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Introduction
6 Static Power and Temperature-Triggered Policies with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
1 Introduction
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is an extension to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
console and uses fine-grained instrumentation to provide increased visibility over power consumption,
anomalies, and utilization.
Deployment of power policy helps to manage the power cap for a device, or a group of devices monitored in
Power Manager. When a power policy is enabled, it enforces user-defined power limits on the system. With
user-defined policies, the system performance is dynamically adjusted to maintain power consumption close
to the specified threshold.
If a custom power cap is not set, then the system applies the default Hardware Power Protection Policy. This
power protection policy is independent of the user-defined policy.
You can schedule power policies to set different power limits for different time durations. For example, an
administrator can configure a lower power cap in the evenings when workload is less and a higher limit during
the day when you require a better performance. Being able to set these limits can improve the overall rack
density as the lower power consumption helps to add more devices to the existing rack hierarchy.