# Slurm Power Management Guide

Slurm provied an integrated power management system for power capping. This is distict from Slurm's ability to power down idle nodes.

## Configuration

The following configuration parameters are available:

- PowerParameters: Defines power management behavior. Currently valid options are:
  - ClusterCap=#[KW|MW] - Used to establish cluster-wide power cap. Default units are watts.
- PowerPlugin: Identifies the plugin used to manage system power consumption. Currently valid options are:
  - cray - Used for Cray systems with power monitoring and management functionality included as part of System Management Workstation (SMW) 7.0.UP03.
  - none - No power management support. The default value.

Last modified 20 January 2015