Users Guide

Managing iKVM From CMC.......................................................................................................................................... 217
Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM from Front Panel..................................................................................... 217
Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console........................................................................................217
15 Managing and Monitoring Power.............................................................................................................. 218
Redundancy Policies...................................................................................................................................................... 219
Grid Redundancy Policy...........................................................................................................................................219
Power Supply Redundancy Policy......................................................................................................................... 220
No Redundancy Policy............................................................................................................................................ 220
Extended Power Performance......................................................................................................................................221
Default Power Congurations With Extended Power Performance................................................................. 222
Dynamic Power Supply Engagement.......................................................................................................................... 222
Default Redundancy Conguration..............................................................................................................................223
Grid Redundancy..................................................................................................................................................... 223
Power Supply Redundancy.....................................................................................................................................223
No Redundancy........................................................................................................................................................224
Power Budgeting For Hardware Modules...................................................................................................................224
Server Slot Power Priority Settings............................................................................................................................ 225
Assigning Priority Levels to Servers...................................................................................................................... 226
Viewing Power Consumption Status...........................................................................................................................226
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using CMC Web Interface...................................................................... 226
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using RACADM........................................................................................ 226
Viewing Power Budget Status......................................................................................................................................227
Viewing Power Budget Status Using CMC Web Interface.................................................................................227
Viewing Power Budget Status Using RACADM...................................................................................................227
Redundancy Status and Overall Power Health.......................................................................................................... 227
PSU Failure With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy....................................................................................... 227
PSU Removals With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy..................................................................................228
New Server Engagement Policy............................................................................................................................ 228
Power Supply and Redundancy Policy Changes in System Event Log.............................................................229
Conguring power budget and redundancy...............................................................................................................230
Power Conservation and Power Budget............................................................................................................... 231
Maximum Power Conservation Mode....................................................................................................................231
Server Power Reduction to Maintain Power Budget...........................................................................................231
110V PSUs AC Operation........................................................................................................................................ 232
Server Performance Over Power Redundancy....................................................................................................232
Remote Logging.......................................................................................................................................................232
External Power Management.................................................................................................................................232
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using CMC Web Interface........................................................ 233
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM.......................................................................... 234
Executing Power Control Operations..........................................................................................................................235
Executing Power Control Operations on the Chassis......................................................................................... 235
Executing Power Control Operations on a Server...............................................................................................236
Executing Power Control Operations on an IOM.................................................................................................237
16 Troubleshooting and Recovery................................................................................................................. 239
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