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2-22 General Description
Notes on Using Power Control Feature
Power consumption of the server can be controlled through command line interface of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 (BMC) or
NEC ESMPRO Manager. Using this feature to suppress the upper limit of power consumption, the larger number of servers
can be installed in the site where the allowable power consumption is limited.
Refer to the User's Guide of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 or NEC ESMPRO Manager for how to enable this feature.
Applicable OS
Power control feature uses P-State (Performance State) of processor that is defined in ACPI (Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface). Thus, the OS must support P-State. The following OSs support the power control feature.
OS that supports power control feature
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Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (SP1 or later)
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Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (SP1 or later)
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Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
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Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Windows Server 2008, Standard
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Windows Server 2008, Enterprise
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Windows Server 2008, Standard x64
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Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 or later
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 or later (EM64T)