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
subordinate) or not. Adding a daisy chained PDU to a rack automatically associates the subordinate PDUs to that particular rack. However,
you can also associate or disassociate a subordinate PDU from the master PDU individually.
NOTE: If you disassociate a subordinate PDU from the master PDU, it is removed only from that particular daisy chain
arrangement.
NOTE: Deleting a master PDU does not delete the associated subordinate PDUs.
Viewing chained PDUs
1 In the left pane, click Devices > All Devices.
2 From the list of devices, select a PDU device.
3 If the selected PDU is a Master PDU, Associate Subordinate PDU option is displayed.
4 Click on the Associate Subordinate PDU option to view the associated subordinate PDU.
The sequence of the associated PDUs, PDU name, PDU model, Service tag, and the time of discovery is displayed.
5 If the selected PDU is a subordinate PDU, Associate Master PDU option is displayed.
6 Click on the Associate Master PDU option to view the associated master PDU.
The PDU name, PDU model, Service tag, and the time of discovery is displayed.
Managing groups
OpenManage Power Center enables you to create groups for organizing devices, so that you can manage them more eciently. The groups
can be of the following types:
• Datacenter
• Room
• Aisle
• Rack
• Custom
In the left pane, click Devices > Managed Groups. In this tab, you can:
• View details of a specic device group
• Add groups
• Edit groups
• Delete groups
• Refresh the list of device groups
• Move devices from one group to another
• Manage racks
• Enable or disable Emergency Power Reduction (EPR)
• View rack utilization graphs
Mapping Group Structure Information
OpenManage Power Center supports group structure mapping for PowerEdge rack servers and tower servers.
After you create or update the group structure, Power Center automatically updates the location information in the rmware of supported
devices using the following mapping structure:
• Data Center — Data center and room information in Power Center; format: <Data Center - Room>
Device Management
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