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Thresholds

Custom events are triggered when a power or temperature threshold is configured on groups or devices. The ‘Thresholds’ tab in the ‘Datacenter Management’ page manages the event threshold configurations, against which the collected data is compared with (in the unit of Watts for power and Celsius degrees for temperature). An event will be triggered when the ‘Condition’ is met.

To configure a power threshold:

  1. Click ‘Datacenter Management’, select a server, and select the Thresholds tab.

  2. Under ‘Power Thresholds’, click ‘Edit’ in the ‘IT Equipment Power’ event.

  3. Enter the value of Threshold, and then click OK.

  4. Once the power draw of the server increases over the threshold you configured, an event is triggered and listed in ‘Summary’ tab. You can check the details by moving your mouse over its ‘Description’.

Configuring temperature thresholds is similar.

Note
f you want the event to be triggered periodically when the ‘Condition’ is met, you may change the ‘conf/console.config.xml’ file of Energy Manager installation folder. Add one entry ‘<entry key="PERIODICAL_EVENT">evaluation_period</entry>’, save the file and then restart Energy Manager services. It is recommended to set its value to be same with the sampling frequency.