TWI810110B - Monitoring system and monitoring method of dynamic energy consumption for equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A monitoring system and a monitoring method of dynamic energy consumption for a equipment are provided. The monitoring method include: receiving equipment information from the equipment and determining an equipment class according to the equipment information; obtaining operating data from the equipment; determining whether the equipment matches an energy consumption calculating model according to the equipment class; in response to the equipment matching the energy consumption calculating model, inputting the operating data to the energy consumption calculating model to generate an energy consumption index; and outputting the energy consumption index.

Description

Monitoring system and method for dynamic energy consumption of equipment

The present invention relates to a monitoring technology, and in particular to a monitoring system and method for dynamic energy consumption of equipment.

Due to the vigorous development of various network communication equipment and the rise of awareness of sustainable environmental development, telecom service providers pay more and more attention to the ability to grasp the overall energy consumption information of the computer room, and at the same time enable the network management system to effectively incorporate The ability to manage and monitor the operating status of equipment developed by various manufacturers is becoming more and more important. By monitoring the real-time operation status of the equipment, the service provider can understand the energy consumption of the equipment, so as to adjust the cooling system of the equipment accordingly or switch to other more suitable green energy sources. However, the specifications and control systems of each Netcom equipment are different, and service providers can only use the methods provided by Netcom equipment manufacturers to calculate equipment energy consumption, and cannot judge the energy consumption of various types of Netcom equipment based on the same standard.

The invention provides a monitoring system and method for dynamic energy consumption of equipment, which can calculate energy consumption indicators for different types of equipment for reference by network administrators.

A monitoring system for dynamic energy consumption of equipment of the present invention includes a processor, a storage medium and a transceiver. The transceiver is communicatively connected to the device. The storage medium stores multiple modules. The processor is coupled to the storage medium and the transceiver, and accesses and executes multiple modules, wherein the multiple modules include a core module, an energy consumption analysis module and a message transmission module. The core module receives the device information from the device, and judges the device type according to the device information. The energy consumption analysis module stores the energy consumption calculation model, obtains the operation data from the equipment, judges whether the equipment matches the energy consumption calculation model according to the equipment type, and inputs the operation data into the energy consumption calculation in response to the equipment matching the energy consumption calculation model model to generate energy consumption metrics. The message transmission module outputs the energy consumption index through the transceiver.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned energy consumption analysis module sets the preset index in the operation data as the energy consumption index in response to the mismatch between the equipment and the energy consumption calculation model.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned core module determines the device type according to the object identification code in the device information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned modules further include a collection module. The collection module determines the communication protocol and attribute characteristics according to the device type, and receives the operation data including the attribute characteristics based on the communication protocol.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication protocol mentioned above includes one of the following: Simple Network Management Protocol, Redfish Protocol and Command Line Interface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned messaging module outputs the energy consumption index according to the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned operating data includes at least one of CPU load, fan usage, bandwidth usage, temperature, and power supply status.

A method for monitoring dynamic energy consumption of equipment according to the present invention includes: receiving equipment information from the equipment, and judging the equipment type according to the equipment information; obtaining operation data from the equipment; judging whether the equipment matches the energy consumption calculation model according to the equipment type; In response to the equipment being matched with the energy consumption calculation model, the operation data is input into the energy consumption calculation model to generate an energy consumption index; and the energy consumption index is output.

Based on the above, the monitoring system of the present invention can regularly collect the operation data of the equipment of different manufacturers or models, and calculate the energy consumption index of the equipment. Network management personnel can analyze the energy consumption indicators of equipment to control equipment energy consumption, and then provide suggestions for energy-saving measures to achieve the goal of sustainable environmental development.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a usage scenario of a monitoring system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring system 10 can be communicatively connected to the information center 20 and one or more devices (eg, network communication devices) 30 . The monitoring system 10 can obtain data from the equipment 30 , and calculate the energy consumption index of the equipment 30 for the equipment 30 according to the data. The monitoring system 10 can transmit relevant data including the energy consumption index of the equipment 30 to the information center 20 for analysis or storage.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a monitoring system 10 for dynamic energy consumption of equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring system 10 may include a processor 100 , a storage medium 200 and a transceiver 300 .

