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Power Monitoring and

Management

Dell PowerEdge systems incorporate many new and enhanced power management features. The entire platform, from hardware to firmware to systems management software, has been designed with a focus on power efficiency, power monitoring, and power management.

The base hardware design has been optimized from a power perspective:

•High efficiency power supplies and voltage regulators have been incorporated in to the design.

•Where applicable, the lowest power components were selected.

•The chassis design has optimized air flow through the system to minimize fan power.

PowerEdge systems provide many features to control and manage power:

•Power Inventory and Budgeting: At boot, a system inventory enables a system power budget of the current configuration to be calculated.

•Power Capping: Systems can be throttled to maintain a specified power cap.

•Power Monitoring: The iDRAC6 polls the power supplies to gather power measurements. The iDRAC6 collects a history of power measurements and calculates running averages, and peaks. Using the iDRAC6 Web-based interface, you can view the information, which is displayed on the Power Monitoring page.

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