Monitor System Power Draw with IPMI
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How to monitor system power statistics using IPMI without a power meter.
[root@1028QG ~]#yum install freeipmi
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[root@1028QG ~]#ipmi-dcmi --get-system-power-statisticsSample output below:
[root@1028QG ~]#watch ipmi-dcmi --get-system-power-statistics
Every 2.0s: ipmi-dcmi --get-system-power-statistics Fri Nov 20 22:07:38 2015
Current Power : 367 Watts
Minimum Power over sampling duration : 153 watts
Maximum Power over sampling duration : 1788 watts
Average Power over sampling duration : 499 watts
Time Stamp : 11/20/2015 - 22:07:39
Statistics reporting time period : 39748000 milliseconds
Power Measurement : Active