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

Configuration step

Required action or input

Related information

Add power devices to the appliance

Device type

The online help for the Power Delivery

Define your power devices using

Device name

Devices screen

the Power Delivery Devices screen

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).

Add and configure racks

Rack name

The online help for the Racks screen

Add racks and configure the layout

Dimensions of the rack and number

 

of enclosures, power delivery

of slots

 

devices, and other rack devices

Add enclosures and power delivery

 

using the Racks screen

 

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

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