Owner's Manual

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Power Monitoring
Power Center enables the monitoring of current or historical power-related metrics (for example, power consumption or
cost). This can help you understand the power status in the data center and plan for additional power infrastructure,
cooling, and facility needs.
You can monitor power at different device and/or group levels. You can configure power monitoring settings to meet
your monitoring needs, and you can print the power status graph.
Power Monitoring Levels
Power Center provides power monitoring at the following levels for groups:
• Individual device
• Rack
• Aisle
• Room
• Data center
Power Monitoring Configuration
You can configure power monitoring settings in Power Center, including
• Thresholds (average and maximum power for events)
• Device and group range (monitor all or none)
• Default units (watts or BTU per hour)
• Energy consumptions (power consumption and cost)
Power Thresholds
It is useful to monitor thresholds when you want to be notified when the power of a group and/or device exceeds the set
limits.
1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane.
2. From either the Grouped Devices or the Unassigned Devices tabs, select the group or device for which you want to
set the threshold.
3. In the details section of the screen, click Edit Power Alert Thresholds.
4. Enter values for the following:
– Max Warning Threshold—When the maximum power exceeds this setting, the warning-level event alert
“Max Power” is sent.
– Max Critical Threshold—When the maximum power exceeds this setting, the critical-level event alert “Max
Power” is sent.
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