Viewing Power Budget - Dell iDRAC6 User Manual

Viewing Power Budget

The server provides power budget status overviews of the power subsystem on the
Power Budget screen.
Using the Web Interface
NOTE:
To perform power management actions, you must have Administrative
privilege.
1 Log in to iDRAC6 Web interface.
2 In the system tree, select System.
3 Click the Power Management tab, and then click Power Budget.
The Power Budget screen appears.
The Power Budget Information table displays the minimum and maximum
limits of power thresholds for the current system configuration. These cover
the range of AC power consumptions a thresholded system under heavy
workload will present to the datacenter.
• Minimum Potential Power Consumption represents the lowest Power
Budget Threshold value.
• Maximum Potential Power Consumption represents the highest Power
Budget Threshold value. This value is also the current system
configuration's absolute maximum power consumption.
Using RACADM
On a managed server, open a command line interface and enter:
racadm getconfig -g cfgServerPower
NOTE:
For more information about cfgServerPower, including output details,
see "cfgServerPower."
Power Budget Threshold
Power Budget Threshold, if enabled, enforces power limits for the system.
System performance is dynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption
near the specified threshold.
Actual power consumption may be less for light workloads and momentarily
may exceed the threshold until performance adjustments have completed.
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