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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

Creating physical groups in OpenManage Enterprise.........................................................................................39

Add devices in physical group.................................................................................................................................. 40

Create physical groups through CSV file............................................................................................................... 41

Power Distribution Unit....................................................................................................................................................42

Associate PDU to rack .............................................................................................................................................. 42

Chapter 11: Manage data center during power reduction..............................................................44

Enable Emergency Power Reduction........................................................................................................................... 44

View active Emergency Power Reduction.................................................................................................................. 45

Disable Emergency Power Reduction.......................................................................................................................... 46

Chapter 12: Quick access to Power Manager data........................................................................ 47

View power and thermal history of Power Manager groups.................................................................................. 47

View top five energy consumers................................................................................................................................... 47

View ratio of devices discovered in OpenManage Enterprise to devices added in Power Manager............48

View top ten power offenders....................................................................................................................................... 48

View top ten temperature offenders............................................................................................................................49

View top ten underutilized racks for power and space............................................................................................49

View power and space headroom................................................................................................................................. 50

Chapter 13: Maintain Power Manager .......................................................................................... 51

Manage Power Manager plugin...................................................................................................................................... 51

Disable Power Manager .............................................................................................................................................51

Enable Power Manager .............................................................................................................................................52

Manage individual devices and static groups............................................................................................................. 52

View devices and groups added to Power Manager.......................................................................................... 52

Remove devices...........................................................................................................................................................53

Remove groups............................................................................................................................................................ 54

Manage physical groups.................................................................................................................................................. 54

View physical groups and the hierarchies............................................................................................................. 54

View devices added in rack.......................................................................................................................................55

View racks of physical groups.................................................................................................................................. 56

Edit physical groups....................................................................................................................................................56

Delete physical group................................................................................................................................................. 57

Rearrange rack slot of devices.................................................................................................................................57

Move device to different rack..................................................................................................................................58

Remove device from rack......................................................................................................................................... 59

Maintain alert thresholds.................................................................................................................................................59

View alert thresholds..................................................................................................................................................59

Edit alert thresholds................................................................................................................................................... 60

Delete alert thresholds................................................................................................................................................61

Maintain policies................................................................................................................................................................ 62

View policy.................................................................................................................................................................... 62

Edit policy...................................................................................................................................................................... 63

Disable policy................................................................................................................................................................ 64

Enable policy................................................................................................................................................................. 64

Delete policy................................................................................................................................................................. 65

Managing unmonitored devices..................................................................................................................................... 65

View details of Unmonitored Devices.....................................................................................................................65

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