Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction to Power Manager.................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Revision history........................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3: What is new in this release...........................................................................................8
Chapter 4: Compatibility matrix.................................................................................................... 9
Supported devices in Power Manager........................................................................................................................... 9
Supported PDU device manufacturers.................................................................................................................... 11
Hardware requirements............................................................................................................................................... 11
Supported protocols.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Versions of Power Manager compatible with OpenManage Enterprise................................................................11
Role and scope-based access control in OpenManage Enterprise .......................................................................12
Chapter 5: License requirements................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 6: Scalability and performance....................................................................................... 18
Chapter 7: Getting started with Power Manager.......................................................................... 19
Install Power Manager...................................................................................................................................................... 19
Set preferences................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Add devices to Power Manager.....................................................................................................................................22
Add static groups to Power Manager.......................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 8: Create a device discovery job..................................................................................... 24
Schedule job field definitions..........................................................................................................................................25
Create customized device discovery job protocol for SNMP devices................................................................. 25
Chapter 9: Monitor and manage Power Manager devices............................................................. 26
View metrics, and monitor devices and groups history........................................................................................... 27
Virtual machines................................................................................................................................................................ 29
View virtual machines.................................................................................................................................................29
Thresholds...........................................................................................................................................................................30
Create alert thresholds.............................................................................................................................................. 30
Policies................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Static policy.................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Temperature-triggered policy...................................................................................................................................32
Create static or temperature-triggered policy..................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 10: Rack management.................................................................................................... 37
Add unmonitored device details.....................................................................................................................................37
Add or edit device details for Power Manager monitored devices....................................................................... 38
Create physical groups.................................................................................................................................................... 39
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