User's Manual
In an infrastructure organization, a row of racks contains racks that each contain power and/or
environmental devices. For RPM systems consisting of hub and spoke servers, a row of racks
and the racks and devices it contains must be assigned to the same RPM server. For example, a
row of racks assigned to a hub server must not contain racks that are assigned to a spoke server.
This configuration is required for the power management plug-in to accurately collect and
aggregate historical data.
For more information, see the RPMhelp (keywords: infrastructure).
Power Management Plug-in Settings
The following settings are globally applied to the RPM server.
To modify power management plug-in settings:
1. Click the Systems tab, then click Plug-ins in the top navigation bar.
2. Click Power Management in the list of plug-ins.
3. Click Settings in the side navigation bar.
4. In the Archive Interval section, select the maximum number of months that power
monitoring logs should be stored before being automatically exported to .csv files.
5. In the Unit Nomenclature area, specify the temperature unit, power 3-phase description and
currency to be used in power reports.
6. In the Plug-In Standard Properties area, specify the interval at which power monitoring data
is collected.
7. Click Save.
Asset and Usage Reports
You can view Asset and Usage reports as a pie chart, bar chart or table by clicking the
appropriate button. If multiple charts are tiled on the screen, you can change the size of the
charts by dragging the triangle on the Size bar to the right or left. To print a report in a printer-
friendly format, click the printer icon.
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