Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 4.50- Manuals

Page 2 - Revisions

2 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Revisions Date Description January 2014 Initial Release THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT...

Page 4 - Table of contents

4 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Table of contents Revisions ................................................................................................................................................................

Page 5 - Introduction; What is Extended Power Performance

5 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU 1 Introduction This whitepaper provides an overview of the Extended Power Performance (EPP) feature enabled on 3000W AC Power Supplies. 1.1 What is Extended Power Performance The Extend...

Page 8 - Managing EPP features on CMC interfaces; Managing EPP feature using the Web Interface:; EPP Configuration and Control

8 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU 2 Managing EPP features on CMC interfaces This feature can be managed through the CMC Web interface and RACADM interface. The CMC Web interface supports the EPP feature for the followin...

Page 9 - EPP Feature Status

9 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Figure 3 EPP feature control 2.1.2 EPP Feature Status The Chassis Health page on the Web interface allows you to view the EPP status. The Power section displays one of the following sta...

Page 10 - EPP Power Monitoring and Statistics

10 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Figure 4 EPP feature status on Chassis Health page 2.1.3 EPP Power Monitoring and Statistics The Power Monitoring page on the Web interface allows you to monitor the EPP feature statis...

Page 13 - EPP Error Reporting

13 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU EPP Enabled (unsupported): Figure 8 EPP Enabled (unsupported) Status on Power Monitoring Page 2.1.4 EPP Error Reporting The Power Monitoring page on the Web interface allows you to vie...

Page 14 - Managing EPP feature using RACADM interface:; EPP Status Verification

14 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU EPP Disabled: Figure 11 When EPP is disabled. To view the EPP feature control related logs from CMC Web Interface, go to Logs and CMC logs: Figure 12 EPP Log Messages on CMC Web Interf...

Page 16 - EPP Log Messages and RAC Log

16 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Extended Power Performance(EPP) Status = Enabled (unsupported) Available Power in EPP Pool = 0 W (0 BTU/h) Used Power in EPP Pool = 0 W (0 BTU/h) EPP Percent - Available = 0.0 EPP Erro...

Page 17 - EPP with Other Power Configurations:; EPP and Server Performance Over Power Redundancy (SPOPR); EPP and Server Based Power Management (SBPM); EPP and Dynamic Power Supply Engagement (DPSE)

17 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU 3 EPP with Other Power Configurations: The following sections describe each power configuration which impacts the EPP Settings: 3.1 EPP and Server Performance Over Power Redundancy (SP...

Page 18 - EPP and Redundancy Policy

18 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Figure 13 Warning Message when user tries to Enabled MPCM while EPP is Enabled (active). 3.5 EPP and Redundancy Policy “Power Supply Redundancy” and “No Redundancy” are not compatible ...

Page 19 - EPP and System Input Power Cap

19 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU Figure 14 All three Redundancy Policy (Grid Redundancy, Power Supply Redundancy and No Redundancy) options. 3.6 EPP and System Input Power Cap Reduction of the System Input Power Cap v...

Page 20 - EPP Feature Constraints

20 Dell Power Edge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Version 4.5 - Extended Power Performance Using 3000W AC PSU 4 EPP Feature Constraints The EPP feature does not operate if: • Any"power"supply"is"reporting"loss"of"Input"Voltage. • Any"power"supply"is&...