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Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 2.0 User’s Guide
Contents
Introduction to Power Manager
Revision history
What is new in this release
Compatibility matrix
- Supported devices in Power Manager
  - Supported PDU device manufacturers
  - Hardware requirements
    - Supported web browsers
- Supported protocols
- Versions of Power Manager compatible with OpenManage Enterprise
- Role and scope-based access control in OpenManage Enterprise
License requirements
Scalability and performance
Getting started with Power Manager
- Install Power Manager
- Set preferences
- Add devices to Power Manager
- Add static groups to Power Manager
Create a device discovery job
- Schedule job field definitions
- Create customized device discovery job protocol for SNMP devices
Monitor and manage Power Manager devices
- View metrics, and monitor devices and groups history
- Virtual machines
  - View virtual machines
- Thresholds
  - Create alert thresholds
- Policies
Rack management
- Add unmonitored device details
- Add or edit device details for Power Manager monitored devices
- Create physical groups
- Power Distribution Unit
  - Associate PDU to rack
Manage data center during power reduction
- Enable Emergency Power Reduction
- View active Emergency Power Reduction
- Disable Emergency Power Reduction
Quick access to Power Manager data
- View power and thermal history of Power Manager groups
- View top five energy consumers
- View 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 ten underutilized racks for power and space
- View power and space headroom
Maintain Power Manager
- Manage Power Manager plugin
  - Disable Power Manager
  - Enable Power Manager
- Manage individual devices and static groups
- Manage physical groups
- Maintain alert thresholds
- Maintain policies
- Managing unmonitored devices
- Manage PDU devices
  - View PDUs associated to rack in Power Manager
    - View PDUs discovered in OpenManage Enterprise
  - Remove PDU devices
- Uninstalling Power Manager
Alerts
- Create alert policy
Reports in Power Manager
- Create custom report
- View and download reports
Update Power Manager
- Configure OpenManage Enterprise for Power Manager updates
- Upgrade Power Manager
Frequently Asked Questions
Troubleshooting
Appendix
Other information you may need

● If EPR is enabled on a group, and if the license is expired or deleted for any device in a group, the device is not removed

from Power Manager.

● If EPR is enabled on a group, you cannot remove the group or any device that is part of the group from Power Manager.

License requirements 17