Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction to Power Manager.................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: What is new in this release........................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3: Compatibility matrix.................................................................................................... 8
Supported devices in Power Manager........................................................................................................................... 8
Versions of Power Manager compatible with OpenManage Enterprise...........................................................9
Supported protocols....................................................................................................................................................10
Hardware requirements.............................................................................................................................................. 10
Role-based user privileges for Power Manager.......................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 4: License requirements................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 5: Scalability and performance....................................................................................... 14
Chapter 6: Getting started with Power Manager.......................................................................... 15
Installing Power Manager.................................................................................................................................................15
Set preferences..................................................................................................................................................................16
Add devices to Power Manager..................................................................................................................................... 18
Add static groups to Power Manager........................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 7: Monitoring and managing Power Manager metrics..................................................... 20
View metrics and monitor devices and groups history ............................................................................................ 21
Thresholds...........................................................................................................................................................................23
Create alert thresholds.............................................................................................................................................. 23
Policies................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Static policy.................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Temperature-triggered policy...................................................................................................................................25
Create power or temperature-triggered policy....................................................................................................25
Chapter 8: Rack management......................................................................................................29
Manage Unmonitored Devices....................................................................................................................................... 29
Create physical groups.................................................................................................................................................... 30
Adding device details...................................................................................................................................................31
Adding devices in physical group.............................................................................................................................32
Chapter 9: Manage data center during power reduction.............................................................. 34
Enabling Emergency Power Reduction........................................................................................................................ 34
Viewing active Emergency Power Reduction.............................................................................................................35
Disabling Emergency Power Reduction....................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 10: Quick access to Power Manager data........................................................................ 37
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