Managing and monitoring power consumption with IPMI commands

Use the information in this topic to manage and monitor power consumption using IPMI commands.

This topic describes how the Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager and the Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) can be used to provide power and thermal monitoring and policy-based power management for a server using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) power management commands.

For servers using Intel Node Manager SPS 3.0, XClarity Controller users can use IPMI power management commands provided by Intel's Management Engine (ME) to control the Node Manager features and to monitor server power consumption. Server power management can also be accomplished using DCMI power management commands. Example Node Manager and DCMI power management commands are provided in this topic.