Users Guide
Power Monitoring and Power Management 311
Viewing Power Budget
The server provides power budget status overviews of the power subsystem on the
Power Budget screen.
Using the Web Interface
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have Administrative
privilege.
1
Log in to iDRAC6 Web interface.
2
In the system tree, select
System
.
3
Click the
Power Management
tab, and then click
Power Budget
.
The
Power Budget
screen is displayed.
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 server, open a command line interface and enter:
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower
NOTE: For more information about cfgServerPower, including output details, see
cfgServerPower in the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and
CMC available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.