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
UPS Input Power Events related to power input failure in the
UPS.
Critical
UPS On Bypass Events related to on bypass in the UPS. Informative
UPS Output Power Events related to power output failure in the
UPS
Critical
UPS Overload Events related to output power load limits
and exceeded thresholds in the UPS.
Critical
UPS Shutdown The UPS has shutdown. Informative
UPS Temperature Threshold A UPS temperature threshold was
exceeded.
Critical
Custom events
Custom events that you have set up are automatically triggered when the custom condition threshold is reached.
Table 9. Power Center custom events
Type Description Severity Level
Average Inlet Temperature Average temperature is greater or less than
the average value you set in the Thresholds
Critical or Warning; depends on the
threshold type
Policy Cannot Be Maintained Policy cannot be maintained because
average power consumption of devices with
power capping capability that relate to this
policy exceed the power cap value of this
policy
Critical or Warning
Policy Return To Normal Policy can now be maintained, because
power consumption is less than the power
cap value
Informative
Power Average power consumption is greater than
the average value you set in the Thresholds.
Critical or Warning
Power Return To Normal Power consumption returned to the normal
range you set in the Thresholds
Informative
Temperature Return To Normal Temperature returned to the normal range
you set in the Thresholds
Informative
When the following changes occur, then corresponding Critical events become Informative events:
• Device/group is removed from Power Center.
• Event condition is removed from Power Center; for example, the Threshold settings.
• Event condition is updated in Power Center; for example, the Threshold settings.
• Power policy is removed or disabled.
• Policy Return To Normal event is triggered.
For example, when the Power/Temperature Return to Normal event is triggered, the corresponding Critical or Warning event becomes an
Informative event. Using the Average Inlet Temperature as an example: If you set 50 °C as the Critical threshold and 40 °C as the Warning
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