IPMItool not reporting Power Supply redundancy R540

Question

I have a brand new Dell R540 and I have just enabled IPMI over lan.

The server has two PSUs and iDRAC version 5.10.30.00.

When I run the command:

ipmitool -H [idrac-ip] -U [username] -P [Password] -I lanplus sdr type 'Power Supply'

I get the following response;

PS Redundancy ¦ 77h ¦ ns ¦ 7.1 ¦ Disabled

Against older R510 servers the same command responds;

PS Redundancy ¦ 77h ¦ ok ¦ 7.1 ¦ Fully Redundant

Is this a known issue? I found some similar report for 11g servers, is this true of 14G servers too?

How should I check for PSU redundancy using IPMI if I am doing it incorrectly?

Thanks,

Rob

DELL-Shine K · Accepted Answer

Can you check whether PSU redundancy is enabled on the server? You can login to iDRAC and check the same under 'Configuration -> Power Management' page ('Redundancy Policy' setting).

RS812 · Answer

Thanks for that, is that a new setting in iDRAC9? That the PSUs are set to Hotspare over A/B Grid redundant?   IPMI Checks working perfectly now thanks.

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IPMItool not reporting Power Supply redundancy R540

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