SKAN_ENPOWER

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ENPOWER :ENPOWER Team Name: SKAN Team Members: Sameet Singh (samsi4u@gmail.com, IT - VESIT, Mumbai University) Karun AB (john.anderton@gmail.com, IT – BVCOE, Mumbai University) Amith George (strider.am@gmail.com, Computer Engg. – Fr. CRIT, Mumbai University) Noel Sequeira (noel.sequeira@gmail.com, IT – VESIT, Mumbai University) Mentor: Rajiv Subramanian (rajiv81@gmail.com)

Problem Definition :Problem Definition The average desktop PC wastes over half the power delivered to it! Over 30 billion kilowatt-hours of energy is wasted anually! Each PC can have such a large impact - now imagine a large network of 1000's of PC's in an organization. Managing multiple remote PCs to save power is a huge problem.. not an individual PC, but a whole network.. and doing so opportunistically and smartly is the challenge. The Solution - ENPOWER!

Role of various components/modules :Role of various components/modules Administrative module (application running on a server): Desktop application that provides the Network Admin the UI to perform various tasks Distributed service (scripts running on client machines): It is a VBScript running on every client machine which has been configured by the Network Admin It initiates the task by running a batch file consisting of a series of “powercfg” commands to configure the power management settings The script then continuously monitors certain WMI performance counters which help in reporting power consumption Reporting service: It is an XML based web service which fulfils the following role: Pushing the parameter values being monitored by the distributed scripts to the central network DB Alerting System: Sending alerts to client machines for conflicts in settings due to overriding by local administrator Website: Provides a downloadable location for product Provides overall statistics of estimated power savings Provides scripting templates (power settings samples for different types of networks/groups).

System Flow-Chart :System Flow-Chart