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Temperature-Triggered Policy
15 Static Power and Temperature-Triggered Policies with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
4 Temperature-Triggered Policy
Use Temperature-Triggered policy to prevent damage to devices due to overheating in the event of cooling
infrastructure failure. The policy restricts the processing capability of the devices in the group, hence reducing
the possibility of any damage to the device due to overheating. The policy helps in maintaining data center
temperature to align to the standards defined by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-
Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Create Temperature-Triggered policy on a Power Manager monitored group (static or physical) by defining a
temperature threshold value. After defining the threshold value and enabling the policy, if the average inlet
temperature of the group crosses the temperature threshold value, Power Manager enforces an EPR
(Throttle) on the group. The source of EPR (Throttle) is displayed as Temperature-Triggered on the EPR
page (Power Management > Emergency Power Reduction).
Following infographics represents Apply EPR (Throttle) action from Power Manager in case of a cooling
infrastructure failure.
Datacenter with a functional cooling infrastructure. Rack(s) and associated device(s) are
monitored in Power Manager as physical group(s).