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
Type Description Severity Level
MPCM Congure Failed Failed to set MPCM on the chassis. Warning
MPCM Not Supported The Dell chassis does not support MPCM.
Upgrading rmware on the chassis might be
required.
Warning
PDU High Load The PDU power is greater than the high load
threshold.
Warning
PDU Low Load The PDU power is lower than the low load
threshold.
Warning
PDU Outlet High Load The PDU outlet power is greater than the
high load threshold.
Warning
PDU Outlet Low Load The PDU outlet power is lower than the low
load threshold.
Warning
PDU Outlet O The PDU outlet is O. Informative
PDU Outlet On The PDU outlet is On. Informative
PDU Outlet Overload The PDU outlet is overloaded. Critical
PDU Overload The PDU is overloaded. Critical
Protocol Operation Failed Device protocol operation failed. Warning
Server Capabilities Changed The server capabilities have changed, for
example, a license change. This event is only
applicable to a device that has a policy
applied. When you see such an event, check
the policy on the device.
Warning
Unsupported Sampling Interval Cannot set sampling interval to device.
iDRAC 6 devices with a BMC rmware
version older than version 1.5 only support a
1-minute sampling interval. Use a 1-minute
sampling interval for such device, or upgrade
the BMC rmware to newer version.
Warning
UPS Battery Failed Events related to battery failure in the UPS. Critical
UPS Battery Low Events related to low battery limits and
exceeded thresholds in the UPS.
Critical
UPS Bypass Failure Events related to bypass failure in the UPS. Critical
UPS Charge Failure Events related to charge failure in the UPS. Critical
UPS Communication Lost Events related to communication lost in the
UPS.
Warning
UPS Fan Failure Events related to power fan failure in the
UPS.
Critical
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