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3 Understanding Top Offenders and Top Energy Consumers
The following section provides information about the Top Offenders and Top Energy Consumers amongst all
the devices and groups being monitored by Power Manager.
3.1 Top Offenders
Top Offenders is a feature of Power Manager that lists out the Top 10 power and thermal threshold offenders.
Use the Top Offenders data to determine the devices and groups that have violated their Power and
Temperature-Threshold values the greatest number of times. Use this data to determine which devices and
groups require a power policy or a Temperature-Triggered policy. Use this feature as below:
1. Set Power and Temperature-Threshold values for all the devices and groups that are monitored in
Power Manager.
2. Navigate to Power ManagementOverview tab to view the Top Power and Temperature Offenders.
3. Select the required Entity Type, which is either Devices or Groups.
4. The list of devices or groups that have violated the Threshold values most frequently are displayed.
5. Investigate the cause of the Threshold violations.
• For devices or groups listed under Top Power Offenders, apply a static power policy to ensure that
the power consumption is capped.
• For groups listed under Top Temperature Offenders, apply a Temperature-Triggered policy to ensure
that the threshold value is not violated.
This feature provides more insight into the devices or groups that have violated the threshold and aide in
taking further action. Use policies to manage the power consumption of the devices and groups.
For more information about creating Policies, refer to the Power Manager User’s Guide on the support site.
Top 10 Power Offenders (Devices)