Dell IDRAC6 Viewing the Health Status of the Power Supply Units, Using the Web-Based Interface

Viewing the Health Status of the Power Supply Units

The Power Supplies page displays the status and rating of the power supply units installed in the server.

Using the Web-Based Interface

To view the health status of the power supply units:

1Log in to the iDRAC6 Web-based interface.

2Select Power Supplies in the system tree. The Power Supplies page displays and provides the following information:

•Power Supplies Redundancy Status: The possible values are:

–Full: The power supplies installed in the system are of the same type and they are functioning properly.

–Lost: In systems with two power supply units, the power supplies installed in the system are of different types or one of them is malfunctioning or removed. In systems with four power supply units, the power supplies installed in the system are of different types, or two or three units are malfunctioning or removed.

–Disabled: Only one of the power supplies is available. No redundancy exists.

–Degraded (only in systems with four power supply units): Four power supply units are installed in the system but one of them is malfunctioning or removed.

•Individual Power Supply Elements: The possible values are:

– Status displays the following:

•OK indicates that the power supply unit is present and communicating with the server.

•Warning indicates that only warning alerts have been issued and corrective action must be taken by the administrator. If corrective actions are not taken, it could lead to critical or severe power failures that can affect the integrity of the server.

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