HP OneView manual Configuration step Add power devices to the appliance

Defining your power systems using the Power Delivery Devices resource enables you to monitor metrics such as consumption rates and power caps.

Configuration step

Add power devices to the appliance

•Define your power devices using the Power Delivery Devices screen

Required action or input

•Device type

•Device name

•Rated capacity of the device

•Line voltage and phase

•Power feed side (A or B)

•Power connections to the device

NOTE: After you enter the device credentials (user name and password), the appliance automatically discovers the HP Intelligent Power Distribution Units (iPDUs).

Related information

The online help for the Power Delivery Devices screen

Add and configure racks

•Add racks and configure the layout of enclosures, power delivery devices, and other rack devices using the Racks screen

• Rack name The online help for the Racks screen

•Dimensions of the rack and number of slots

•Add enclosures and power delivery devices to the rack

•Edit the layout of devices within the rack

•The thermal limit of the rack (optional)

NOTE: The appliance automatically creates racks and when you import enclosures. It places enclosures that are linked by management cables in the same rack.

Create data centers and position racks in them

•Define the physical topology of your data center using the Data Centers screen to enable 3D visualization and temperature monitoring.

•Data center name

•Dimensions of the data center

•Position racks in the data center

•Power information such as electrical derating, voltage, and power costs

•Cooling information such as cooling capacity and cooling to power cost multiplier

NOTE: The appliance displays new racks in all existing data centers until you position them in a specific data center. If you are viewing a data center with unpositioned racks, a notification is displayed.

The online help for the Data Centers screen

94 Quick Start: Initial Configuration