Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 1.0 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction to Power Manager
- Features of Power Manager
- Compatibility for Power Manager
- License requirements for Power Manager
- Use case in Power Manager
- Getting started with Power Manager
- Maintaining Power Manager
- Viewing Metrics and Monitoring History in Power Manager
- Managing power policies
- Managing Emergency Power Reduction
- Thresholds
- Alerts
- Scalability and performance
- Widgets for Power Manager
- Reports in Power Manager
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Troubleshooting
- Other information you may need
You can apply policies on supported PowerEdge servers with iDRAC Enterprise, PowerEdge FX2, FX2s, and VRTX chassis with
CMC Enterprise license.
NOTE: PowerEdge M1000e and PowerEdge MX7000 chassis do not require CMC Enterprise license.
Why are some alerts not being forwarded using SNMP?
Cause: The following events are not forwarded as SNMP alerts:
● Device membership or group membership changes
● Device management such as change in license status
Alerts are generated by OpenManage Enterprise or Power Manager, that is displayed in the system health category and
metric/power configuration subcategory the SNMP trap forwarding is not supported.
Why some email alerts are not getting forwarded?
Cause: The following events are not forwarded as SNMP alerts:
● Device membership or group membership changes
● Device management such as change in license status
SNMP trap forwarding is not supported.
Why are some of the devices getting automatically removed
from Power Manager?
Cause: If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license has expired or is removed from a target node, then the device is
removed from Power Manager after the device capability check is run.
Why do I not see temperature metric for some devices?
Cause: Temperature metric is not visible for devices if they are powered off.
Why can I not select a particular child group?
Cause: When you select a group, all the child groups within this group are also selected. But when you clear a child group the
selection gets cleared at the main group level also.
Why am I seeing No Data Available or No
Information available message for some devices
metrics?
Cause: When the first metric collection has not yet happened or if the device is not reachable the following message is
displayed: No Data Available
When a device is not added to Power Manager even though it is a supported device, the following message is displayed: No
Information available.
Frequently Asked Questions
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