Cisco Cisco Energy Management for Distributed Offices White Paper

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Load-adaptive computing also works to maximize energy efficiency for other campus devices that do not have

built-in power management capabilities. Monitors, printers, VoIP phones, and more can benefit from load-adaptive

computing, which better matches their energy consumption to the way they are being utilized in the workplace. The

combination of load-adaptive computing and location-based policy promotes efficiency in the distributed office.

Together, these capabilities illustrate how devices are being utilized, and when devices are in use, they help

organizations adjust performance and power, respectively.

Achieve It with Cisco Energy Management

Cisco Energy Management software for distributed offices helps reduce energy costs by monitoring, analyzing, and

managing the energy of all network-connected devices, systems, and facilities assets. With no agents to install and

no hardware meters required, Cisco Energy Management provides a detailed view of energy consumption for a

wide range of devices, from PCs, Macs, and thin clients to wireless access points, network routers, switches,

servers, and more.

Cisco Energy Management uses a unique network-based discovery method to automatically find all devices in the

distributed office environment. After discovery, Cisco Energy Management continually monitors and reports energy

usage and utilization, enabling organizations to monitor, analyze, and manage energy consumption. Based on the

energy metrics and intelligence collected, organizations use Cisco Energy Management to develop policies and

rules to optimize energy usage and reduce costs on a massive scale. A typical organization can achieve energy

savings of 30 to 60 percent annually. Cisco Energy Management also provides robust reporting to support

corporate sustainability initiatives and show incremental improvements over time.

For energy to follow the productive user, Cisco Energy Management enables organizations to create policies that

automatically control energy consumption using Cisco Energy

Management’s time-based, location-based, and

robust event-based policies. Cisco Energy

Management’s execution proxies use existing network and systems

management infrastructure to automatically control energy usage of devices and systems. These policies can be

implemented by device type, device location, priority of the device, and other parameters. In addition, Cisco Energy

Management enables load-adaptive computing to allocate the right amount of power only to those devices that

need to perform productive work, minimizing the amount of energy supplied when idle or operating at less than full

capacity.

Let Us Prove It

Cisco and our authorized partners can provide an energy assessment for your distributed office or perform a proof

of concept that will reveal energy-saving opportunities. To learn more about the Cisco Energy Management suite of

products and service and potential energy savings, visit

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