage equipment may contain one or more embedded processors these processors do not execute user supplied software applications but may execute data specific applications e g data replication backup utilities data compression install agents etc Computer Server Components 1 Computer Server Power Supply Unit PSU A self contained component that converts a voltage input to one or more dc voltage outputs for the purpose of powering the computer server The input voltage may be fro
34. ring that 5 minute period The UUT must maintain an Idle state throughout this period and must not enter lower power states with limited availability e g computer sleep or hibernate states ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Test Method Rev Aug 2010 Page 5 of 5
35. s in a single enclosure and is designed to allow service technicians to easily add or replace hot swap blades in the field a Blade Server A computer server that is designed for use in a blade chassis A blade server is a high density device that includes at least one processor and system memory but is dependent upon shared blade chassis resources e g power supplies cooling for operation Blade Chassis An enclosure containing shared resources for the operation of blade server blade storage and other blade form factor units Shared resources provided by a blade chassis may include power supplies shared data storage and hardware for dc power distribution thermal management system management and network services Blade Storage A storage device that is designed for use in a blade chassis A blade storage device is dependent upon shared blade chassis resources e g power supplies cooling for operation Direct Current Dc Server A computer server with one or more dc dc power supplies that runs directly off dc power ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Eligibility Criteria Page 1 of 15 Fully Fault Tolerant Server A computer server designed with complete redundancy in which every computing component is replicated between two nodes running identical and concurrent workloads If one node fails or needs repair the second node can run the workload alone to avoid any downtime A fully fault tole
36. ter Servers Ac powered products with multi output PSUs shall be tested for qualification at all relevant input voltage frequency combinations for each market in which the unit is capable of operation Products intended to be sold into Japan may optionally be tested at Japanese input voltage frequency for Idle and Full Load testing Testing shall also be conducted at the required voltage frequency combinations in Sections 4 3 1 and 4 3 2 4 4 Power Supply Testing 4 4 1 PSUs shall be tested using the input test conditions specified in Table 6 and as specified in the ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers i Ac dc multi output PSUs capable of operating with both 230V and 115V input shall be tested at both input voltages ii Ac dc multi output PSUs capable of operating with only one of these indicated voltages shall be tested only at the applicable voltage iii Testing with 230V input may be conducted with input frequency of either 50Hz or 60Hz Table 6 Input Conditions for Power Supply Efficiency Testing Power Supply Type Input Test Conditions Ac Dc Single output 230 Volts 50Hz or 60 Hz Ac Dc Multi output 115 Volts 60 Hz and or 230 Volts 50Hz or 60Hz Dc Dc 53 Volts DC or 53 Volts DC iv 10 Load Condition Single output PSUs shall be tested at 10 load conditions in addition to the 20 50 and 100 load conditions specified in the ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers v Fan Power
37. ues from 10 W to 100 W and c 1 0 W for measurement values greater than 100 W 1 Computer Servers with Multi Output PSUs must be tested in all applicable conditions e g 115 Vac and or 230 Vac at which the unit is capable of operating 2 In addition to required testing at 230 Vac and or 115 Vac products intended to be sold into Japan may optionally be tested at Japanese input voltage frequency for Idle and Full Load testing ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computer Servers Test Method Rev Aug 2010 Page 2 of 5 Measurement Accuracy 1 Power measurements with a value greater than or equal to 0 5 W shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 2 at the 95 confidence level 2 Power measurements with a value less than 0 5 W shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 0 01 W at the 95 confidence level TEST CONDUCT Measurement Location All power measurements shall be taken at a point between the ac or dc power source and the unit under test UUT No UPS units may be connected between the power meter and the UUT The power meter shall remain in place until all Idle and full load power data is fully recorded UUTs with Multiple Power Supplies All power supplies must be connected to the ac or dc power source and operational during the test If necessary a Power Distribution Unit PDU may be used to connect multiple power supplies to a single source If a PDU is used any over
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