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HP ProLiant SL160s User Manual

Hp power interface control (ppic) utility user guide
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HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility

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Abstract
This guide is for HP ProLiant SL customers and Firmware installers. This guide describes chassis/rack architecture, power management, control
utilities, and command and options descriptions for select HP ProLiant servers.
Part Number: 583301-005
March 2011
Edition: 5

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility User Guide Abstract This guide is for HP ProLiant SL customers and Firmware installers. This guide describes chassis/rack architecture, power management, control utilities, and command and options descriptions for select HP ProLiant servers. Part Number: 583301-005 March 2011 Edition: 5...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2009, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..........................4 New chassis/rack architecture ........................4 Power Management Controller ........................4 Power Measurement ........................5 Power Measurement ..........................5 Commands description ........................6 Help menu ............................... 6 Display chassis power level and configuration ....................6 Poll chassis power level ..........................6 Verbose ..............................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction New chassis/rack architecture The new line of HP ProLiant s6500 Scalable Server, HP ProLiant DL1000/DL2000 Multi-Node Server, and HP ProLiant SL6000 Scalable Servers implement entirely new chassis/ rack architecture in the industry standard server market space, producing the most power efficient and power manageable servers in the world.

  • Page 5: Power Measurement

    Power Measurement Power Measurement This utility displays the power reading calculated by the chassis Power Management Controller. As with any measurement system, variations in temperature, input power, and system loads will impact the accuracy of the power calculations. All power reading displayed by this utility will have a -/+ 5% tolerance. Power Measurement 5...

  • Page 6: Commands Description

    Commands description PPIC can only process one command at a time. Help menu This command will display a summary of supported commands and options. Display chassis power level and configuration This command will display the instantaneous power reading for the entire chassis: Total Chassis Power (AC): the sum of all power consumed by all present nodes and chassis subsystems.

  • Page 7: Calibrate And Display Power Limits

    Set Power Configuration Mode for more information. Calibrate and display power limits This command will force the system to idle state to get the lowest possible power configuration. Once the value has been obtained the system will display the updated information: Maximum Chassis Power Available (AC): the total power supply capacity available in the chassis.
  • Page 8 Mode Configuration below or within 20% of the minimum power value obtained during system calibration. Recommended steps to properly define the Power Control Configuration level for User Configurable (3) mode: Run the target system (all nodes in chassis) at the production level load. Calibrate the chassis to obtain the power profile and display the information (ppic -c).

  • Page 9: Hp Proliant Power Interface Control (Ppic) Utility

    HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility Command line utility HP provides a simple command line utility, called PPIC, for monitoring and configuring the power control configuration of the SL product lines. The PPIC utility must only be executed through one server node per chassis. Supported OSs Versions of this utility are available for Microsoft Windows Server OS (2008 and 2008 R2) and Linux OS (RHEL5 and SLES11) with the requirement that the OS IPMI Driver be installed.
  • Page 10 Set Power Configuration Mode to AC Redundancy with throttling (Default Mode) and store output in config.log ppic -s -m1 -oconfig.log HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility 10...

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