Users Guide

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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
OpenManage Power Center provides power monitoring at the following levels for groups:
• Rack
• Aisle
• Room
• Data center
• Custom
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. In the left pane, Click Devices.
2. From the All Devices or the Managed Groups tab, select the group or device for which you want to
set the threshold.
3. In the details section of the screen, click Thresholds.
4. Under Power Alert Thresholds (W)
5. Enter values in the Upper Warning and Upper Critical text boxes.
When the power exceeds the upper warning value, a warning-level event alert is sent. When the
power exceeds the upper critical value, a critical-level event alert is sent.
6. Click Save.
For more information on configuring the device/group range and sampling interval, see Monitoring
Settings.
For more information on configuring default units and energy consumption, see Configuring Energy
Consumption Cost Settings.
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