title: Dell PowerEdge Chassis: Overall Power Consumption
agents: snmp
catalog: hw/server/dell
license: GPL
distribution: check_mk
description:
 This check monitors the overall power consumption of the chassis of Dell PowerEdge Servers.

 The state of the check is {OK}, when the device returns a state of {OK}.
 The state of the cehck is {WARN}, when the device returns a state of {other},
 {unknown} or {nonCritical}. The state of the check is {CRIT} otherwise.

 No limits are set in the check, since the state is derived by the device itself.

 In addition to the state, the check displays the following other parameters
 of the server: drsPotentialPower, drsMaxPowerSpecification, drsWattsReading, drsAmpsReading

perfdata:
 One variable: the power consumption in Watts
