Users Guide

Chassis power limit monitoring
Open Manage Power Center (OMPC) can be used to monitor and control power consumption of the
machines in a data center. PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enables OMPC by providing a provision to set the power
cap for the chassis, and bounds to guide the setting of the power cap. The lower and upper bounds for
the power cap is set by the CMC and cannot be configured.
NOTE: The lower bound is the minimum power needed to operate the chassis given the current
configuration. The upper bound reflects the maximum power available in the current redundancy
policy.
Viewing power consumption status
CMC provides the actual input power consumption for the entire system.
Viewing power consumption status using CMC web interface
In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Power → Power Monitoring. The Power Monitoring page
displays the power health, system power status, real-time power statistics, and real-time energy statistics.
For more information, see the Online Help.
NOTE: You can also view the power redundancy status under Power Supplies.
Viewing power consumption status using RACADM
To view power consumption status using RACADM:
Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and type:
racadm getpminfo
Viewing power budget status using CMC web interface
To view power budget status using CMC web interface, in the left pane go to Chassis Overview and click
Power → Budget Status. The Power Budget Status page displays the system power policy configuration
with the attributes
System Input Power cap, Redundancy Policy, power budget details with the attributes
System Input Max Power Capacity, Input Redundancy Reserve, Power Available for Server Power-on,
and chassis power supply with the power supply unit details. For more information, see the CMC for Dell
PowerEdge FX2/FX2s Online Help.
Viewing power budget status using RACADM
Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and type:
racadm getpbinfo
For more information about getpbinfo, including output details, see the getpbinfo command section in
the Dell Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide.
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