The processor 100 is, for example, a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or other programmable general purpose or special purpose micro control unit (micro control unit, MCU), microprocessor (microprocessor), digital signal processing Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Programmable Controller, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Image Signal Processor (ISP) ), image processing unit (image processing unit, IPU), arithmetic logic unit (arithmetic logic unit, ALU), complex programmable logic device (complex programmable logic device, CPLD), field programmable logic gate array (field programmable gate array , FPGA) or other similar components or combinations of the above components. The processor 100 can be coupled to the storage medium 200 and the transceiver 300 , and access and execute multiple modules and various application programs stored in the storage medium 200 .

The storage medium 200 is, for example, any type of fixed or removable random access memory (random access memory, RAM), read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), flash memory (flash memory) , hard disk drive (hard disk drive, HDD), solid state drive (solid state drive, SSD) or similar elements or a combination of the above-mentioned elements for storing multiple modules or various application programs executable by the processor 100 . In this embodiment, the storage medium 200 can store a plurality of modules including a core module 210 , a collection module 220 , an energy consumption analysis module 230 , and a message delivery module 240 , and their functions will be described later.

The transceiver 300 transmits and receives signals in a wireless or wired manner. The transceiver 300 may also perform operations such as low noise amplification, impedance matching, frequency mixing, up or down frequency conversion, filtering, amplification, and the like. The monitoring system 10 can be communicatively connected to the information center 20 or the equipment 30 through the transceiver 300 .

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a monitoring method for dynamic energy consumption of equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the monitoring method can be implemented by the monitoring system 10 shown in FIG. 2 .

In step S301 , the monitoring system 10 may receive equipment information from the equipment 30 . Specifically, the core module 210 may include a scheduler 211 , a device identification module 212 and a database 213 . The scheduler 211 can generate a schedule for receiving device information, so as to periodically obtain the device information of the device 30 . The core module 210 can receive device information from the device 30 based on the schedule generated by the scheduler 211 . The device information may include information such as an object identifier (OID) that can be used to identify the device 30 .

In step S302 , the monitoring system 10 may receive operating data from the equipment 30 . Specifically, the device identification module 212 can determine the device type of the device 30 according to the device information (for example: OID) of the device 30 . The database 213 can store configuration information or connection information corresponding to a specific device type. For example, the database 213 can store the communication protocol supported by the device 30 of a specific device type and calculate the attributes of the device. The communication protocol includes, for example, simple network management protocol (simple network management protocol, SNMP), Redfish (Redfish) protocol or command-line interface (command-line interface, CLI). The attribute features are representative parameters of the device 30 . For example, if the device 30 is an air-cooled system, the attribute characteristics of the device 30 may include fan usage.

After determining the device type of the device 30, the collection module 220 can determine the communication protocol and attributes of the device 30 according to the device type, and based on the selected communication protocol, receive the operating data including the attribute characteristics from the device 30 through the transceiver 300. For example, the collection module 220 can receive the operation data from the device 30 based on the SNMP protocol. The operating data may include but not limited to CPU load, fan usage, bandwidth usage, temperature or power supply status and other parameters that can be used to estimate the energy consumption of the device 30 . In an embodiment, the time point at which the collection module 220 receives the operating parameters may be determined based on the schedule generated by the scheduler 211 .

In step S303, the monitoring system 10 may determine whether the device 30 matches the energy consumption calculation model according to the device type. Specifically, the energy consumption analysis module 230 can pre-store multiple energy consumption calculation models for different types of equipment. The energy consumption calculation model is, for example, a machine learning model trained based on a conventional machine learning algorithm, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The energy consumption analysis module 230 can judge according to the equipment type of the equipment 30 whether any one of the energy consumption calculation models matches the equipment 30 (or the equipment type of the equipment 30 ). If the energy consumption calculation model matches the device 30 , it means that the energy consumption calculation model is suitable for calculating the energy consumption index of the device type of the device 30 . Accordingly, the monitoring system 10 can execute step S304. If no energy consumption calculation model in the energy consumption analysis module 230 matches the device 30 , it means that the energy consumption analysis module 230 does not store an energy consumption calculation model suitable for the type of device 30 . Accordingly, the monitoring system 10 can execute step S305.

In step S304 , the energy consumption analysis module 230 can input the operation data of the equipment 30 into the energy consumption calculation model matched with the equipment 30 to generate the energy consumption index of the equipment 30 . In step S305, the energy consumption analysis module 230 can set the preset index in the operating data of the device 30 as the energy consumption index of the device 30, wherein the preset index is designed by the manufacturer of the device 30 for the device 30, for example. Energy consumption index. In other words, if the energy consumption analysis module 230 stores an energy consumption calculation model applicable to the device 30 , the monitoring system 10 calculates the energy consumption index of the device 30 according to the energy consumption calculation model. If the energy consumption analysis module 230 does not store an energy consumption calculation model suitable for the device 30 , the monitoring system 10 regards the preset index associated with the energy consumption output by the device 30 as the energy consumption index.

