Users Guide

160 Power Monitoring and Power Management
The Power Budget Threshold table displays the power limit information for
the system:
• Enabled indicates whether the system enforces the power budget threshold.
•
Threshold in Watts and Threshold in BTU/hr display the limit in Watts
and BTU/hr, respectively.
•
Threshold Percentage displays the percentage of power range.
Using RACADM
On a Managed Node, open a command line interface and enter:
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower -o
cfgServerPowerCapWatts <
power cap value in Watts >
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower -o
cfgServerPowerCapBTUhr <
power cap value in BTU/hr >
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower -o
cfgServerPowerCapPercent <
power cap value in % >
NOTE: For more information about cfgServerPower, including output details,
see "cfgServerPower."
Power Control
iDRAC6 enables you to remotely perform a power-on, reset, graceful shutdown,
non-masking interruption (NMI), or power cycle
. Use the Power Control screen
to perform an orderly shutdown through the operating system when rebooting and
powering on or off.
Executing Power Control Operations on the Server
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have Chassis Control
Administrator privilege.
iDRAC6 enables you to remotely perform a power-on, reset, graceful shutdown,
NMI, or power cycle.
Using the Web Interface
1 Log in to the iDRAC6 Web interface.
2 In the system tree, select System .