Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Power Center 4.0 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started
- Using OpenManage Power Center
- Preinstallation requirement for OpenManage Power Center
- Using Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows Server
- Installed directories in Windows
- OpenManage Power Center services on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Upgrading Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating system
- Launching OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Configuring Enhanced Security Configuration for Internet Explorer
- Using OpenManage Power Center on Linux operating systems
- Using OpenManage Power Center through Command Line Interface
- Command Line Interface error handling
- Command Line Interface commands
- help
- add_profile
- update_profile
- add_device
- update_device
- rediscover_device
- find_device
- remove_profile
- delete_device
- add_group
- delete_group
- update_group
- add_device_to_group
- remove_device_from_group
- move_device
- move_group
- add_group_to_group
- List commands
- list_device_props
- list_devices
- list_group_props
- list_groups
- list_report_groups
- list_reports
- run_report
- discover_device
- backup_database
- restore_database
- add_ssh_server_key
- remove_ssh_server_key
- list_ssh_server_key
- Command line interface error codes
- Access control
- Task management
- Device Management
- Virtual machines
- Power Monitoring
- Temperature Monitoring
- Policies
- Analysis
- Managing reports
- Event Management
- Security
- Configuring settings
- Logs
- Troubleshooting
- Why am I being required to log in more than once by Power Center?
- Why can’t I access the Power Center management console from a Web browser, even though the Power Center server is running normally?
- Why was I automatically logged out of Power Center?
- Why did my connection to iDRAC6 devices (PowerEdge Servers) fail, when the network connection status is Connected?
- Why can’t Power Center receive events sent from devices?
- Why are previously-existing power policies (including EPR) still effective on devices when Power Center is corrupted or has been uninstalled?
- Why do I see the PostgreSQL error log "FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command" in the Windows event log?
- Why I can’t open power center login page when I access it through Firefox 31?
- Why I encounter an error, “An internal error occurred. Contact the technical support for help: subordinate error code: 0x8f0c1301”, the Home page when OpenManage Power Center server is installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2?
- Why do I encounter a network exception while adding a LDAP user?
- Why do I encounter a network exception while adding a chassis to a group?
- In the compare report, why is the average power value of a device different when the service is stopped for a few hours?
- Why is the “policy return to normal” event not displayed when the only device in the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is deleted?
- After discovering the devices, incorrect device information is displayed? Why is this happening?
- I am not able to view the power headroom graph on the home screen. How do I troubleshoot?
- I am not able to manage the servers discovered by OMPC through the Redfish protocol. Events are also not logged. How do I troubleshoot and resolve the issue?
- I discovered a server through the Redfish protocol. When I tried to manage the server, the events are not logged in the event list. What do I do now?
- Upgrade failure recovery on Microsoft Windows operating system
- Upgrade failure recovery on Linux operating system
a From the Limit Output to drop-down list, select the output limit for the report. The available options are:
• 10
• 50
• 100
• All
b From the Sort by drop-down list, select an attribute by which you want the sort the report. Select the Ascending or
Descending option to sort the report in that order and click Next.
10 In the Save/Run tab, do one of the following:
• Select the Save Only option to save the report.
• Select the Save and Run option to save and run the report and select the CSV or XML format to export the report in the selected
format.
11 Click Finish to save the report or save and run the report.
Editing reports
1 In the left pane, click Reports.
2 Select the check box next to the report that you want to edit.
3 In the task menu, click Edit.
The Edit Report wizard is displayed.
4 Make the required changes.
5 Click Finish to save the changes or click Cancel to return to the Reports screen without saving the changes.
Deleting reports
1 In the left pane, click Reports.
2 Select the check box next to the report that you want to delete. To delete multiple reports, select the check box next to the Name
header.
3 In the task menu, click Delete.
The following message is displayed : Are you sure you want to delete this report(s)? All running instances will be deleted along
with this report(s)?
4 Click Yes.
Adding report groups
The Report Groups feature enables you to classify the reports into dierent groups. For example, you can create two reports based on the
available power data and add them to dierent groups. This helps you lter and nd specic reports.
1 Click Reports > Report Group.
The Add/Edit/Delete Report Groups window is displayed.
2 To create a report group, select New from the Group drop-down list.
3 Enter a name for the report group in the Name text box.
4 Enter a description for the report group in the Description text box.
5 Click Save to save the group or click Cancel to return to the Reports screen.
Editing report groups
1 Click Reports > Report Group.
The Add/Edit/Delete Report Groups window is displayed.
2 Select the group that you want to edit from the Group drop-down list.
You can edit the name and description of the report group.
100
Managing reports