Power Management

Select Monitors → Power Management to view the power information, based on projected power consumption, for each power domain and to configure power management for the BladeCenter unit.

Graphic illustrating the power domain management page.

There are two power domains in most BladeCenter units.

Note: The BladeCenter S unit has one power domain. For a BladeCenter S unit, a table in the Power Management page displays only one power domain and contains an additional line to indicate whether the unit is using 110 V ac or 220 V ac power.

Click Power Domain 1 details or Power Domain 2 details for the list of BladeCenter components in each power domain (see Detailed power information for information). The power-management policy settings determine how the BladeCenter unit reacts in each power domain to a power-source failure or power-module failure. The combination of the BladeCenter configuration, power-management policy settings, and available power might cause blade servers to reduce their power level (throttle) or not turn on.

The following power status information is displayed in the BladeCenter Power Domain Summary, the BladeCenter Power Domain Planning, and the BladeCenter Chassis Power Summary sections:

On this page, you also can configure over-temperature response for the BladeCenter unit, set the power data sampling interval, and view a graph of BladeCenter unit power consumption. You can also enable or disable NEBS operating mode for BladeCenter T and BladeCenter HT units.

Graphic illustrating the configuration setting and power consumption trend page.

The BladeCenter Chassis Configuration Setting section configures how the management module responds if it detects an over-temperature condition (thermal event) on a blade server. The following acoustic mode options are supported in response to thermal events:

Click the links at the bottom of the page to display thermal trending information for individual BladeCenter components. The components that are monitored and listed vary according to BladeCenter unit type.

Graphic illustrating the thermal settings links.

The following illustration shows the media tray temperature information, as an example.

Graphic illustrating the thermal trend information page.