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Agents supported by other ProLiant servers. Therefore, you can use HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) 5.3 and later to manage SL6500 server trays. Insight Management Agents provide alerts that let you significantly reduce unplanned downtime. You can also use any other SNMP-based management tool. The agents are available on the ProLiant model-specific "Easy Set-up" CDs or from the Internet at http://www.hp.com/servers/easysetup. Power and thermal management with the Power Management Controller The embedded Power Management Controller on each 4U chassis monitors power consumption throughout the chassis. It throttles processor speed and memory in each server tray to maintain a preset power budget. HP provides a simple command-line utility, called PPIC, to read and configure the power control logic in the SL6500 Scalable System. Versions are available for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 and 2008 and for the Linux® operating system with an installed OS IPMI driver. Running the PPIC utility from the command line without any command-line options will provide the options shown below. HP ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility v.1.09 Copyright (c) 2003, 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Usage: POW [Options] options: -d Display and Log Power Status and Configuration -v verbose data displayed -s Set Power Configuration Mode -m Disabled) 00= No Redundancy Mode (Power Throttling Performance w/ 01= AC Redundancy with Throttling Mode (Max Redundancy) 02= Full AC/DC Redundancy Mode License 03= User Configurable Mode (LO100 Advanced Required) -l (in Watts - Required for

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Agents supported by other ProLiant servers. Therefore, you can use HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
5.3 and later to manage SL6500 server trays. Insight Management Agents provide alerts that let you
significantly reduce unplanned downtime. You can also use any other SNMP-based management tool.
The agents are available on the ProLiant model-specific “Easy Set-up” CDs or from the Internet at
.
Power and thermal management with the Power Management Controller
The embedded Power Management Controller on each 4U chassis monitors power consumption
throughout the chassis. It throttles processor speed and memory in each server tray to maintain a
preset power budget.
HP provides a simple command-line utility, called PPIC, to read and configure the power control logic
in the SL6500 Scalable System. Versions are available for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Server 2003 and
2008 and for the Linux
®
operating system with an installed OS IPMI driver. Running the PPIC utility
from the command line without any command-line options will provide the options shown below.
HP ProLiant Power Interface Control Utility v.1.09
Copyright (c) 2003, 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Usage: POW [Options]
options:
-d
Display and Log Power Status and Configuration
-v
verbose data displayed
-s Set Power Configuration Mode
-m<mode>
00= No Redundancy Mode (Power Throttling
Disabled)
01= AC Redundancy with Throttling Mode (Max
Performance w/
Redundancy)
02= Full AC/DC Redundancy Mode
03= User Configurable Mode (
LO100 Advanced
License
Required
)
-l<power limit> (in Watts - Required for <Mode 03)
-c
Calibrate and Display Power Limits
-p
Poll and Log Power Readings
-v
verbose data logged
-f<frequency> (in secs)
-t<duration of run> (in secs)
-o<name> override output log filename
(default log filename= ppic.log)
Power control logic in the s6500 chassis operates in one of four possible modes as shown in Table 1.