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Power Budget Threshold

Power Budget Threshold, if enabled, allows a power capping limit to be set for the system. System performance will be dynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption near the specified threshold. Actual power consumption may be less for light workloads and may momentarily exceed the threshold until performance adjustments have completed.

If you check Enabled for the Power budget Threshold, the system will enforce the user-specified threshold. If you leave the Power budget Threshold value unchecked, the system will not be power capped. For example, for a given system configuration, the Maximum Potential Power Consumption is 700W and the Minimum Potential Power Consumption is 500W. You can specify and enable a Power Budget Threshold to reduce consumption from its current 650W down to 525W. From that point on the system's performance will be dynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption so as to not exceed the user-specified threshold of 525W.

Using the Web-Based Interface

1Log in to the iDRAC6 Web-based interface.

2Click the Power tab.

3Select the Power Budget option. The Power Budget Information page displays.

4Enter a value in Watts, BTU/hr, or percent in the Power Budget table. The value you specify in Watts or BTU/hr will be the power budget threshold limit value. If you specify a percentage value, it will be a percentage of the Maximum-to-Minimum Potential Power Consumption interval. For example, 100% Threshold means Maximum Potential Power Consumption while 0% means Minimum Potential Power Consumption.

NOTE: The power budget threshold cannot be more than Maximum Potential Power Consumption or less than Minimum Potential Power Consumption.

5Select the Enabled checkbox to enable the threshold. The system will enforce the user-specified threshold. If you clear the checkbox, the system will not be power capped.

6Click Apply Changes.

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