Users Guide

Power Monitoring and Power Management 159
The Power Budget Information table displays the minimum and maximum
limits of power thresholds for the current system configuration. These cover
the range of AC power consumptions a thresholded system under heavy
workload will present to the datacenter.
• Minimum Potential Power Consumption represents the lowest Power
Budget Threshold value.
•
Maximum Potential Power Consumption represents the highest Power
Budget Threshold value. This value is also the current system
configuration's absolute maximum power consumption.
Using RACADM
On a Managed Node, open a command line interface and enter:
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower
NOTE: For more information about cfgServerPower, including output details,
see "cfgServerPower."
Viewing Power Budget Threshold
Power Budget Threshold, if enabled, enforces power limits for the system.
System performance is dynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption
near the specified threshold.
NOTE: Power budget threshold is read-only and cannot be enabled or configured
in iDRAC6.
Actual power consumption may be less for light workloads and momentarily
exceed the threshold until performance adjustments have completed.
Using the Web-Based Interface
1 Log in to the iDRAC6 Web-based interface.
2 In the system tree, select System .
3 Click the Power Management tab, and then click Power Budget .
The
Power Budget Information screen appears.
4 Click Power Budget Threshold .