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Power Utilization Management Profile
ComputerSystem
(See Referencing Profile)
DCIM_OEMPowerAllocationSettingData
AllocationCapbilities
RegisteredProfile
(See Profile Registration Profile)
ElementConformsToProfile
(See Profile Registration Profile)
1..*1..*
SettingsDefineCapabilities
0..1
1
ElementCapabilities
1..*
1..*
DCIM_OEMPowerUtilizationManagementService
DCIM_OEMPowerUtilizationManagementCapabilities
HostedService
1
1..*
1
ElementCapabilities
1
1..*
1
SettingDefineState
ServiceAffectsElement
0..1
1
PowerUtilizationManagementService
0..1
PowerAllocationSettingData
1
*
DCIM_OEMPowerUtilizationCustomSettingData
ElementSettingData
1
*
SettingData
ServiceAffectsElement
EnabledLogicalElementCapabilities
Figure 1 – Power Utilization Management Profile: Class Diagram
6.1 Power Utilization Algorithms
The managed system may employ a range of power utilization algorithms, in order to intelligently
manipulate the consumption of its components based on workloads or on the client input.
DCIM_OEMPOwerUtilizationManagementService represents a power utilization service that is associated
to the managed system through CIM_ServiceAffectsElement. More granular and custom settings for
power utilization can be represented and configured through the
DCIM_OEMPowerUtilzationCustomSettingData class that is associated with the
DCIM_OEMPowerUtilizationManagementService class through the CIM_ElementSettingData association.
There are two major modes of power utilization for the managed system: static and dynamic. The custom
mode of operation can also be configured for more granular power utilization settings, and may contain
mixed settings of static and dynamic power utilization.
6.1.1 Static Power Utilization
Static power utilization systems do not utilize any proactive algorithm to adjust the power consumption,
but rather operate based on static settings. For example, the system may be set to utilize minimum
power, where all the managed system components are set to run at their minimum power consumption
mode. Other static power utilization modes include maximum performance, where all the system
components are set to run at their maximum performance.
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