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
Quick access to Power Manager data
To quickly view Power Manager data, navigate to the OpenManage Enterprise or Power Manager dashboards.
● To quickly view power and thermal history of your favorite groups, add them to OpenManage Enterprise dashboard. For
more information, see Viewing power and thermal history of Power Manager groups.
● To view top five devices or groups that consume maximum energy, see the Top Energy Consumer graph on the
OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.
● To view a ratio of number of devices that are added to OpenManage Enterprise and are compatible with Power Manager
to total devices that are managed by Power Manager, see Power Manager Devices Statistics graph on the OpenManage
Enterprise dashboard.
● To view top 10 offenders of power and temperature, see Viewing top 10 offenders.
Topics:
• 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
Adding or removing groups from OpenManage
Enterprise dashboard to monitor Power Manager data
Add your favorite groups to the dashboard to quickly monitor their power and thermal data.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
● The groups are added in Power Manager.
● Identify the favorite groups for monitoring.
NOTE: You can add a maximum of three groups to the dashboard.
About this task
To add groups to the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise.
2. Click Home tab and go to the Power Manager section.
3. To add or remove a group to the Power History or Thermal History graphs, click Add Groups.
The Add group(s) to dashboard page is displayed.
4. (Optional) Select or clear the groups using the check-boxes and click Apply.
To filter the groups, expand Advanced Filters option. The following categories are displayed:
● Name
● Type
To clear the filters, click Clear All Filters.
The groups are updated in the selected metric graphs.
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