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
For example, if you are logging in as a Device Manager DM1 user, you can view and manage all the alert thresholds that are
configured by any Device Manager user or Administrator on the groups and devices that are in Device Manager DM1 user's
scope.
To view the alert thresholds graphs for power and temperature:
Steps
1. From OpenManage Enterprise, perform one of the following steps:
● For a device:
a. Click the Devices tab.
All the devices that are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise are displayed.
b. From the list of devices, click a device name.
The details of the device are displayed on the Overview page.
c. To view Power Manager-related information, click the Power Management and Monitoring tab.
● For a static group:
a. Click Devices > Static Groups > Group name.
All the devices that are part of the static group are displayed.
b. To view Power Manager-related information, click Group Details.
● For a physical group, perform one of the following steps:
a. Click Devices > Physical Hierarchy > Group name.
All the devices that are part of the physical group are displayed.
b. To view Power Manager-related information, click Group Details.
OR
a. Launch OpenManage Enterprise, and then click Plugins > Power Management > Rack View.
The Rack View tab 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.
b. Click the device name or IP address.
2. View the power and temperature status on the Alert Thresholds tab.
The Collected At field displays the last collection time.
The pointer on the scale gives the average power and thermal data.
Power Manager displays the minimum and maximum power and temperature values of the device and the previous readings
that were collected. The scale is disabled if the thresholds are not set or if the threshold values are cleared off. The upper
and lower warning and critical values are displayed only if the threshold values are set. To view more information about any
violations, see the Alert Log on the Alerts page and the Audit Logs on the Monitor page.
Edit alert thresholds
Update alert thresholds based on changes to device utilization or updates in group membership.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have added devices or groups to Power Manager.
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Maintain Power Manager