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
NOTE: The power capacity for a group is the sum of power consumption of the devices within the group, and a
suggestion for the total group power capacity is displayed below the Power Capacity field.
● To edit the power or space capacity of a physical group, in the Physical Hierarchy section, click the options, and then
click Attributes.
The Group Attributes page is displayed.
4. Make the changes and click Finish or Save.
Deleting physical group
Delete physical groups that are no longer valid.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) option is disabled on the physical group.
About this task
To delete a physical group, perform the following steps:
NOTE: If a policy is applied on the group, on deletion of the group the policy is also removed from Power Manager.
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise.
2. On the Devices page, in the left pane expand the PLUGIN GROUPS section.
3. In the Physical Hierarchy section, navigate to the group you want to delete, click more options, and then click Delete
Group.
4. In the confirmation screen, click Yes.
Results
The group is deleted.
Rearranging rack slot of devices
About this task
To rearrange the rack slot of the devices in a rack, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise and perform one of the following steps:
a. On the Devices page, in the left pane expand the PLUGIN GROUPS section.
b. To view the devices, expand the Physical Hierarchy group until a rack level and click more options.
c. Select Manage Rack option.
The Manage Rack page is displayed.
Or
a. If you are using OpenManage Enterprise version 3.4 or earlier, click Power Management > Rack View.
If you are using OpenManage Enterprise version 3.5, click Plugins > Power Management > Rack View.
The Rack View page 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
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Maintaining Power Manager