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
threshold, then Critical and Warning events are sent when the average temperature reaches 60 °C. When the average temperature returns
to 45 °C, the Critical event automatically becomes Informative. When the average temperature returns to 35 °C, the Warning event
automatically becomes Informative.
Application log events
The application log contains information about informational or unexpected events, or internal errors that occur in OpenManage Power
Center.
Table 10. Application log events
Type Severity Functional area Description
Internal Error Warning Service Power Center internal error.
Duplicated Managed Devices Warning Discovery Duplicated device identied.
Group Structure Change Policy Warning Policy A group structure has aected a policy.
Database Maintenance
Successful
Informative Service Database maintenance was successful.
Protocol Timeout Change Failed Warning Monitor The protocol timeout change failed.
Duplicate Device Deleted Informative Discovery The duplicated device has been deleted.
Email Failure Warning Event The email alert for the event has failed. SMTP or Alert
Settings might be incorrect.
Internal Database Operation
Error
Warning Service Internal database operation failed.
Discovery In Progress Warning Discovery Current round of scheduled discovery task is skipped
because a previously scheduled instance is still
underway.
Chassis Inventory In Progress Warning Discovery Current round of chassis inventory task is skipped
because a previously instance is still underway.
Re-run Running Discovery Task Warning Discovery Previous discovery task is stopped as a user has re-
run this task.
License Violation Detected Critical License License violation has been detected.
License Violation Rectied Informative License License violation has been rectied.
Policy On Non Power Capping
Device
Warning Policy The device's power capping capability is removed.
Application Logs Cleared Informative Log All application logs have been removed.
Require License For Power
Policy
Warning License Failed to set power policy due to insucient license.
Supported PDU and UPS events
Power Center supports events for dierent PDU and UPS devices. The following table lists the events that are validated by Power Center
for specic devices. There may be other events not mentioned in this table.
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Event Management