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
NOTE: You can select multiple protocols.
• Select the Status check box, and select device status from the drop-down list. The available options are:
• Connected
• Lost Connection
• NA
NOTE: You can select multiple status.
•
Select the Device Model check box, and choose a model from the drop-down list. The device model is the specic model
information of a device type, for example, PowerEdge M610.
NOTE: If you select both Device Type and Device Model, ensure that the device type and the device model
match. Otherwise, the results may not be displayed.
• Select the Estimated Max Power (W) check box and enter the maximum power for device. The estimated max power is
considered as the peak power consumption by a device.
6 Click Save and Run to save the lter.
OR
• Click Run Once to view a ltered list of devices.
OR
• Click Cancel to return to the All Devices tab.
You can use the saved lters later.
Editing a device
You can edit devices or device groups from the Devices screen.
1 In the left pane, click Devices.
2 Select the check box next to the device or device group that you want to edit.
3 Click Edit.
The Edit Entity screen is displayed.
4 Make the required changes.
For devices, you can edit the name of the device, device description, size of the device, and estimated maximum power. For device
groups, you can edit the group type, group name, group description, and power capacity.
NOTE
: For PDUs, you have an option to replicate the rack association relationship.
5 Click Finish to save your changes, or click Cancel to return to the Devices screen without saving your changes.
Deleting devices using a lter
You can also delete devices using the Filter feature.
1 In the left pane, click Devices.
2 In the task menu, click Filter.
The Device Filter window is displayed.
3 Select the lter by which you want to sort the devices list.
4 Select the check boxes next to the devices that you want to delete.
5 In the task menu, click Delete.
The following message is displayed.
Are you sure you want to delete the selected item(s)?
6 Click Yes to proceed with the deletion.
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