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
View metrics and monitor devices and groups history
View the visual representation of the data that is collected for all devices and groups that are added to Power Manager.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisite is met:
● Devices or groups are added to Power Manager. For more information, see Adding devices to Power Manager and Adding
groups to Power Manager.
About this task
To view Power Manager metrics, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. From OpenManage Enterprise, perform one of the following steps:
● For a device:
a. Click the Devices tab.
All the devices that are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise are displayed.
b. From the list of devices, click a device name.
The details of the device are displayed on the Overview page.
c. To view Power Manager-related information, click the Power Management and Monitoring tab.
● For a static group:
a. Click Devices > Static Groups > Group name.
All the devices that are part of the static group are displayed.
b. To view Power Manager-related information, click Group Details.
● For a physical group, perform one of the following steps:
a. Click Devices > Physical Hierarchy > Group name.
All the devices that are part of the physical group are displayed.
b. To view Power Manager-related information, click Group Details.
OR
a. Launch OpenManage Enterprise, and then click Plugins > Power Management > Rack View.
The Rack View tab is displayed.
To filter and view the data, expand the Advanced Filters option. Following is a list of categories available:
○ Group Name
○ Health State
○ Power State
○ Connection State
○ Type
Select the categories of your choice and view the filtered data.
b. Click the device name or IP address.
2. View metrics and monitoring data in the Metrics and Monitoring History tab.
NOTE: For groups, only power, thermal, and system airflow data are displayed.
The supported metric data is displayed in a graphical format.
3. To change the duration, expand the metric and select a duration from the Duration drop-down menu. Hover your mouse
pointer over the graph to view the maximum, average, and minimum values.
The values are displayed according to the format that you have specified in the Monitoring Units and Metric gathering
interval in the Power Manager Preferences section.
NOTE:
You can view only Instant temperature for PowerEdge M1000e, PowerEdge FX2, and PowerEdge FX2s
chassis.
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