I don't personally have a motherboard w/ power sensors, so I can't. I can show you what this output from a OEM extension for Dell shows.
# > ipmi-oem dell get-power-consumption-statistics average Last Minute Average Power : 151 W Last Hour Average Power : 151 W Last Day Average Power : 151 W Last Week Average Power : 150 W Al On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 18:43 -0700, Easley wrote: > Hi Al, > Can you show me some log that ipmi-sensors excutes > on the matchine which support power/wattage? > I'm lack of matchine, and I want to known it looks like. > Thanks a lot. > --GHui > > > ------------------ Original ------------------ > From: "Al Chu"<[email protected]>; > Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 10:33 PM > To: "Easley"<[email protected]>; > Cc: "freeipmi-users"<[email protected]>; > Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] The power consumption of computer > > Hi Easley, > > For ipmi-sensors, you can run ipmi-sensors and see what sensors are > available. For ipmi-oem, you'll have to look at the manpage and see > if > your motherboard is supported. Beyond that, you'll have to check with > the motherboard manufacturer or vendor. > > IPMI does all its communication via the BMC, so it already does > everything via the BMC. > > Remember, IPMI is a standard/interface that supports many system > management and monitoring functions. However, there is no requirement > for a motherboard to support ALL the system management/monitoring > functions listed. So if a motherboard supports power/wattage readings > via standard IPMI, FreeIPMI already supports it. > > Al > > On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 00:04 -0700, Easley wrote: > > > > Al, > > Thanks a lot. It's very usefull. > > But I have a problem, how can I identify the motherboard support the > > power/wattage or not. > > I mean I program it. > > Is freeipmi take advantage of BMC? > > How I get power/wattage via BMC? > > Any help will be appreciated. > > --GHui > > > > > > ------------------ Original ------------------ > > From: "Al Chu"<[email protected]>; > > Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 10:38 PM > > To: "Easley"<[email protected]>; > > Cc: "freeipmi-users"<[email protected]>; > > Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] The power consumption of computer > > > > Hi, > > > > You can get sensor readings via ipmi-sensors, which may provide you > > with > > power/wattage information. But it depends on the motherboard. If > > your > > motherboard doesn't support those sensors, you're out of luck. > > > > A few motherboard vendors have OEM specific extensions that support > > power/watt readings which you can get via ipmi-oem. But those are > > motherboard specific. You can check the manpage for ipmi-oem to see > > if > > any extensions for your motherboard are there. > > > > In the future, I hope to extend FreeIPMI to support some additional > > power measurement features. But that's a ways out (many > motherboards > > don't support it yet, so I don't have anything to try it/test it > on). > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > Al > > > > On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 07:05 -0700, Easley wrote: > > > Can I get power(Watt) via FreeIPMI? > > > Or if I want to get power(Watt), What can I do? > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freeipmi-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users > > -- > > Albert Chu > > [email protected] > > Computer Scientist > > High Performance Systems Division > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > > > > -- > Albert Chu > [email protected] > Computer Scientist > High Performance Systems Division > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > -- Albert Chu [email protected] Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
