Users Guide
Monitoring power using web interface...................................................................................................................181
Monitoring power using RACADM.......................................................................................................................... 181
Setting warning threshold for power consumption.....................................................................................................181
Setting warning threshold for power consumption using web interface........................................................... 181
Executing power control operations............................................................................................................................. 181
Executing power control operations using web interface................................................................................... 182
Executing power control operations using RACADM.......................................................................................... 182
Power capping................................................................................................................................................................ 182
Power capping in Blade servers..............................................................................................................................182
Viewing and conguring power cap policy............................................................................................................ 183
Conguring power supply options................................................................................................................................184
Conguring power supply options using web interface.......................................................................................184
Conguring power supply options using RACADM..............................................................................................184
Conguring power supply options using iDRAC settings utility..........................................................................185
Enabling or disabling power button..............................................................................................................................185
12 Inventorying, monitoring, and conguring network devices.......................................................................186
Inventorying and monitoring network devices............................................................................................................186
Monitoring network devices using web interface.................................................................................................187
Monitoring network devices using RACADM........................................................................................................187
Inventorying and monitoring FC HBA devices............................................................................................................ 187
Monitoring FC HBA devices using web interface................................................................................................. 187
Monitoring FC HBA devices using RACADM........................................................................................................ 187
Dynamic conguration of virtual addresses, initiator, and storage target settings.................................................187
Supported cards for IO Identity Optimization.......................................................................................................188
Supported NIC rmware versions for IO Identity Optimization..........................................................................189
Virtual or Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to Flex Address mode or
Console mode........................................................................................................................................................... 190
System behavior for FlexAddress and IO Identity................................................................................................. 191
Enabling or disabling IO Identity Optimization....................................................................................................... 191
Conguring persistence policy settings.................................................................................................................192
13 Managing storage devices.........................................................................................................................196
Understanding RAID concepts..................................................................................................................................... 198
RAID........................................................................................................................................................................... 198
Organizing data storage for availability and performance................................................................................... 199
Choosing RAID levels ..............................................................................................................................................199
Comparing RAID level performance...................................................................................................................... 205
Supported controllers....................................................................................................................................................206
Supported RAID controllers....................................................................................................................................206
Supported non-RAID controllers............................................................................................................................207
Supported enclosures....................................................................................................................................................207
Summary of supported features for storage devices................................................................................................207
Inventorying and monitoring storage devices............................................................................................................ 209
Monitoring storage devices using web interface..................................................................................................210
Monitoring storage devices using RACADM.........................................................................................................210
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