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Comparative study of Resource Utilization with Static Power Policy configured from Power Manager
26 Static Power and Temperature-Triggered Policies with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
6 Comparative study of Resource Utilization with Static Power
Policy configured from Power Manager
There was a comparative study done to identify the overall power utilization for devices and groups when a
static power policy is applied from Power Manager.
Tests have been performed by applying static power policy on a group of four PowerEdge R740 servers
which are monitored as part of a static group in Power Manager.
• Aggregated power utilization by default
- The maximum and minimum power utilization for the monitored group was in range of ~426 Watts
and ~328 Watts.
- The average power consumption was ~357 Watts before imposing the power cap on the
monitored group.
Power history details of a monitored group without power capping
• Aggregated power utilization with static power policy
- With reference to the image attached, a 75% Power Cap was applied on the monitored group
after 05:30 (07/04/2020) and the power utilization was rechecked in the next metric gathering
interval.
- The average power utilization was brought down to ~ 336 Watts with the maximum and minimum
power utilization and within the range of ~ 363 Watts and ~ 324 Watts.