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Setting Static and Temperature-Triggered Policy
24 Installation Guide for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
7 Setting Static and Temperature-Triggered Policy
The Static and Temperature-Triggered policy feature of Power Manager provides you with management
capability where you can impose certain power restrictions and apply Emergency Power Restrictions (EPR)
when the configured events arise.
This section of the whitepaper highlights the method for applying power and temperature-triggered policies for
devices and groups to leverage the management capability of the plugin.
7.1 Static Policy
Static policy is related to power and is a method provided to cap the power consumption of a device or a
group. Whenever this policy is in active state the configured Power Cap value gets applied on the integrated
Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), Chassis Management Controller (CMC) or the OpenManage
Enterprise Modular (for MX7000) devices and henceforth the device maintains the power consumption to this
set value.
Note: If multiple policies are applied on a device, the most restrictive policy is activated.
• Configuring Static policy on a device:
1. In OpenManage Enterprise, click Power Management  Policies  Create.
2. In the policy creation wizard, select Type of policy as Static, provide a name and description for the
policy, and click Next.
3. Select a device and click Next.
4. Set a Policy Cap value and click Next.
5. Select a policy schedule and click Next.
In case of scheduled policy, the policy is applied on the device only for the selected duration.
6. Review the policy details and click Finish.
• Configuring Static policy on a group:
1. In OpenManage Enterprise, click Power Management PoliciesCreate.
2. In the policy creation wizard, select Type of policy as Static, provide a name and description for the
policy, and click Next.
3. Select a group added in Power Manager and click Next.
4. Set a Policy Cap value and click Next.
5. Provide a policy schedule and click Next.
In case of a scheduled policy, the policy is applied on the devices part of the group only for the
selected duration.
6. Review the policy details and click Finish.
7.2 Temperature-Triggered Policy
Temperature-Triggered policy is related to the temperature of the whole group and is a method to throttle
down the power consumption of the devices part of this group. This policy gets activated only when the
average inlet temperature of the group crosses the applied Temperature Cap value.
Note: Temperature-Triggered policy is applicable only to groups and you cannot schedule a temperature-
triggered policy.