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Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Dell* OpenManage* Power Center
Energy Management Use Cases
Use Case One: Monitoring Power,
Temperature, and Events of a Device or
Group
The most basic use case of monitoring
gives us the basis of data to evaluate
the systems in the data center and
make conscious decisions based on that
data. Data center administrators are
expected to have information on rack
density, thermal footprint, and overall
power consumption on a measured basis
across the data center. Dell Power Center
gives simple access to some critical data
found in each and every data center. By
using Intel Node Manger technology in
conjunction with the iDRAC7, the data
center manager can visually see the
power consumed by each server, and the
thermal inlet temperature on the front of
each server chassis. These data points can
be aggregated to make critical decisions
on server placement, manage ways to
optimize cooling, and also maximize the
usage of power circuits throughout the
room.
When devices are added into Power
Center, the data collection process
starts immediately and, in our test bed
demo, measures power and thermal inlet
temperature every minute. Any events
that occur on the systems will show up as
well.
Select the Power Overview Link in the
upper left and tab through to the rack
level shown in the previous section.
Click the THRESHOLDS tab to see what settings can be implemented.
Establishing Thresholds
Thresholds are guidelines that administrators can use to establish common boundaries for computing for power and temperature
monitoring. The reader should understand that the power and temperature thresholds that are based on our test data center should
not be used as a guideline, but should develop their own methods to determine the power and temperature thresholds as each data
center is unique and generalizations should not be used.