39 PowerEdge R730 and R730xd Technical Guide
Dell Active Power Controller (DAPC) provides operating system-agnostic
power-management capability designed to save you money by lowering the
system-level power draw at times of low utilization.
Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individual
server-level power reporting and power limiting functionality. Dell offers a
complete power management solution comprised of Intel Node Manager
accessed through Dell iDRAC8 Enterprise and OpenManage Power Center that
allows policy-based management of power and thermals at the individual
server, rack and data center level.
Hot Spare improves the operating PSU efficiency, thereby reducing overall
power consumption.
Thermal Control of Fan Speed optimizes the thermal settings for your
environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power
consumption.
Idle Power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full
workload.
Find additional information at Dell.com/PowerCenter.
Power supply units
Energy Smart power supplies have intelligent features, such as the ability to dynamically optimize
efficiency while maintaining availability and redundancy. Also featured are enhanced
power-consumption reduction technologies, such as high-efficiency power conversion and
advanced thermal-management techniques, and embedded power-management features,
including high-accuracy power monitoring.
The PowerEdge R730 and R730xd support up to two AC or DC power supplies with 1 + 1
redundancy, auto sensing and auto-switching capability. The PowerEdge R730 and R730xd support
the power supply units listed in Table 22. The 750W AC/DC mixed-mode PSU is available only in
China. For additional power supply specifications, see Table 31.
Table 22. Power supply units and efficiency
Efficiency targets by load
*Available only in China.