Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction to Power Manager.................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: What's new in this release............................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Compatibility matrix.................................................................................................... 8
Supported devices in Power Manager............................................................................................................................8
Versions of Power Manager compatible with OpenManage Enterprise...........................................................9
Supported protocols....................................................................................................................................................10
Hardware requirements.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Role-based user privileges for Power Manager...........................................................................................................11
Chapter 4: License requirements................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 5: Scalability and performance....................................................................................... 14
Chapter 6: Getting started with Power Manager.......................................................................... 15
Installing Power Manager.................................................................................................................................................15
Setting preferences...........................................................................................................................................................16
Adding devices to Power Manager................................................................................................................................18
Adding static groups to Power Manager......................................................................................................................19
Chapter 7: Monitoring and managing Power Manager metrics...................................................... 21
Viewing metrics and monitoring devices and groups history ................................................................................ 22
Thresholds...........................................................................................................................................................................24
Creating alert thresholds........................................................................................................................................... 24
Policies................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Static policy.................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Temperature-triggered policy...................................................................................................................................26
Creating policy............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Chapter 8: Rack management...................................................................................................... 31
Unmonitored Devices........................................................................................................................................................ 31
Adding Unmonitored Devices.................................................................................................................................... 31
Physical groups.................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Creating physical groups........................................................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 9: Manage data center during power reduction.............................................................. 36
Enabling Emergency Power Reduction........................................................................................................................ 36
Viewing active Emergency Power Reduction.............................................................................................................37
Disabling Emergency Power Reduction....................................................................................................................... 38
Chapter 10: Quick access to Power Manager data........................................................................39
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