Owner's Manual

• The Policies tab of the devices is set to disabled in the Groups page.
• The power capability status of the devices is set to "None" in the Devices page.
• You cannot edit the policy of this device from the Policies page; you can only delete it.
Scenario 2 — You try to import a license on a device without a license imported
In this case, the following happens:
• If a policy exists on the devices, you will receive a "Server Capabilities Changed" event.
• The Policies tab of the devices is set to Enabled in the Groups page.
The power capability status of the devices is changed in the Devices page.
The policy of the devices is editable. You can access it from the Policies page.
Upgrading Device Power Policy Capability
The power policy capability of some devices can be upgraded to include capping of power consumption—for example,
Dell PowerEdge M620. These devices show Monitor and Upgradable. To upgrade the device so that its power
consumption can be capped, go to the Devices page and click Upgrade next to the device, then follow the instructions
on the pop-up help page to upgrade the device power capability. Once the upgrade is completed, the power capability
status changes to
Monitor & Capping within 24 hours.
Creating a New Power Policy
You can create static power policies for a rack, chassis or device, and create dynamic power policies for any group/
device. Power policies only apply to the groups/devices that have Monitor & Capping power capability.
1. Click Groups in the left pane.
2. Click the entity (data center, room, aisle, rack, or chassis) to which the policy will apply.
3. Click the POLICIES tab near the bottom of the screen.
4. Click Create New Policy.
5. In the Create New Policy window:
a) Enter a policy name that is less than 25 characters.
b) For racks and chassis only, select a Policy Type of Static or Dynamic .
c) Select a fixed time period to display Average Power and Maximum Power values that can be used to estimate a
Power Cap Value. The Average Power, Maximum Power, Lower Bound and Upper Bound values only refer to
the devices that have monitoring and capping power capability.
d) Enter either a Power Cap Value or Percentage of Capability to set the total power consumption budget for
devices with monitoring and capping power capabilities:
* Power Cap Value—Enter a value between the Lower Bound and Upper Bound. The Lower Bound is the
lowest minimum power consumption since the device/group was discovered or added to Power Center.
The Upper Bound is the maximum power consumption when the device/group is in a maximum
workload state.
* Percentage of Capability— Enter a percentage between 1-100%. The following formula will calculate
the total power consumption budget: Upper Bound * Percentage of Capability = Power Cap Value
e) Click Next.
f) Allocate power for the group/device:
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