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* Dynamic policy—Set the priority (High, Medium, and Low) for individual devices in the group. Power
Center reserves more of the budgeted power for the devices/groups with a higher priority when the
power budget is not completely utilized.
* Static policy—Enter values for the Power Cap or Percentage of Capability, if desired. By default, Power
Center uses the same percentage of the Upper Bound value as the power cap for every device. If the
sum of the values is higher than the power cap value set in the previous step, Power Center will change
the Power Cap Value and display a message.
g) Click Next.
h) Select a policy schedule when the group/devices will be monitored:
* Time Span—Always or a range (start and end times in the format HH:MM using 24-hour time)
* Recurrence Pattern—Always or specific days of the week
* Recurrence Range—Always or a range (start and end dates)
i) Review the policy summary information, and click Apply.
The new policy takes effect immediately.
Viewing Policy Details
You can view policies from the following pages:
• Policy page — This page lists all policies. You cannot create a policy on this page. You can edit, delete, sort,
filter or enable/disable the policies.
• Groups → Policy page — This page lists policies for a specific entity. To view the policies, go to the Groups
page, select a physical group or logical group, select an entity and click its Policies tab. You can create, edit,
delete, sort, or enable/disable the policies on this page.
These two pages display policy details:
• Enabled — The policy is enabled or disabled.
• Active — The policy is in use or not in use.
• Entity Name — Name of the entity.
• Policy Name — Name of the policy.
• Type — Static power policy or dynamic power policy.
• Power Cap — Power cap for the entity.
• Date Range — Start date and end date for the policy to take effect.
• Time Range — Time of the day for the policy to take effect.
• Days — Day of the week for the policy to take effect.
Policy Priority Levels
When you create or update a policy, you can select different priority levels for each device/group. For example, you can
set priority levels based on the service level agreements associated with workloads running on a device/group.
Power Center tends to reserve more power to the devices/groups with higher priority when the power cap for devices/
groups is not fully utilized.
For each device/group, you can set one of the three priority levels:
• Low
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