Users Guide

Adding a virtual machine to an existing group........................................................................................................... 65
Moving a virtual machine group.................................................................................................................................... 65
Viewing a virtual machine power history graph......................................................................................................... 66
Viewing a virtual machine power distribution graph.................................................................................................66
Deleting a VM group.........................................................................................................................................................66
Chapter 9: Power Monitoring...................................................................................................... 67
Power monitoring levels...................................................................................................................................................67
Power thresholds...............................................................................................................................................................67
Viewing power details...................................................................................................................................................... 68
Viewing Energy Consumption........................................................................................................................................ 69
Viewing a power history graph...................................................................................................................................... 69
Viewing system airflow graph.........................................................................................................................................70
Monitoring PDU................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Monitoring UPS Power.................................................................................................................................................... 70
Chapter 10: Temperature Monitoring............................................................................................71
Temperature Monitoring Level........................................................................................................................................71
Viewing Temperature Details...........................................................................................................................................71
Viewing a temperature history graph........................................................................................................................... 72
Monitoring the Temperature of the Chassis/Blade Server.....................................................................................73
Applying circuit breaker limits to chassis.....................................................................................................................73
Monitoring the Temperature of Devices/Groups...................................................................................................... 73
Chapter 11: Policies..................................................................................................................... 74
Dynamic power caps.........................................................................................................................................................74
Power Policy Capabilities.................................................................................................................................................75
Upgrading Device Power Policy Capability................................................................................................................. 76
Creating a policy................................................................................................................................................................ 76
Policy Priority Levels.........................................................................................................................................................77
Policy Modes.......................................................................................................................................................................77
Enabling or disabling a policy.......................................................................................................................................... 78
Viewing policies in the power details graph................................................................................................................ 78
Editing a policy................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Deleting a policy.................................................................................................................................................................78
Filtering policies................................................................................................................................................................. 78
Chapter 12: Analysis.................................................................................................................... 80
Server characteristics...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Viewing server power characteristics graph........................................................................................................ 80
Viewing peak power distribution graph..................................................................................................................80
Viewing active idle power distribution graph.........................................................................................................81
Exporting server power report ................................................................................................................................ 81
Underutilized servers........................................................................................................................................................ 81
Configuring underutilized servers settings............................................................................................................ 81
Power Analysis................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Analyzing capacity expansion................................................................................................................................... 82
Viewing placement suggestions............................................................................................................................... 82
Viewing resource suggestions.................................................................................................................................. 83
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