Learn how Joulex built a Junos Space SDK application to monitor & save energy for data centers & more.

1. DEVELOPER CASE STUDY
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Achieving Insight and Control Using Junos Space SDK
Challenges of Data Center Energy Utilization
Summary
Enterprises have little or no visibility into the energy consumption and wasted energy their
Challenges: Business are grappling networked computing resources use when they are not needed or underutilized. Typically,
with the lack of visibility and control businesses face challenges in one of the following areas:
over the energy consumption of
• Lack of visibility to energy consumption and utilization of all network connected
network connected devices. To date,
devices
the available energy solutions have
• Limited control over energy consumption and the waste of powering idle or
proven to be largely inadequate and
underutilized resources
cost prohibitive.
• Limited or no centralized energy management system to monitor, analyze, and manage
Objectives: Implementing green
all network connected devices in a distributed network
initiatives has become a top priority
Standardized systems and methodologies for measuring and reducing energy
for socially and environmentally
consumption set the foundation for achieving immediate savings. JouleX addresses these
responsible businesses to remain
requirements with its JouleX Energy Management (JEM) solution. JEM uses the Juniper
competitive and compliant. Network
Networks® Junos® Space platform to access the energy usage of devices on the network
infrastructure plays an important role
running Junos operating system—simply and without the use of agents.
to achieve such goals. Understanding
and controlling the energy utilization
Interactive and drill-down
of the network connected devices Retrieve IT reporting through Joulex interface
resource power
help satisfy these goals and provide consumption
Devices
significant savings.
Solution: Accessing the network
Network
devices uniformly to retrieve their
energy usage is required in order Power down
ports, devices - Administrator sets
to generate detailed reporting and reduce energy business rules; Junos
usage Space does the rest
management of the these devices,
without a deep knowledge of what
is actually happening in the network. JouleX Solution using Junos Space SDK
Junos Space SDK provides such JEM remotely monitors each device connected to the enterprise network, and it provides a
environment for Joulex Energy policy/rules engine to actively power down devices and systems when they are unneeded,
Manager. idle, or underutilized. In addition, JEM’s powerful reporting and decision support system
provides energy management, reporting, and tracking for energy consumption, cost, as
well as savings by device, department, cost center, division, location, and the enterprise.
In order to provide such depth and control in energy management, JEM leverages Junos
Space SDK.
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2. Providing Insight and intelligence About Joulex
Underpinned by an open, standards-based, integrated JouleX is a leading innovator in enterprise networked device power
development environment (IDE), Junos Space SDK provides a management. JouleX’s robust power management solutions
rich development environment which includes a RESTful Web deliver significant cost savings in the form of power usage
services API, the Junos Space platform, built-in device simulators, reductions. In addition, JouleX solutions provide robust power
documentation, reference applications, and support tools. Junos usage reporting that enables companies to comply with carbon
Space SDK reduces the complexity of building a broad range of reporting requirements. More information about JouleX can be
innovative applications and services on enterprise and service found at www.joulex.net.
provider networks.
About Juniper Networks
Using Junos Space SDK, JouleX was able to extend the reach and
Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From
depth of JEM to deliver energy consumption reductions of 30% to
devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers,
60%.
Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that
1. JEM remotely queries each Juniper device using Junos Space transform the experience and economics of networking. The
SDK for the current energy consumption and utilization. company serves customers and partners worldwide. Additional
2. JEM builds historical utilization data for an accurate energy use information can be found at www.juniper.net.
profile for each device and in aggregation.
“By integrating the Junos Space SDK into our
JouleX Energy Manager, we have optimized
the efficiency of our monitoring and reporting
applications, enabling us to scale to thousands
of network devices.”
Tom Noonan,
President and CEO, JouleX
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