After selecting the line voltage, the user drags and drops the desired type of rack from the left pane
(Figure 2) to the center area of the screen (Figure 3). This simple process is repeated for building a
complete row of the same type of rack or a row of mixed rack types.
Next, the racks are ready to populate with components. After highlighting a rack, the user selects the
Servers or Enclosures tab in the left pane area, selects the desired components, and adds them to the
highlighted rack. HP ProLiant DL, SL, and some ML server chassis mount directly into the racks. For HP
ProLiant BL (BladeSystem) components, the user must select a BladeSystem c-Class enclosure and then
configure each enclosure with the desired components. Figure 3 shows a ProLiant DL160 G6 placed
in the bottom of the first rack. A power calculation begins with selecting (highlighting) a component in
a rack and clicking the Config tab.
Figure 3. HP Power Advisor, component selection
As shown in Figure 4, the HP Power Advisor allows the user to select the following components to
configure each server individually:
• Processor type and number
• Amount of memory
• Drive type and number
• PCI expansion cards and/or RAID controllers (if applicable)
• Power supply type
The Power Advisor also informs the user if the selected server supports power supply redundancy.
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