you are using redundant power supplies by keeping half of the power standby mode at lower power
usage levels.
Balanced Mode
shares the power delivery equally between all installed power supplies.
Setting the redundant power supply mode
Prerequisites
Power Profile
is set to
Custom
.
Procedure
1.
From the
System Utilities
screen, select
System Configuration
>
BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
>
Power Management
>
Advanced Power Options
>
Redundant Power Supply Mode
and
press
Enter
.
2.
Select a setting and press
Enter
.
a. Balanced Mode
— Shares the power delivery equally between all installed power supplies.
b. High Efficiency Mode (Auto)
— The system selects between the odd or even power supply based
on a semi-random distribution within a group of systems.
c. High Efficiency Mode (Odd Supply Standby)
— The system places the odd power supply in
standby.
d. High Efficiency Mode (Even Supply Standby)
— The system places the even power supply in
standby.
3.
Press
F10
.
Intel DMI Link Frequency
Use this option to force the link speed between the processor and south bridge to run at slower speeds.
Doing so can reduce power consumption, but can also impact system performance.
NOTE:
You can configure this option on systems with two or more CPUs.
Setting Intel DMI Link Frequency
Use the
Intel DMI Link Frequency
option to force the link speed between the processor and south bridge
to run at slower speeds. Doing so can reduce power consumption, but can also impact system
performance.
NOTE:
You can configure this option on systems with two or more CPUs.
Procedure
1.
From the
System Utilities
screen, select
System Configuration
>
BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
>
Power and Performance Options
>
Intel DMI Link Frequency
.
2.
Select a setting.
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Configuring Power Management
