Measuring the Power Consumption of the Sun Fire T2000 Server
The Sun Fire T2000 server has dual redundant power supplies, while the P4400 has a single AC inlet.
The server will support running from a single power supply, or, in standard operation, will split the power load across both available power supply units, using two separate power cords.
As a result, there are two methods you can use to measure power consumption with a single inlet device such as the P4400.
If you wish to measure power consumption without any additional power adaptors, follow the steps below:
- Plug the P4400 directly into your wall socket.
- Plug a single power cord into either of power supply units of the Sun Fire T2000 server.
- Plug that single power cord into the P4400.
- Boot the Sun Fire T2000 server.
- Select the appropriate reading you wish to measure (i.e. volts, amps, or watts).
- Start running your workload on the Sun Fire T2000 server, and record the energy consumption.
By adding an additional 1:3 adaptor, you can run both the two separate power cords from the two server power supplies directly into the power meter.
