Owner's Manual

Temperature Monitoring

Power Center enables monitoring of the current or historical temperature of the data centers in Power Center. This can

help you understand the temperature status and identify hot spots in the data center.

You can monitor the temperature status at different device/group levels. You can configure the temperature monitoring

settings to meet your monitoring needs, and you can print the temperature status graph.

Temperature Monitoring Level

Power Center provides temperature monitoring at the following levels:

• Device level — You can monitor temperature-related metrics for devices.

• Physical group level — You can monitor temperature-related metrics at the physical group level (data center,

room, aisle, chassis modular).

• Logical group level — You can monitor temperature-related metrics at the logical group level.

Temperature Monitoring Configuration

You can configure temperature monitoring settings in Power Center, including:

• Thresholds (Inlet temperature range for events)

• Device and group range (Monitor all or not)

• Sampling interval (1, 3, or 6 minutes)

• Default units (Celsius or Fahrenheit)

Temperature Thresholds

It is useful to monitor thresholds when you want to be notified when the temperature of the group/device exceeds the

thresholds. Once the temperature value exceeds a critical or warning threshold, the related event is sent.

To configure thresholds:

1. Click Groups in the left pane.

2. Click the group/device icon.

3. Click the Thresholds tab.

4. Go to Temperature Thresholds and click Edit.

5. Enter values for the following:

– Critical thresholds for average inlet temperature - Greater — When the temperature is greater than the

setting, the critical-level event "Average Inlet Temperature" is sent.

– Critical thresholds for average inlet temperature - Less — When the temperature is less than the setting,

the critical-level event "Average Inlet Temperature" is sent.