Setting System and Management Power
Policies (Oracle ILOM)
Set system management policies in Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) to meet the
power and cooling requirements for Oracle server systems in your data center. This section
describes some of the ways you can manage the energy consumption of an Oracle server
system:
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Reduce power requirements for an Oracle server system without affecting the system
performance. For details, see “Setting System-Wide Power Management Settings (Oracle
ILOM)” on page 103.
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Virtually control the behavior of host power at boot. For details, see “Setting SP Policy for
Host Power at Boot (Oracle ILOM)” on page 111.
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Satisfy cooler operating requirements for PCIe cards, or enable a cooling down period prior
shutting down the host. For details, see “Setting Server Cooling Down Policies (Oracle
ILOM)” on page 112.
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Force blade chassis NEMs to run SAS2 capable links at a slower rate. For details, see
“Forcing Blade To Be SAS2 Capable (Oracle ILOM)” on page 113.
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Set the low line AC override mode policy on Sun Server X4-4. For details, see “Set Low-
Line Power Override Mode Policy for Sun Server X4-4” on page 115.
Setting System-Wide Power Management Settings (Oracle
ILOM)
You can change system-wide power management settings in Oracle Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM) to:
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Reduce server power consumption by setting a target limit. For more details
about configuring this property, see “Set Power Target Limit Property on Server
SP” on page 104.
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Enforce a server power target limit by applying a power capping policy. For more details
about configuring this policy, see “Set Power Capping Policy on Server SP” on page 105.
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