Users Guide

Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I see two entries with the same date in the
graph when the time duration was chosen for
showing the graph is changed?
Cause: When viewing the Metrics and Monitoring History graphs for 3 months, 6 months, or 1 year the data is auto-converted from
UTC time zone to your current time zone and displayed. And, due to the time zone differences, there are two entries for the same day on
the graphs. Hence, the last entry is for the current day, and the last but one entry is for the previous day.
Why do I see slight variations in values of power
and temperature in Alert Thresholds section?
Cause: When the power and temperature values are provided in BTU/Hour and Fahrenheit, they are converted to Watt and Celsius.
When displaying the values, they are reconverted and rounded off to the next highest numbers and displayed. Hence, the values are
slightly higher when displayed in BTU/Hour and Fahrenheit scale.
Why are there same number of power cap or
threshold violations for all the entries in my
report?
Cause: For an in-built or custom report which consists of Violation attribute along with Time Stamp attribute, the violation count that is
displayed for all the entries is always for the latest value.
Why do I see blank entries for total energy
consumed in reports or metrics graphs?
Cause: The Total Energy Consumed field has no entry for servers and PowerEdge MX7000 devices due to the following reasons:
• After the first metric collection the energy consumption value is not available yet and hence, the second metric collection has to
happen.
• If you change Data gathering interval to 60 minutes, then for 60 minutes duration Energy Consumption cannot be calculated. This
happens when data is collected for a day with hourly granularity for reports.
• If power metric in iDRAC is reset during the interval that is chosen, and the latest reading has a lower value than the oldest reading.
Why do I not see all metric types for different
types of devices?
Cause: Different devices support different types of metrics.
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