HP ProLiant SL160s, ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility User Manual

HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility

Part Number: 583301-005

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.

March 2011
Edition: 5

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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 ................................................................................................................................................... 6

Calibrate and display power limits .............................................................................................................. 7

Set power configuration mode .................................................................................................................... 7

HP ProLiant Power Interface Control (PPIC) Utility .............................................................................. 9

Command line utility .................................................................................................................................. 9

Supported OSs ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Synopsis .................................................................................................................................................. 9

Options description ................................................................................................................................... 9

Select communication bus ................................................................................................................. 9

Select output log filename ................................................................................................................. 9

Configuration examples ............................................................................................................................. 9

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