Users Guide

306 Power Monitoring and Power Management
Configuring and Managing Power
You can use iDRAC6 Web interface and RACADM command line interface
(CLI) to manage and configure power controls on the Dell PowerEdge system.
Specifically, you can:
• View the power status of the server. See "Viewing Power Monitoring" on
page 307.
• View power budget information for the server, including the minimum
and maximum potential power consumption. See "Viewing Power Budget"
on page 311.
• View power budget threshold for the server. See "Power Budget Threshold"
on page 312.
• View power allocated to the PCIe expansion-cards in the server. See
"Viewing and Modifying PCIe Power Allocation" on page 313.
• Execute power control operations on the server (for example, power on,
power off, system reset, power cycle, and graceful shutdown). See
"Executing Power Control Operations on the Server" on page 314.
Power Monitoring
iDRAC6 monitors the power consumption in Dell PowerEdge servers
continuously. iDRAC6 calculates the following power values and provides the
information
through its Web interface or RACADM CLI :
• Cumulative System Power
• System Peak Power and System Peak Amperage
• Average, Minimum, and Maximum Power Consumption
• Power consumption (also shown in graphs in the Web interface)
• Max and Min Power Times