Chapter 19

Power analysis

Abstract

Explores the fundamentals of power and performance analysis on Knights Landing using both open-source and Intel tools. Because Knights Landing is compatible with other Intel Xeon processors, the power measurement techniques covered are also applicable to server systems based on other Intel processors.

Keywords

Knights Landing; Platform power analyzer; Thermal design power; Power distribution units; Intel Remote Management Module; Power; Thermal; IPMI; OpenIPMI; Running average power limit; Power logging; Performance per watt; FLOP/s; Power capping; Simple network management protocol; ManyCore Platform Software package; Rack-level power; Cluster; Data center power

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