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
• PowerEdge blade servers – Only support IPMI Processor Temperature Trip events.
• Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) – Only supports the IPMI trap format. To receive events from an iDRAC device,
make sure the alert function is enabled and the IPMI trap format is selected for all Power Center-supported events in the iDRAC
management console (IPMI Power Unit, IPMI Power Supply, IPMI Processor Temperature Trip, IPMI Fan). For example, in the iDRAC7
management console, you must select IPMI trap for all PWR/PSU/CPU/Fan-related alerts.
NOTE: For more information on using the iDRAC management console, see iDRAC documentation.
Table 8. Power Center events and severity levels
Type Description Severity Level
Blades Change In Chassis Some blades in a chassis have changed; you
must manually rediscover the chassis. Power
Center detects chassis changes once every
15 minutes
Informative
Cannot Register for Events The device cannot register device events to
the Power Center server automatically.
Warning
Chassis Power Control Capabilities Changed The circuit braker power control (system
input power cap) capability on the chassis
no longer exist.
Critical
CMC SNMP Event Event received from chassis Critical or Warning
Communication with Chassis Failed Power Center lost communication with the
chassis.
Warning
Communication with Chassis Restored Power Center restored communication with
the chassis.
Informative
Communication with Device Failed Power Center lost communication with the
device.
Warning
Communication with Device Restored Power Center restored communication with
the device.
Informative
Device Hostname Changed Device hostname is changed. Informative
Entity Capabilities Changed Entity capabilities changed. Warning
Failed to Set Sampling Interval on Device Failed to set sampling interval for the device.
The sample interval might not be supported
by device.
Warning
iDRAC SNMP Event Event received from iDRAC. Critical or Warning
IPMI Fan Events related to the server fan. Critical
IPMI Power Supply Events related to the server. Critical
IPMI Power Unit Events related to the server power unit. Critical
IPMI Processor Temperature Trip Events related to the server processor
temperature trip.
Critical
IPMI Test An IPMI test event was received. Informative
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