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Dell Servers capable of Power Monitoring
Dell ITA can monitor power usage on many of the Dell PowerEdge servers. In order for this functionality to work, the servers must have power supplies that implement the PMBus specification. Generally this means the newest Dell PowerEdge Servers available today.
However, the PMBus specification is somewhat new, so not all servers have this capability. Below is a chart that shows which servers can be monitored for power usage.
You can also determine if your server has this capability by looking at this section in OMSA.
When ordering these systems you have several options for Power Supplies. In the US, the default configuration includes the "Energy Smart" power supplies that are capable of power monitoring. If you change the configuration to the "Redundant Power Supply" option, these are NOT capable of power monitoring.
However, the PMBus specification is somewhat new, so not all servers have this capability. Below is a chart that shows which servers can be monitored for power usage.
Dell PowerEdge Servers that support PMBus Spec
| Dell PowerEdge Platform | Notes | Power Monitoring |
| Y | ||
| See Below | Y | |
| See Below | Y | |
| N | ||
| N | ||
| Y | ||
| Y | ||
| Y | ||
| Y | ||
| Y | ||
| N | ||
| N | ||
| N |
Determining Capability through OMSA
You can also determine if your server has this capability by looking at this section in OMSA.
Power Supply options for 1950 III and 2950 III Models
When ordering these systems you have several options for Power Supplies. In the US, the default configuration includes the "Energy Smart" power supplies that are capable of power monitoring. If you change the configuration to the "Redundant Power Supply" option, these are NOT capable of power monitoring.
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| Stooartbaby | Bios update | 1 | Jul 7 2008, 12:40 PM EDT by SeanO'Brien | |
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Thread started: Jul 4 2008, 12:31 AM EDT
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I noticed in the recent 2.3.1 bios release notes that it mentioned the following...
"Fixed possible system hang with Demand-Based Power Management enabled" Should I disable performance/power monitoring on my servers till this new update is applied?? or is this related to some other function? Thanks, Stuart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 1950 Version: 2.3.1 Release Date: 05/23/2008 ______________________________________________________________________ * Added support for Quad-Rank 8GB DIMMs * Updated Intel(R) Memory Reference Code to revision 1.3.2 * Fixed possible system hang with Demand-Based Power Management enabled * Fixed slow memory test for some configurations * Fixed CPU error in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system error log * Prevent downgrading to BIOS version that does not support the installed CPU or DIMM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| kajtzu | PE1950 III and PMBUS | 8 | May 20 2008, 2:50 PM EDT by kajtzu | |
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Hi,
I do not see any power monitoring information on PE1950 III systems while on PE2950s III it does work.
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