A server room has two power grids, A and B. PSU1 on each server is on grid A, and PSU2 is on grid B. Grid B has significantly lower load compared to grid A. What is the most likely cause of the…

The correct answer is B. Hot spare feature is enabled in power supply configuration. If Hot Spare is enabled, asymmetric electrical current sharing between the two PSUs is enabled.

PowerEdge Hardware Components

Question

A server room has two power grids, A and B. PSU1 on each server is on grid A, and PSU2 is on grid B. Grid B has significantly lower load compared to grid A. What is the most likely cause of the unbalanced power load?

Options

APSU1 is a higher wattage power supply than PSU2
BHot spare feature is enabled in power supply configuration
CPSU1 is always the primary power supply
DUPS and PDU are not installed to balance the load

How the community answered

(18 responses)

B
72% (13)
C
11% (2)
D
17% (3)

Explanation

If Hot Spare is enabled, asymmetric electrical current sharing between the two PSUs is enabled.

Topics

#PSU hot spare#power load balancing#dual power grid#power supply configuration

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full DEA-41T1 Practice