294 Power Monitoring and ManagementPower Budget ThresholdPower Budget Threshold, if enabled, allows a power capping limit to be set forthe system. System performance will be dynamically adjusted to maintainpower consumption near the specified threshold. Actual power consumptionmay be less for light workloads and may momentarily exceed the thresholduntil performance adjustments have completed.If you check Enabled for the Power budget Threshold, the system will enforcethe user-specified threshold. If you leave the Power budget Threshold valueunchecked, the system will not be power capped. For example, for a givensystem configuration, the Maximum Potential Power Consumption is 700Wand the Minimum Potential Power Consumption is 500W. You can specifyand enable a Power Budget Threshold to reduce consumption from its current650W down to 525W. From that point on the system's performance will bedynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption so as to not exceed theuser-specified threshold of 525W.Using the Web-Based Interface1 Log in to the iDRAC6 Web-based interface.2 Click the Power tab.3 Select the Power Budget option. The Power Budget Information pagedisplays.4 Enter a value in Watts, BTU/hr, or percent in the Power Budget table. Thevalue you specify in Watts or BTU/hr will be the power budget thresholdlimit value. If you specify a percentage value, it will be a percentage of theMaximum-to-Minimum Potential Power Consumption interval. Forexample, 100% Threshold means Maximum Potential PowerConsumption while 0% means Minimum Potential Power Consumption.NOTE: The power budget threshold cannot be more than Maximum PotentialPower Consumption or less than Minimum Potential Power Consumption.5 Select the Enabled checkbox to enable the threshold. The system willenforce the user-specified threshold. If you clear the checkbox, thesystem will not be power capped.6 Click Apply Changes.
