The PUE tab displays power consumption data, gathered from optional energy meters installed in the data center, in real-time charts and graphs. Collecting PUE data is useful in monitoring power usage and loss, and determining an ideal power consumption environment.

Accessing the PUE tab

1.From the Navigation panel, select the data center you want to display.

2.Select the PUE tab. The PUE view appears.

Viewing data center PUE information

The PUE page has five sections:

Power consumption allocation—A pie chart that displays how much power, in percentages, is used by different components of the data center.

Metric definitions—Values of the metrics that appear.

o PUE—The closer the number is to 1, the more efficient the data center power.

o DCiE—The equivalent of a PUE value. The closer the number is to 1, the more efficient the data center power.

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