In step S306 , the message transfer module 240 can output the energy consumption index of the device 30 through the transceiver 300 . For example, the message transmission module 240 can transmit the energy consumption index of the equipment 30 to the information center 20 for analysis. In one embodiment, the messaging module 240 can output the energy consumption indicator according to an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP).

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a monitoring method for dynamic energy consumption of equipment according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the monitoring method can be implemented by the monitoring system 10 shown in FIG. 2 . In step S401, device information from a device is received, and a device type is determined according to the device information. In step S402, the operation data from the equipment is obtained. In step S403, it is determined whether the equipment matches the energy consumption calculation model according to the equipment type. In step S404, in response to the equipment being matched with the energy consumption calculation model, the operation data is input into the energy consumption calculation model to generate an energy consumption index. In step S405, the energy consumption index is output.

To sum up, the features and functions of the present invention include: through the framework of the system of the present invention, system developers can quickly develop various equipment modules, integrate and manage the Netcom equipment developed by various manufacturers, collect real-time operation information regularly, and then retrieve Take key energy consumption index parameters. Therefore, the present invention can reduce the development cost of system developers; the monitoring system of the present invention can support the use of various protocols and settings to collect equipment information, and then achieve complementary effects with existing information collection systems; the monitoring system of the present invention can provide equipment Information about energy consumption. Based on the equipment type and key equipment usage status information, the monitoring system can flexibly apply custom algorithms or trained models to accurately calculate the energy consumption required by the equipment; the monitoring system of the present invention can customize and process the raw data collected by the equipment Information, and convert the processed information into various key index parameters for reference by network administrators; the monitoring system of the present invention can provide index data to the data center for further analysis through the message queue, so as to facilitate subsequent energy-saving measures.

10: Surveillance system 100: Processor 20:Information Center 200: storage media 210: core module 211: Scheduler 212:Equipment identification module 213: database 220: Collect Modules 230: Energy consumption analysis module 240:Message passing module 30: Equipment 300: Transceiver S301, S302, S303, S304, S305, S306, S401, S402, S403, S404, S405: steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a usage scenario of a monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a monitoring system for dynamic energy consumption of equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for monitoring dynamic energy consumption of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for monitoring dynamic energy consumption of a device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

S401, S402, S403, S404, S405: steps

Claims (7)

A monitoring system for dynamic energy consumption of a device, comprising: a transceiver, communicatively connected to the device; a storage medium, storing a plurality of modules; and a processor, coupled to the storage medium and the transceiver, and accessing and execute the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules include: a core module, receiving device information from the device, and judging the type of device according to the device information; an energy consumption analysis module, storing energy consumption Calculate the model, obtain the operation data from the equipment, judge whether the equipment matches the energy consumption calculation model according to the equipment type, and store the operation data in response to the equipment matching the energy consumption calculation model Inputting into the energy consumption calculation model to generate an energy consumption index, and setting a default index in the operation data as the energy consumption index in response to the device not matching the energy consumption calculation model; and a message The transfer module outputs the energy consumption index through the transceiver. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the core module determines the type of the device according to the object identification code in the device information. The monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the multiple modules further include: a collection module, which determines the communication protocol and attribute characteristics according to the device type, and receives all the information including the attribute characteristics based on the communication protocol Describe the operating data. The monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the communication protocol includes one of the following: Simple Network Management Protocol, Red Fish Protocol and Command Line Interface. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message delivery module outputs the energy consumption index according to Advanced Message Queuing Protocol. The monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating data includes at least one of CPU load, fan usage, bandwidth usage, temperature, and power supply status. A method for monitoring dynamic energy consumption of equipment, comprising: receiving equipment information from the equipment, and judging the equipment type according to the equipment information; obtaining operation data from the equipment; judging the relationship between the equipment and the equipment according to the equipment type Whether the energy consumption calculation model matches; in response to the match between the equipment and the energy consumption calculation model, input the operation data into the energy consumption calculation model to generate an energy consumption index; in response to the equipment and the energy consumption calculating the model mismatch and setting the preset index in the operation data as the energy consumption index; and outputting the energy consumption index.

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