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Executive Summary
5 Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) feature with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Executive Summary
This technical whitepaper describes the significance of Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) in modern
datacenters and the application of same with Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager. It also talks
about:
• How and when to use EPR
• Types of EPR—Throttle and Shutdown, Manual and Temperature-Triggered
• How to enable and disable EPR from Power Manager
• Importance of group level hierarchies while applying the EPR
This document provides a comparative study of power and energy consumption in devices when EPR is
enabled from Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager.