Release Notes

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Rev. A01

June 2020

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power

Manager Version 1.1 Release Notes

Topics:

• Priority and recommendations

• Compatibility

• New in this release

• Known issues

• Installation instructions

• Upgrade instructions

• Contacting Dell

Current Version

1.1

Previous Version

1.0

Release summary

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is an extension or a plugin to the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise (OME)

console and uses fine-grained instrumentation to provide increased visibility to power consumption, anomalies, and utilization.

Also, Power Manager alerts and reports about power and thermal events in servers, chassis, and custom groups consisting of

servers and chassis. This reporting enables increased control, faster response times, greater accuracy, and broader decision-

making intelligence than is otherwise possible.

When used with PowerEdge servers or modular systems with an iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Datacenter license, or supported

chassis and OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license, Power Manager leverages information from the OME console to deliver

platform-level power reporting. Power Manager then communicates with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) or

Chassis Management Controller (CMC) on each managed device to provide power-management data and execution of control

policy—making it easy for administrators to identify areas in which they can gain efficiencies and cut wasteful costs.

Priority and recommendations

Dell EMC recommends the customer to review specifics about the update to determine if it applies to your system. The update

contains changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new features that may or may not apply to your

environment.

Compatibility

For the complete list about supported devices, protocols, hardware, and web browsers, see Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise

Power Manager User's Guide.

Summary of content (5 pages)

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Rev. A01 June 2020 Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 1.1 Release Notes Topics: • • • • • • • Priority and recommendations Compatibility New in this release Known issues Installation instructions Upgrade instructions Contacting Dell Current Version 1.1 Previous Version 1.
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New in this release ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Power Manager can now support devices up to 6000. Disabled incompatible version of Power Manager after upgrading OpenManage Enterprise. Flexibility to download the Power Manager files and install the plugin or extension at a convenient time. Sort and filter information for all the features in Power Manager. Support for configuring the power cap value in Watts or percentage at a group level.
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● Upper Critical to Lower Critical Resolution: Provide realistic warning and critical values so that there are no immediate alert generating temperature changes. Issue 5 Description: When you try to remove a device that is part of multiple groups using the REST API, then an error message is displayed. Resolution: To remove a device that is part of multiple groups, remove the device from the group in OpenManage Enterprise. The changes are automatically reflected in Power Manager.
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Installation instructions To monitor power and thermal data for devices or groups, install Power Manager plugin or extension on OpenManage Enterprise. NOTE: Installing a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services. For information about installing Power Manager, see Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager User's Guide. Upgrade instructions To upgrade to Power Manager version 1.1, do the following: 1. Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise versions 3.2.1 or 3.3.
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