Inside-Out Approach
To Internet of Things
Steve Hassell
President, Data Center Solutions
Most IoT Discussions Today Revolve
Around Sensors and “Clouds”
“Big Data”
Predictive Analytics
Global Monitoring
Networking
Protocols
“Intelligent Devices”
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Reality Is A Bit More Complex…
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Methods to Consolidate Market Problems (Software Application Suite)
Software management platform providing common installation, unified view, operations and
behavior across multiple related applications/modules that work cooperatively.
Consume
Communicate
Create
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Methods to Solve Market Problems (Software Applications)
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Methods to Enable Business Applications (Platform)
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Methods to Aggregate the Data from Assets (Gateways/Aggregators)
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Methods to Generate Data (Silicon & Sensors)
Products, applications, solutions & services that solve customers needs and enable them to
operate more efficiently and effectively.
Software Platform is used as the foundation upon which applications and services are
developed and deployed.
Distributed Intelligent Gateways/Aggregators are crucial for Collecting and Enriching data
across environments for consumption by Application or Services
Methods to Expose the local Data and Control (Embedded Firmware)
Enable external Communication and Control of a managed device via standard common
communication protocols
“Internal” data gathering at the embedded chip level and the at the hardware component
level (inside the device)
The complexities of Monitoring and Management Systems can be captured using a 6layer reference model that describes the flow of data and responsibility of each layer
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An Open, Scalable Approach “Inside” IoT
Enables Richness & Diversity “Outside”
Information
Aggregated &
Communicated
-Intelligent filter of data
identifies what is
valuable and
contributes to overall
optimization
Data Points
Created
-Wide variety of new
and existing smart &
“dumb” sensors
Applications
Consume
-Spend time analyzing
instead of collecting data
-Better insights from
comprehensive views
-Innovate at the
application once the
foundation is built
Consume
Communicate
Create
Value of IoT
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Reduce cost, complexity & time to development
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Scalability to expand to new areas
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Awareness provides path to optimization
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IoT Barriers To Overcome
Security of data and
devices is paramount
Security
Protocols need translation to
efficiently unlock data in devices
Legacy devices need to be
enabled for connectivity
Cost of
Network
and
Storage
Common
Protocol
Translation
Device
Connectivity
New skills will be required to
manage systems
IT Skills
Cost to move and store data
can limit IoT
Open
Standards
Battery
Life
Open standards will drive data
extraction and lower costs
Longer battery life is
required
Useful
Applications
Applications need to show value
and tangibly improve operations
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The Number of Sensors, Protocols and Complexity
Make Datacenters an Interesting IoT Play
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IoT Thermal Management Proof Point
Thermal Systems Manager
Dashboards
3-D
Visualization
Local Control, Aggregation
& Data Collection
Rack Cooling
Design Capacity
Trend Analysis &
Threshold Mgmt
Benefits include
improved Energy
Efficiency, Predictive
Analytics and Capacity
Planning
Thermal Mgmt
Data Points
Thermal Management data can be extracted and aggregated to provide visibility for cooling
optimization from a single small space to complete data center
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Approach to Leveraging IoT Opportunity
TrellisTM Application Suite
Trellis API
Trellis Application Framework (TAF)
REST + JSON
Data Collection Engine (DCE)
Redfish
Device Communications Framework (DCF)
Comprehensive management firmware / software suite addresses
layers 2 through 6 of the reference model
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Data Collection and Communication
is Vital to Security & Scalability
Apps
TAF
DCE
DCF
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An Open Application Framework is Key to
Enabling a Broader Solution Community
Apps
TAF
DCE
DCF
Applications
Shared Components
Data Abstraction Layer
API
Custom
Integrations
Common Services
Security
Service
Locator
Self
Monitoring
Plug-in Framework
General-purpose software platform for the creation & deployment of
monitoring and management apps
Monitoring
Interface
data
data
data
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Targeted Application Portfolio
Apps
TAF
DCE
DCF
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Preparing For IoT
Implement System
Management
IoT really begins to come to life when networks of systems are created
under the supervision of an intelligent control system
Integrate
Management
Integrating DCIM with system-level management, other IT management
platforms through the use of open APIs enables an environment to be
centrally managed to optimize for efficiency, cost, security and availability
Standardize
Protocols
Enable Visibility
Organizations can begin to capitalize on the value of Redfish, and position
themselves for wide scale IT IoT deployment, through DCIM systems with
open APIs supported by strategic use of Redfish translation engines.
Most devices in the data center include internal sensors or service
processors that can provide critical data on internal temperature,
utilization and other factors.
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IoT Future Vision
Same approach can be
applied in several different
contexts
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Where to Find Us
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Booth number
– # 211
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Contacts
– Pam McCombs
•  Pam.McCombs@Emerson.com
– John Scott
•  JohnScott@Emerson.com
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