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PDU Devices
6 PDU support in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
1 PDU Devices
Power Distribution Units are devices used to supply power to devices like server, storage and network
equipment mounted on a datacenter rack. Smart PDUs are power distribution units which are having
remote management capabilities. Power Manager 2.0 adds the ability of monitoring PDU devices from the
following manufacturers on OpenManage Enterprise 3.6.1 and above.
• Vertiv Geist
• APC by Schneider Electric
1.1 Discovering PDU(s)
This section explains how Power Distribution Units can be discovered on OpenManage Enterprise where
Power Manager Plugin is installed.
Discovery of PDU
Discovery of PDU devices are very similar to discovery of other devices which are monitored over SNMP.
SNMP version v1 or v2c are used for discovering PDU.
1. Create a new discovery job by clicking Create button from Discovery page.
2. Select PDU from Device Type dropdown.
3. Enter IP address of the PDU in IP/Hostname/Range field.
4. Enter community string in SNMP Credentials section.
5. Click Finish button.
The PDU is discovered after the discovery job is completed.
Note: PDUs discovered in OME is deleted automatically when Power Manager is uninstalled. Hence,
ensure that Power Manager is installed and enabled to work with all PDU related features.