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Prerequisites for Power Policy Deployment
7 Static Power and Temperature-Triggered Policies with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
2 Prerequisites for Power Policy Deployment
This section provides an overview about the list of prerequisites required for performing static power and
Temperature-Triggered policy actions on Power Manager monitored devices and groups.
2.1 License Requirements
Apply policies on Servers (iDRAC) or Chassis managed by Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power
Manager with OpenManage Enterprise Advanced and corresponding iDRAC or CMC Enterprise or iDRAC
Datacenter licenses.
License Requirements for policy actions on servers
iDRAC
Versions
OME
Advanced
License
iDRAC
Express
License
iDRAC
Enterprise
License
iDRAC Data
Center
License
Supported Policy Actions
12G and
Above
❌ ✔ ❌ ❌
None
❌ ❌ ✔ ❌
None
❌ ❌ ❌ ✔
None
✔ ✔ ❌ ❌
None
✔ ❌ ✔ ❌
Static, Temperature-Triggered
✔ ❌ ❌ ✔
Static, Temperature-Triggered
License Requirements for policy actions on chassis
Note: Refer to the compatibility Matrix section in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager User’s Guide
to
check the supported list of PowerEdge servers and chassis.
Chassis Models CMC Enterprise License Supported Policy Actions
PowerEdge MX7000 Not Applicable Static, Temperature-Triggered
PowerEdge M1000e Not Applicable Static, Temperature-Triggered
PowerEdge VRTX
✔
Static, Temperature-Triggered
PowerEdge VRTX
❌
None
PowerEdge FX2s
✔
Static, Temperature-Triggered
PowerEdge FX2s
❌
None