Users Guide

The Create Policy wizard is displayed.
4. In the General section, provide the following information and click Next.
a. In Type, select the type of policy.
● ○ Static policy—Applies a cap on the power consumption of a device or group.
○ Temperature-triggered policy—Applies Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) on a group of devices when its
temperature equals or exceeds a specified value.
NOTE: After a policy is created, you cannot change the type of policy.
To activate the policy after creation, Enable option is selected by default.
b. Provide a policy name and description.
5. In the Devices/Groups section, select the required option:
● To add a device:
a. Select the Device option and click Select Device.
The Select Device page is displayed.
b. Click Advanced Filters.
The following filters are displayed:
● Health State
● Power State
● Connection State
● Name
● Service Tag
● Model
● Type
● Managed State
● Part of Group
c. Select the device, and click Add Selected.
● To add a group:
a. Select the Group option and click Select Group.
The Select Group page is displayed.
b. Click Advanced Filters.
The following filters are displayed:
● Name
● Type
c. To clear the filters, click Clear All filters.
d. Select the group, and click Add Selected.
NOTE: You can select only one device or group when creating a policy.
NOTE: After you create a policy for a device, you cannot apply the policy to a group. Similarly, after creating a policy
for a group, you cannot apply the policy to a device.
6. Click Next.
7. For a static policy:
In the Policy Settings section, select the monitoring period from the Monitoring time period drop-down menu, and
provide the Power cap value, and then click Next.
Use the Power History section as a reference to set the power cap value.
● Power History for a device—this section displays minimum, average, and maximum power consumption with lower and
upper bound values. The values change as you change the duration of Monitoring time period.
● Power History for a group—this section displays minimum, average, and maximum power consumption with lower and
upper bound values. The minimum, average, and maximum power history of the group is the sum of all the minimum,
average, and maximum power consumption of individual devices in the group. The values change as you change the
duration of Monitoring time period. The upper and lower bound value for a group is the sum of upper bound and lower
Monitoring and managing Power Manager metrics
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