Users Guide

Power monitoring levels..................................................................................................................... 73
Power thresholds.................................................................................................................................73
Viewing power details.........................................................................................................................74
Power details for the current time window................................................................................. 74
Power details for a different time window................................................................................... 74
Power details for racks.................................................................................................................. 75
Viewing Energy Consumption............................................................................................................ 75
Viewing a power history graph...........................................................................................................76
Viewing system airflow graph.............................................................................................................76
Monitoring PDU Power....................................................................................................................... 77
Monitoring UPS Power........................................................................................................................77
9 Temperature Monitoring...................................................................................78
Temperature Monitoring Level...........................................................................................................78
Viewing Temperature Details..............................................................................................................78
Temperature Details for the Current Time Window....................................................................78
Temperature Details for a Different Time Window......................................................................79
Chassis Details............................................................................................................................... 79
Viewing a temperature history graph.................................................................................................79
Monitoring the Temperature of the Chassis/Blade Server................................................................80
Applying circuit breaker limits to chassis...........................................................................................80
Monitoring the Temperature of Devices/Groups..............................................................................80
10 Policies............................................................................................................... 82
Dynamic power caps.......................................................................................................................... 82
Power Policy Capabilities....................................................................................................................83
Scenario 1 — The license expires or is not imported...................................................................83
Scenario 2 — You try to import a license on a device without a license imported................... 84
Upgrading Device Power Policy Capability....................................................................................... 84
Creating a new policy.........................................................................................................................84
Policy Priority Levels........................................................................................................................... 85
Policy Modes.......................................................................................................................................86
Enabling or disabling a power policy................................................................................................. 86
Viewing policies in the power details graph...................................................................................... 86
Editing a power policy........................................................................................................................ 86
Deleting a power policy......................................................................................................................87
Filtering power policies.......................................................................................................................87
11 Analysis............................................................................................................... 88
Server characteristics..........................................................................................................................88
Viewing server power characteristics graph................................................................................88
Viewing peak power distribution graph....................................................................................... 89
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