Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.10 for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User's Guide

Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM

NOTE: To perform power management actions, you must have the Chassis Configuration Administrator privilege.

To enable and set the redundancy policy:

Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC and log in.

Set properties as needed:

To select a redundancy policy, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy <value>

where < value> is 1 (Grid Redundancy), and 2 (Power Supply Redundancy). The default value is 2.

For example, the following command sets the redundancy policy to 1:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisRedundancyPolicy 1

To set the power budget value, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisPowerCap <
                                          value>

where < value> is a number between 938 W — 4800 W, representing the maximum power limit in Watt. The default is 4800.

For example, the following command sets the maximum power budget to 4800 Watt:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisPowerCap 4800

To enable or disable dynamic PSU engagement, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisDynamicPSUEngagementEnable <
                                          value>

where < value> is 0 (disable), 1 (enable). The default is 0.

For example, the following command disables dynamic PSU engagement:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisDynamicPSUEngagementEnable 0

To enable the maximum power consumption mode, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisMaxPowerConservationMode 1

To restore normal operation, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisMaxPowerConservationMode 0

To enable the power remote logging feature, enter the following command:

racadm config -g cfgRemoteHosts -o
                                          cfgRhostsSyslogPowerLoggingEnabled 1

To specify the desired logging interval, enter the following command:

racadm config -g cfgRemoteHosts -o
                                          cfgRhostsSyslogPowerLoggingInterval 
                                          n

where n is 1-1440 minutes.

To determine if the power remote logging feature is enabled, enter the following command:

racadm getconfig -g cfgRemoteHosts -o
                                          cfgRhostsSyslogPowerLoggingEnabled

To determine the power remote logging interval, enter the following command:
```
racadm getconfig -g cfgRemoteHosts -o
                                          cfgRhostsSyslogPowerLoggingInterval
                                       
```
The power remote logging feature is dependent on previously configured remote syslog hosts having been . Logging to one or more remote syslog hosts must be enabled, otherwise power consumption is logged. This can be done either through the web GUI or the RACADM CLI. For more information, see the remote syslog configuration instructions.

To enable remote power management by Open Manage Power Center (OPMC), type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisServerBasedPowerMgmtMode 1

To restore CMC power management, type:

racadm config -g cfgChassisPower -o
                                          cfgChassisServerBasedPowerMgmtMode 0

For information about RACADM commands for chassis power, see the config, getconfig, getpbinfo, and cfgChassisPower sections in the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide .

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Configuring Power Budget and Redundancy Using RACADM

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