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Dependencies for Power Monitoring
The following dependencies are present for power monitoring.
Metrics for Power Monitoring
You can monitor the following metrics for power consumption by Dell servers.
NOTE: To view unavailable or initializing metrics, select the Show
unavailable/initializing metrics check box.The numeric metrics that you selected for
monitoring are available under Graph and Metrics and the text metrics that you
selected is available under Text Data. Selecting this option will allow you to see
other metrics the monitor agent is attempting to collect, but these metrics cannot
be selected and viewed on the graph until data has been retrieved.
Table 10-1. Dependencies for Power Monitoring
Dell Policy Agent/
Agentless
Support
Coverage
Default
Behavior
Dependencies
Power
Monitoring
Agentless Dell servers
with
supported
power
monitoring
enabled
Disabled SNMP and WMI protocol
Table 10-2. Metrics for Power Monitoring
Metric Description
Agentless Numeric Metrics
Dell Power - Amperage per Power
Supply (Amps)
Select to monitor Amperage
Power Supply in Amperes.
Dell Power - Energy Consumption
(KWh)
Select to monitor energy
consumption in Kilo Watt Hour.
Dell Power - Energy Consumption
(BTU/hr)
Select to monitor energy
consumption in British Thermal
Unit Per Hour.
Dell Power - Energy Consumption
(Watts)
Select to monitor energy
consumption in Watts.
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