Users Guide
Viewing Power Monitoring for Datacenters
and Clusters
View the power monitoring details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab. For information to appear on
this page, you must run an inventory job. Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter/search
functionality on the data grid. Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running an Inventory Job Now.
1. In VMware vSphere Web Client, in the Navigator, click vCenter.
2. Click Datacenters or Clusters.
3. On the Objects tab, select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view power monitoring details.
4. On the Monitor tab, select the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information Host tab, and on the Power Monitoring sub-tab, view the
following:
NOTE: To display the full list of details, select a specific host from the data grid.
Host Displays the name of the host.
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag.
Current Profile
Displays power profile to maximize your system’s performance and conserve energy.
Energy Consumption Displays the energy consumption of the host.
Peak Reserve Capacity Displays the peak power reserve capacity.
Power Budget Displays the power cap for this host.
Warning Threshold Displays your system's configure maximum value for temperature probe warning threshold.
Failure Threshold Displays your system's configure maximum value for temperature probe failure threshold.
Instant Reserve Capacity Displays the host instantaneous headroom capacity.
Energy Consumption
Start Date
Displays the date and time when the host began to consume power.
Energy Consumption
End Date
Displays the date and time when the host stopped to consume power.
System Peak Power Displays the host peak power.
System Peak Power
Start Date
Displays the date and time when the host peak power began.
System Peak Power End
Date
Displays the date and time when the host peak power ended.
System Peak Amps Displays the hosts peak Amps.
System Peak Amps Start
Date
Displays the beginning date and time of the host peak amps.
System Peak Amps End
Date
Displays the end date and time of the host peak amps.
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