Patent ID: 8086888

Claim:
A storage management server coupled to a storage apparatus having physical storage devices and dependent operational devices rendered operative depending on activation of said physical storage devices, comprising: a storage unit storing an operation environment threshold value; a control device; and a display device, wherein said control device controls to collect operation environment value of physical storage devices provided in said storage apparatus from said storage apparatus, and determines whether said operation environment value collected exceeds said operation environment threshold value, wherein said control device controls to collect energy consumption amounts of physical storage devices and dependent operational devices from said storage apparatus, calculates a total energy consumption amount in said storage apparatus according to the collected energy consumption amounts of said physical storage devices and said dependent operational devices, and wherein, when a result of the determination indicates that there is a certain physical storage device with its collected operation environment value exceeding said operation environment threshold value, said display device displays warning information indicating operation environment value being exceeded said operation environment threshold value, and displays said total energy consumption amount in said storage apparatus.