Users Guide

Managing iKVM From CMC............................................................................................................................................188
Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM from Front Panel............................................................................................188
Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console.............................................................................................. 189
15 Managing and Monitoring Power................................................................................190
Redundancy Policies........................................................................................................................................................191
Grid Redundancy Policy.............................................................................................................................................191
Power Supply Redundancy Policy............................................................................................................................. 192
No Redundancy Policy.............................................................................................................................................. 192
Extended Power Performance........................................................................................................................................193
Default Power Congurations With Extended Power Performance...........................................................................193
Dynamic Power Supply Engagement.............................................................................................................................. 194
Default Redundancy Conguration................................................................................................................................. 194
Grid Redundancy...................................................................................................................................................... 195
Power Supply Redundancy....................................................................................................................................... 195
No Redundancy........................................................................................................................................................ 195
Power Budgeting For Hardware Modules....................................................................................................................... 195
Server Slot Power Priority Settings................................................................................................................................ 196
Assigning Priority Levels to Servers...........................................................................................................................197
Viewing Power Consumption Status............................................................................................................................... 197
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using CMC Web Interface............................................................................... 197
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using RACADM............................................................................................... 197
Viewing Power Budget Status.........................................................................................................................................197
Viewing Power Budget Status Using CMC Web Interface........................................................................................ 198
Viewing Power Budget Status Using RACADM.........................................................................................................198
Redundancy Status and Overall Power Health................................................................................................................198
PSU Failure With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy.............................................................................................. 198
PSU Removals With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy......................................................................................... 198
New Server Engagement Policy................................................................................................................................199
Power Supply and Redundancy Policy Changes in System Event Log...................................................................... 199
Conguring power budget and redundancy.................................................................................................................... 201
Power Conservation and Power Budget................................................................................................................... 201
Maximum Power Conservation Mode.......................................................................................................................201
Server Power Reduction to Maintain Power Budget................................................................................................ 202
110V PSUs AC Operation..........................................................................................................................................202
Server Performance Over Power Redundancy.........................................................................................................202
Remote Logging.......................................................................................................................................................202
External Power Management...................................................................................................................................202
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using CMC Web Interface..................................................................203
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM..................................................................................204
Executing Power Control Operations............................................................................................................................. 205
Executing Power Control Operations on the Chassis............................................................................................... 205
Executing Power Control Operations on a Server.................................................................................................... 206
Executing Power Control Operations on an IOM...................................................................................................... 207
16 Troubleshooting and Recovery...................................................................................208
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