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
Table 7. Power Manager Settings (continued)
Field Description
not deleted, when you remove the device or group from
Power Manager. When you readd the device or group,
data for that device or group is available again.
Reset WSMAN power metric data Based on data accuracy requirement, select one of the
following options:
● Enabled—To reset the current cumulative energy
consumption (in kWh) for the server or chassis in iDRAC
or CMC. This reset depends on the selected Data
gathering interval.
● Disabled—To not reset the cumulative energy
consumption data in iDRAC or CMC.
NOTE: To delete the data after a specific duration, configure the Data purge interval option present in the following
location: OpenManage Enterprise > Application Settings > Console Preferences > Metrics Collection Settings.
The following table provides further information about the mandatory fields and the value range for each field.
Table 8. Details about mandatory data intervals and duration
Field Mandatory Value Range
Power Unit Yes
Watt is the default unit.
● Watt
● BTU/Hr
Temperature Unit Yes
Celsius is the default unit.
● Celsius
● Fahrenheit
Data gathering interval Yes
The default value is 15 minutes.
● 15
● 30
● 60
Duration of top energy consumers Yes
The default value is 3 Months.
● 1 Day
● 7 Days
● 15 Days
● 1 Month
● 3 Months
● 6 Months
● 1 Year
Report Duration Yes
The default value is 3 Months.
● 1 Day
● 7 Days
● 15 Days
● 1 Month
● 3 Months
● 6 Months
● 1 Year
Aggregation Period Yes
The default value is 1 Day.
1 Day
Delete Power Manager data Yes
The default value is No.
● Yes
● No
Reset WSMAN power metric data Yes
The default value is Disabled.
● Disabled
● Enabled
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