Users Guide

13 Monitoring and managing power............................................................................................... 167
Monitoring power...............................................................................................................................................................167
Monitoring performance index of CPU, memory, and input output modules using web interface................... 167
Monitoring performance index for of CPU, memory, and input output modules using RACADM.................... 168
Setting warning threshold for power consumption.......................................................................................................168
Setting warning threshold for power consumption using web interface..............................................................168
Executing power control operations................................................................................................................................168
Executing power control operations using web interface...................................................................................... 168
Executing power control operations using RACADM..............................................................................................169
Power capping....................................................................................................................................................................169
Power capping in Blade servers................................................................................................................................. 169
Viewing and configuring power cap policy................................................................................................................169
Configuring power supply options................................................................................................................................... 170
Configuring power supply options using web interface.......................................................................................... 170
Configuring power supply options using RACADM..................................................................................................170
Configuring power supply options using iDRAC settings utility.............................................................................. 171
Enabling or disabling power button...................................................................................................................................171
Multi-Vector Cooling.......................................................................................................................................................... 171
14 Inventorying, monitoring, and configuring network devices......................................................... 173
Inventorying and monitoring network devices............................................................................................................... 173
Monitoring network devices using web interface.................................................................................................... 173
Monitoring network devices using RACADM........................................................................................................... 173
Connection View.......................................................................................................................................................... 173
Inventorying and monitoring FC HBA devices................................................................................................................175
Monitoring FC HBA devices using web interface.................................................................................................... 175
Monitoring FC HBA devices using RACADM........................................................................................................... 175
Dynamic configuration of virtual addresses, initiator, and storage target settings................................................... 175
Supported cards for IO Identity Optimization...........................................................................................................176
Supported NIC firmware versions for IO Identity Optimization..............................................................................177
Virtual or Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to Flex Address mode or
Console mode........................................................................................................................................................... 178
System behavior for FlexAddress and IO Identity....................................................................................................179
Enabling or disabling IO Identity Optimization.......................................................................................................... 179
Configuring persistence policy settings.................................................................................................................... 180
15 Managing storage devices........................................................................................................ 183
Understanding RAID concepts......................................................................................................................................... 184
What is RAID.................................................................................................................................................................184
Organizing data storage for availability and performance...................................................................................... 185
Choosing RAID levels ..................................................................................................................................................186
Comparing RAID level performance........................................................................................................................... 191
Supported controllers........................................................................................................................................................192
Supported enclosures........................................................................................................................................................192
Summary of supported features for storage devices................................................................................................... 192
Inventorying and monitoring storage devices................................................................................................................ 195
Monitoring storage devices using web interface.....................................................................................................195
Monitoring storage devices using RACADM............................................................................................................ 196
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