Users Guide
Viewing Power Budget Status
You can view the power budget status using the CMC Web interface or RACADM.
Viewing Power Budget Status Using CMC Web Interface
To view power budget status using CMC Web interface, in the system tree go to Chassis Overview and click Power > Budget Status. The
Power Budget Status page displays the system power policy conguration, power budget details, budget allocated for server modules, and
chassis power supply details. For more information, see the CMC Online Help.
Viewing Power Budget Status Using RACADM
Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and type:
racadm getpbinfo
For more information about getpbinfo, including output details, see the getpbinfo command section in the Chassis Management Controller
for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.
Redundancy Status and Overall Power Health
The redundancy status is a factor in determining the overall power health. When the power redundancy policy is set, for example, to Grid
Redundancy and the redundancy status indicates that the system is operating with redundancy, the overall power health is typically OK. If
the PSU installed on a chassis fails owing to some reason, the overall power health status of the chassis is displayed as Non-Critical.
However, if the conditions for operating with grid redundancy cannot be met, the redundancy status is No, and the overall power health is
Critical. This is because the system is not able to operate in accordance with the congured redundancy policy.
NOTE
: CMC does not perform a pre-check of these conditions when you change the redundancy policy to or from grid
redundancy. So, conguring the redundancy policy may immediately result in redundancy lost or a regained condition.
Related links
PSU Failure With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy
PSU Removals With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy
New Server Engagement Policy
Power Supply and Redundancy Policy Changes in System Event Log
PSU Failure With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy
CMC decreases power to servers when an insucient power event occurs, such as a PSU failure. After decreasing power on servers, CMC
re-evaluates the power needs of the chassis. If power requirements are still not met, CMC turns o lower priority servers.
Power for higher priority servers is restored incrementally while power needs remain within the power budget. To set the redundancy policy,
see Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy.
NOTE
: When a chassis exceeds the power budget, the CMC displays the message, Unable to turn on Module-x
because of insufficient power.
Managing and Monitoring Power 227