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
Introduction to Power Manager
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is a plugin to the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise (OME) console and uses
fine-grained instrumentation to provide increased visibility to power consumption, system anomalies, and resource utilization on
Dell EMC servers. Also, Power Manager supports virtual machine monitoring, and alerts and reports about power and thermal
events in servers, chassis, and custom groups consisting of servers and chassis. This reporting enables increased control, faster
response times, greater accuracy, and broader decision-making intelligence than is otherwise possible.
When used with PowerEdge servers, modular systems with an iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Datacenter license, or supported
chassis and OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license, Power Manager leverages information from the OME console to deliver
platform-level power reporting. Power Manager then communicates with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) or
Chassis Management Controller (CMC) on each managed device to provide power-management data and execution of control
policy—making it easy for administrators to identify areas in which they can gain efficiencies and cut wasteful costs. Also,
Power Manager supports monitoring and managing power load on Power Distribution Units (PDUs) by communicating with the
PDU firmware.
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