HP ProLiant DL170e User Manual
HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility
management, control
Part Number: 583301-007
User Guide
for version 2.2.0.0 and later
Abstract
This guide is for HP ProLiant SL customers and firmware installers. This guide describes chassis and rack architecture, power
utilities, and command and options descriptions for select HP ProLiant servers.
September 2013
Edition: 7
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4
HP ProLiant Power Interface Control overview ............................................................................................... 4
Power Management Controller .................................................................................................................... 4
Power capping ............................................................................................................................. 5
Power capping supported servers and chassis ............................................................................................... 5
Power capping requirements ....................................................................................................................... 5
Power Measurement ...................................................................................................................... 6
Power measurement utility .......................................................................................................................... 6
HP ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility ....................................................................................... 7
Installing the utility ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Running the utility ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Command line utility .................................................................................................................................. 7
Synopsis .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Commands ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Help menu ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Display chassis power level and configuration ..................................................................................... 8
Poll chassis power level .................................................................................................................... 8
Verbose ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Calibrate and display power limits .................................................................................................... 9
Set power configuration mode .......................................................................................................... 9
Options.................................................................................................................................................. 10
Select output log filename ............................................................................................................... 10
Configuration examples ........................................................................................................................... 10
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 11
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