Dell 2 Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM

To configure power budget:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Power → Configuration.
2. On the Budget/Redundancy Configuration page, select any or all of the following properties as
appropriate. For information about the field descriptions, see the Online Help.
•Enable Server-Based Power Management
•System Input Power Cap
•Redundancy Policy
•Enable Dynamic Power Supply Engagement
•Disable Chassis Power Button
•Max Power Conservation Mode
•Enable Remote Power Logging
•Remote Power Logging Interval
3. Click Apply to save the changes.
Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM
NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have the Chassis Configuration
Administrator privilege.
To enable and set the redundancy policy:
1. Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC and log in.
2. Set properties as needed:
• To select a redundancy policy, type:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy <value>
where <value> is 1 (Grid Redundancy), and 2 (Power Supply Redundancy). The default value is 2.
For example, the following command sets the redundancy policy to 1:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy 1
• To set the power budget value, type:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisPowerCap <value>
where <value> is a number between 938 W �� 4800 W, representing the maximum power limit in
Watt. The default is 4800.
For example, the following command sets the maximum power budget to 4800 Watt:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisPowerCap 4800
• To enable or disable dynamic PSU engagement, type:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisDynamicPSUEngagementEnable <value>
where <value> is 0 (disable), 1 (enable). The default is 0.
For example, the following command disables dynamic PSU engagement:
racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
cfgChassisDynamicPSUEngagementEnable 0
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