Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- 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
- License requirements
- Scalability and performance
- Getting started with Power Manager
- Create a device discovery job
- Monitor and manage Power Manager devices
- Rack management
- Manage data center during 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
- Alerts
- Reports in Power Manager
- Update Power Manager
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Other information you may need
Maintain Power Manager
Manage the plugin and the devices and groups added to Power Manager along with managing the alerts and thresholds.
Topics:
• Manage Power Manager plugin
• Manage individual devices and static groups
• Manage physical groups
• Maintain alert thresholds
• Maintain policies
• Managing unmonitored devices
• Manage PDU devices
• Uninstalling Power Manager
Manage Power Manager plugin
Disable or enable the Power Manager plugin to monitor your devices for power and temperature.
Disable Power Manager
Disables all the functionality of Power Manager on OpenManage Enterprise. The REST APIs specific to Power Manager are also
disabled.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
● The Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) is not enabled on the device. View the EPR status of all devices and groups on the
Emergency Power Reduction page.
● There are no active policies.
Information about the number of users using OpenManage Enterprise and details about the jobs running are displayed.
About this task
NOTE: Disabling a plugin in OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise, and click Application Settings > Console and Plugins.
The Console and Plugins tab is displayed.
2. In the Power Manager section, click the Disable option.
The Disable Plugin page is displayed.
3. Click Disable Plugin.
The Confirmation page is displayed.
4. On the Confirmation page, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise
appliance prior to performing a plugin action. option, and then click Confirm Disable.
Information about the number of users using OpenManage Enterprise and details about the jobs running are displayed.
Results
After disabling Power Manager, you cannot see any information or pages that are related to Power Manager in OpenManage
Enterprise.
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