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Introduction
6 Usage of Reports in Data Center through Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
1. Introduction
This white paper illustrates several examples and provides complete steps on how to gain maximum benefit
of reports using Power Manager. Also, the white paper describes the report actions in OpenManage
Enterprise and provides information on how the IT administrators can leverage them.
1.1 Managing Power and Thermal Report in OpenManage Enterprise
The power and thermal reports have an output table consisting of rows and columns that contain the report
parameters along with power and thermal data consumption over different time intervals.
Use the power and thermal report to determine actual power usage of devices and groups over a period of
time, so that you can apply policies accordingly on the individual devices and groups to reduce the power
usage. Use the data obtained from the reports to infer cost cutting and optimize power usage.
Below is a power and thermal report example which illustrates the daily power and thermal usage of a device:
Built-in power and thermal for a device
You can export this report to a CSV (Excel) spreadsheet that can be used to analyze the power and thermal
consumption and in order to reduce the power usage of the device by applying power policies based on the
power and thermal readings.
Custom reports specify selection criteria, to determine the output in form of rows and columns. Output row for
a report is a set of devices (server and chassis).
Power and thermal reports are created and managed on the Monitor -> Reports page. You can create, edit,
run, email, copy, export, and delete reports.