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
View racks of physical groups
About this task
NOTE: If you are logging in as a Device Manager, only the device groups and devices that are in your scope are available for
viewing and management.
For example, if you are logging in as a Device Manager DM1 user, you can view only the devices from groups that are assigned
to a Device Manager DM1 user in rack view.
To view the devices in a rack, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise, and then click Plugins > Power Management > Rack View.
The Rack View page is displayed.
Optional: To filter and view the data, expand the Advanced Filters option. Following is a list of categories available:
● Group Name
● Health State
● Power State
● Connection State
● Type
Select the categories of your choice and view the filtered data.
2. To view the Power Management and Monitoring details of a device that is monitored by Power Manager, click the device
name.
NOTE:
Some devices that are part of a physical group do not have a link because, the device is not Power Manager
capable.
The Power Management and Monitoring details for the device are displayed.
Edit physical groups
About this task
NOTE:
If you are logging in as a Device Manager, only the device groups and devices that are in your scope are available for
viewing and management.
For example, if you are logging in as a Device Manager DM1 user, you can only view the groups and devices in the groups that
are assigned to Device Manager DM1 user. You cannot perform any management tasks on the physical groups such as editing,
moving devices to different racks and so on.
To edit a physical group, perform the followings steps:
NOTE: You cannot edit the Group Hierarchy after creating a physical group.
Steps
1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise.
2. On the Devices page, in the left pane, expand the PLUGIN GROUPS section.
3. To edit a physical group, do one of the following:
● In the Physical Hierarchy section, expand the group, right-click the group, and then select Edit Group.
The Edit Physical Group page is displayed.
NOTE:
The power capacity for a group is the sum of power consumption of the devices within the group, and a
suggestion for the total group power capacity is displayed below the Power Capacity field.
● To edit the power or space capacity of a physical group, in the Physical Hierarchy section, click the options, and then
click Attributes.
The Group Attributes page is displayed.
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Maintain Power Manager