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30 Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) feature with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Corresponding audit log entries are available in Monitor > Audit Logs tab as follows.
Message ID—CPWR0027, Severity—Info, Category— Configuration
Message—The Emergency Power Reduction feature is successfully disabled on the target <Device Name>.
Note: Behavior is the same even if there is an EPR effective on a Rack physical group (child) by virtue of the
EPR applied in any parent groups as Datacenter, Room or Aisle.
Can I add a Power Manager monitored device with active EPR (applied in individual device level) into
a static group monitored in Power Manager?
Description:
You can add a monitored device with an active EPR to a static group. To add the device, perform the
following steps:
1. Discover and add a device (Device1) into Power Manager and apply an EPR on device level (from
Device Details > Power Management and Monitoring > Policies and EPR tab).
2. Create a static group in OpenManage Enterprise (Devices > Custom Groups > Static Groups) and
add the group in Power Manager. There is no EPR applied on Static Groups.
3. Add the device (Device1) with Active EPR into the Static Group monitored in Power Manager.
Results:
The device is added successfully to the Static Group. EPR applied on the device is maintained even when the
device is added or removed from a static group monitored in Power Manager.
Can I add a Power Manager monitored device (without EPR) into a static group monitored in Power
Manager with active EPR applied at group level? Will the EPR applied in group level be automatically
imposed on the device after adding it to the static group?
Description:
If you add a device (without EPR) to a new group having an active EPR, the EPR is not applied on the new
device. For example, consider the following scenario:
1. Discover and add few Power Manager capable devices (Device1, Device2) into Power Manager.
2. Create a Static Group in OpenManage Enterprise (Devices > Custom Groups > Static Groups) and
add the group in Power Manager (Power Management > Devices and Groups > Groups).
3. Add Device1 into the Static Group and apply an EPR on group level (Devices > Static Groups >
Group Name > Group Details > Policies and EPR).
4. Add Device2 (Without EPR) to the Static Group with active EPR.
Results:
Addition of Device2 is successful to the static group. EPR applied in Group level is effective on Device1 but
does not have any effect on Device2 that is added later.