Dell 8.1 Server User Manual


 
Power Supplies
Click the Power Supplies object to manage your system’s power supplies. Server Administrator monitors
power supply status, including redundancy, to ensure that each power supply present in your system is
functioning properly.
The Power Supplies object action window can have the following tabs, depending on the user's group
privileges: Properties and Alert Management.
NOTE: Power Supply Monitoring and Power Monitoring features are available only for systems that
have two or more redundant, hot-swappable power supplies installed. These features are
unavailable for permanently installed, non-redundant power supplies that lack power management
circuitry.
Properties
Subtab: Elements
Under the Properties tab, you can:
View information about your power supply redundancy attributes.
Check the status of individual power supply elements, including the Firmware Version of the power
supply, and Maximum Output Wattage.
Check the status of individual power supply elements, including the Firmware Version of the power
supply, Rated Input Wattage, and Maximum Output Wattage. The Rated Input Wattage attribute is
displayed only on PMBus systems starting 11G.
Alert Management
Subtabs: Alert Actions | SNMP Traps
Under the Alert Management tab, you can:
View current alert actions settings and set the alert actions that you want to be performed in the event
that a system power returns a warning or failure value.
Configure Platform Event Alert destinations for IPv6 addresses.
View current SNMP trap alert thresholds and set the alert threshold levels for system power watts. The
selected traps are triggered if the system generates a corresponding event at the selected severity
level.
NOTE: The System Peak Power trap generates events only for informational severity.
Processors
Click the Processors object to manage your system's microprocessor(s). A processor is the primary
computational chip inside a system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic
functions. The Processors object action window can have the following tabs, depending on the user's
group privileges: Properties and Alert Management.
Subtab: Information
Properties
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