Owner's Manual

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Temperature Monitoring
Dell OpenManage 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, an alert is sent.
To configure thresholds:
1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane, then select either the Grouped Devices or the Unassigned Devices tabs.
2. Select the group or device for which you want to set a temperature alert threshold.
3. In the details section of the screen, click Edit Temperature Alert Thresholds.
The Edit Temperature Alert Thresholds screen opens. The device or device group name is displayed after the
screen title.
4. Enter values for the following:
– Average Inlet Thermal Greater Than Critical Level—When the temperature is greater than the setting, the
critical-level event "Average Inlet Temperature" alert is sent.
– Average Inlet Thermal Less Than Critical Level—When the temperature is less than the setting, the critical-
level event "Average Inlet Temperature" alert is sent.
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