Users Guide

NOTE: When Dell OpenManage Power Center management is disabled, CMC does not revert to
the earlier setting of the maximum chassis power. See the CMC log for the earlier setting to
manually restore the value.
Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using CMC Web Interface
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have Chassis Configuration
Administrator
privilege.
To configure power budget using the Web interface:
1. In the system tree, go to Chassis Overview, and then click Power → Configuration
The Budget/Redundancy Configuration page is displayed.
2. Select any or all of the following properties as required. For information about each of the fields, see
CMC Online Help.
• Enable Server Based Power Management
• System Input Power Cap
• Redundancy Policy
• Enable Extended Power Performance
• Enable Server Performance Over Power Redundancy
• Enable Dynamic Power Supply Engagement
• Disable Chassis Power Button
• Allow 110 VAC Operation
• Enable Max Power Conservation Mode
• Enable Remote Power Logging
• Remote Power Logging Interval
3. Click Apply to save the changes.
Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have Chassis Configuration
Administrator
privilege.
To enable and set the redundancy policy:
1. Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC and log in.
2. Set properties as needed:
• To select a redundancy policy, type:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy <value>
where <value> is 0 (No Redundancy), 1 (Grid Redundancy), 2 (Power Supply Redundancy). The
default is 0.
For example, the following command enables Grid Redundancy mode:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy 1
• To enable or disable Extended Power Performance mode, type:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o cfgChassisEPPEnable <value>
where <value> is 0 (disable), 1 (enable). The default is 1 for 3000 W PSUs
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