Users Guide

Enabling or Disabling Access to iKVM from Front Panel.....................................................................................216
Enabling Access to iKVM from the Dell CMC Console........................................................................................216
15 Managing and Monitoring Power...............................................................................................................217
Redundancy Policies...................................................................................................................................................... 218
Grid Redundancy Policy...........................................................................................................................................218
Power Supply Redundancy Policy.......................................................................................................................... 219
No Redundancy Policy.............................................................................................................................................219
Extended Power Performance.....................................................................................................................................220
Default Power Congurations With Extended Power Performance..................................................................221
Dynamic Power Supply Engagement...........................................................................................................................221
Default Redundancy Conguration..............................................................................................................................222
Grid Redundancy..................................................................................................................................................... 222
Power Supply Redundancy.....................................................................................................................................222
No Redundancy........................................................................................................................................................223
Power Budgeting For Hardware Modules...................................................................................................................223
Server Slot Power Priority Settings.............................................................................................................................224
Assigning Priority Levels to Servers...................................................................................................................... 225
Viewing Power Consumption Status...........................................................................................................................225
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using CMC Web Interface......................................................................225
Viewing Power Consumption Status Using RACADM........................................................................................ 225
Viewing Power Budget Status..................................................................................................................................... 226
Viewing Power Budget Status Using CMC Web Interface.................................................................................226
Viewing Power Budget Status Using RACADM...................................................................................................226
Redundancy Status and Overall Power Health..........................................................................................................226
PSU Failure With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy.......................................................................................226
PSU Removals With Degraded or No Redundancy Policy..................................................................................227
New Server Engagement Policy............................................................................................................................ 227
Power Supply and Redundancy Policy Changes in System Event Log.............................................................228
Conguring power budget and redundancy...............................................................................................................229
Power Conservation and Power Budget.............................................................................................................. 230
Maximum Power Conservation Mode...................................................................................................................230
Server Power Reduction to Maintain Power Budget..........................................................................................230
110V PSUs AC Operation.........................................................................................................................................231
Server Performance Over Power Redundancy.................................................................................................... 231
Remote Logging........................................................................................................................................................231
External Power Management..................................................................................................................................231
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using CMC Web Interface........................................................ 232
Conguring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM.......................................................................... 233
Executing Power Control Operations..........................................................................................................................234
Executing Power Control Operations on the Chassis......................................................................................... 234
Executing Power Control Operations on a Server...............................................................................................235
Executing Power Control Operations on an IOM.................................................................................................236
16 Troubleshooting and Recovery..................................................................................................................238
Gathering Conguration Information, Chassis Status, and Logs Using RACDUMP..............................................238
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