Users Guide

Managing and Monitoring Power

The Dell PowerEdge M1000e server enclosure is the most power-ecient modular server enclosure. It is designed to include highly-

ecient power supplies and fans, has an optimized layout for the air to ow more easily through the system, and contains power-optimized

components throughout the enclosure. The optimized hardware design is coupled with sophisticated power management capabilities built

into the Chassis Management Controller (CMC), power supplies, and iDRAC to allow you to further enhance power eciency and to have

full control over your power environment.

The Power Management features of the M1000e help administrators congure the enclosure to reduce power consumption and to adjust

the power as required specic to the environment.

The PowerEdge M1000e modular enclosure consumes power and distributes the load across all active internal power supply units (PSUs).

The system can deliver up to 16685 Watts of input power that is allocated to server modules and the associated enclosure infrastructure.

The PowerEdge M1000e enclosure can be congured for any of three redundancy policies that aect PSU behavior and determine how

chassis Redundancy state is reported to administrators.

You can also control power management through the Dell OpenManage Power Center. When the Dell OpenManage Power Center

controls power externally, CMC continues to maintain:

• Redundancy policy

• Remote power logging

• Server performance over power redundancy

• Dynamic Power Supply Engagement (DPSE)

• 110 VAC Operation — This is supported for only AC PSUs.

Dell OpenManage Power Center then manages:

• Server power

• Server priority

• System Input Power Capacity

• Maximum Power Conservation Mode

NOTE

: Actual power delivery is based on conguration and workload.

You can use the CMC Web interface or RACADM to manage and congure power controls on CMC:

• View power allocations, consumption, and status for the chassis, servers, and PSUs.

• Congure power budget and redundancy policy for the chassis.

• Execute power control operations (power-on, power-o, system reset, power-cycle) for the chassis.

Topics:

• Redundancy Policies

• Extended Power Performance

• Dynamic Power Supply Engagement

• Default Redundancy Conguration

• Power Budgeting For Hardware Modules

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