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 list of the recent critical events is displayed.
b Click View Events.
The Events screen with the list of events is displayed.
• From the Home screen:
a In the left pane, click Home.
The Events (Overall) and Events (Top 5 Groups) graphs are displayed.
b Click View Events.
The Events screen with the list of events is displayed.
NOTE: By default, the protocol error events are hidden. To view these events, click Settings > Database. In the Events Logs
Settings section, uncheck the Ignore Protocol Operation Events(s) option.
Sorting events
1 In the left pane, click Events.
By default, events are listed by Date in descending order (from most recent to older).
2 To sort the list by elds other than the date, click the ‘up’ or ‘down’ arrow next to one of the following column headers.
• Severity
• Entity
• Event Type
• Acknowledged By
• Date
• Notes
The ‘up’ or ‘down’ arrow is displayed next to the column header by which the display is sorted.
Adding comments to events
1 In the left pane, click Events.
2 In the Notes column for the event for which you want to comment, click .
The Add Comment window is displayed.
3 Enter your comment in the Note text box. The maximum length for a comment is 512 characters.
If other users have commented on the event, their comments are displayed below the Note text box. The name of the user,
timestamp of the comment, and description of the comment are displayed.
NOTE
: You cannot edit or delete a comment after you save it; you can only add additional comments.
4 Click Add to save your comment, or click Cancel to discard your changes and return to the Events screen.
Power Center automatically adds the User Name and Time Stamp information to each comment.
After a comment is added for an event, is displayed in the Notes column for the event.
Deleting events
1 In the left pane, click Events.
The Events screen is displayed.
2 Select the check box next to the event or events that you want to delete.
If you want to delete all the events in the list, select the check box next to Severity.
3 In the task menu, click Delete.
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