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
3 In the task menu, click Move.
The Move To Group window is displayed with the list of groups. The Current Entity eld displays the name of the group with which
the devices are currently associated.
The Move To displays the Other option that is selected by default.
4 Select the group to which you want to move the group or device.
5 Click Finish to return to the Devices screen, or click Cancel to discard your changes.
6 Conrm the move:
a Click the Devices > Managed Groups.
b Using the device tree, select the group to which you added the group or device, and check to make sure that the device is listed
as expected.
Viewing devices in a chassis
OpenManage Power Center enables you to view the installed devices in a chassis. Further, if you have physically added, removed, or
changed the devices in a chassis, you can update the device information in Power Center.
1 In the left pane, click Devices > All Devices or Devices > Managed Group.
2 From the list of devices, select a chassis.
The details of the chassis are displayed in the <Device> Details > Summary tab.
Managing Racks
OpenManage Power Center enables you to manage racks and the slotted and associated devices that have been added to the Power
Center system.
The Manage Rack wizard comprises of the following tabs.
• Rack Contents
• Associated Devices
In the Rack Contents tab you can congure a rack selected in the Devices screen in the following ways:
• Add devices to rack slots
• Rearrange devices within rack slots
• Remove devices from rack slots
• Edit devices
In the Associated Devices tab you can manage devices such as PDUs that are not added to a rack slot, but are associated with the rack, in
the following ways:
• Add an associated device to the rack
• Edit an associated device that has already been added to the rack
• Remove an associated device from the rack
Adding a device to a rack slot
1 In the left pane, click Devices > Managed Groups.
2 From the list of devices, select a rack device.
3 From the devices menu, click Manage Rack.
The Manage Rack window is displayed. By default, the Rack Contents tab is displayed.
4 In the Rack Contents tab, click Add to Rack Slot.
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