Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction to Power Manager.................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2: What's new in this release........................................................................................... 6
Chapter 3: Compatibility matrix.....................................................................................................7
Supported devices in Power Manager............................................................................................................................7
Versions of Power Manager compatible with OpenManage Enterprise...........................................................8
Supported protocols..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Hardware requirements................................................................................................................................................9
Role-based user privileges for Power Manager........................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 4: License requirements.................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 5: Scalability and performance....................................................................................... 13
Chapter 6: Power Manager workflow........................................................................................... 14
Chapter 7: Getting started with Power Manager.......................................................................... 15
Installing Power Manager.................................................................................................................................................15
Adding devices to Power Manager................................................................................................................................16
Adding static groups to Power Manager......................................................................................................................17
Viewing devices and groups added to Power Manager............................................................................................18
Chapter 8: Maintaining Power Manager ...................................................................................... 19
Setting preferences...........................................................................................................................................................19
Updating Power Manager................................................................................................................................................ 21
Configuring OpenManage Enterprise for Power Manager updates.................................................................21
Upgrading Power Manager....................................................................................................................................... 22
Disabling Power Manager ...............................................................................................................................................22
Enabling Power Manager ............................................................................................................................................... 23
Removing devices............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Removing groups...............................................................................................................................................................24
Uninstalling Power Manager ..........................................................................................................................................25
Chapter 9: Viewing Metrics and Monitoring History in Power Manager........................................ 26
Chapter 10: Manage data center during power reduction............................................................. 28
Enabling Emergency Power Reduction........................................................................................................................ 28
Viewing active Emergency Power Reduction.............................................................................................................29
Disabling Emergency Power Reduction....................................................................................................................... 29
Chapter 11: Policies......................................................................................................................31
Static policy......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
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