Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 1.2 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction to Power Manager
- What is new in this release
- Compatibility matrix
- License requirements
- Scalability and performance
- Getting started with Power Manager
- Monitoring and managing Power Manager metrics
- Rack management
- Manage data center during power reduction
- Quick access to Power Manager data
- Adding or removing groups from OpenManage Enterprise dashboard to monitor Power Manager data
- View power and thermal history of Power Manager groups
- Viewing top five energy consumers
- Viewing ratio of devices discovered in OpenManage Enterprise to devices added in Power Manager
- View top ten power offenders
- View top ten temperature offenders
- View top 10 underutilized racks for power and space
- View power and space headroom
- Maintaining Power Manager
- Alerts
- Reports in Power Manager
- Updating Power Manager
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Troubleshooting
- Other information you may need
License requirements
Use OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license together with your iDRAC license to work with all the features of Power
Manager. The following table provides the license combinations that are required to use Power Manager.
Table 5. License capability with servers
OpenManag
e Enterprise
Advanced
license
iDRAC Base license iDRAC
Express
license
iDRAC
Enterprise
license
iDRAC Data
Center license
Device and
group
monitoring
Device and
group
management
Not added Added Not added Not added Not added Not added Not added
Not added Not added Added Not added Not added Not added Not added
Not added Not added Not added Added Not added Not added Not added
Not added Not added Not added Not added Added Not added Not added
Added Added Not added Not added Not added Not added Not added
Added Not added Added Not added Not added Added Not added
Added Not added Not added Added Not added Added Added
Added Not added Not added Not added Added Added Added
Table 6. License capability with chassis
Chassis models CMC Enterprise
license
Monitoring Power policy Emergency
Power
Reduction
(EPR)
PowerEdge VRTX Not added Yes No Yes
PowerEdge VRTX Added Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s Not added Yes No Yes
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s Added Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge M1000e NA Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge MX7000 NA Yes Yes Yes
Licensing behavior in Power Manager for devices:
● If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license on the target devices is expired or deleted, the devices are removed from
Power Manager. You must re-add the devices to Power Manager after adding the license.
● If EPR is enabled on a device, and the device is removed from Power Manager due to an expired or deleted license, then you
cannot access the device through Power Manager. To disable EPR, go to the iDRAC or CMC page of the device and remove
the EPR.
● If policy and alert thresholds are set on a device, and the device is removed from Power Manager due to an expired or
deleted license, then the policy and alert thresholds are removed from the device.
Licensing behavior in Power Manager for groups:
● For a group, only the devices that have a valid license are added as part of the group into Power Manager. Metrics are
collected only for these devices in the group.
● If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license is expired or deleted from the target devices that are part of a group,
the devices are removed from Power Manager. After updating the license, these devices are automatically added to Power
Manager in the next inventory cycle.
● If EPR is enabled on a group, and if the license is expired or deleted for any device in a group, the device is not removed
from Power Manager.
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