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
• Power Cap Settings
• Threshold Settings
• Rack Fragmentation Hoarders
• Rack Space Hoarders
• Rack Space Frugal
• Highest Temperature
• Lowest Temperature
• Events Report
• PDU Assignment Report
• PDU Sensor Report
• Thermal Event Policy
• VM Power Hoarders
• VM Power Frugal
• VM General Inventory
The New Report wizard is displayed.
3 Enter a name for the report in the Name text box.
4 Under Duration, select one of the following options
• Last One — Select one of the following options from the drop-down list:
• Hour(s)
• Day(s)
• Week(s)
• Month(s)
• Last — Enter the number of days in the past for which you want to create the report.
• Date Range — Enter the start and end dates of the range for which you want to create the report.
5 Select the Report Aggregation Period check box to collate power or thermal related data from the database for a specic period.
NOTE
: This option is available only for Power Data, Raw Monitoring data, and Thermal data report types.
NOTE: The power aggregation value for a device or group is calculated accurately, only if the power data for the
specied Report Aggregation Period is available in the database.
6 Select an option from the Report Aggregation Type drop-down list. The available options are:
• Hour
• Day
• Week
• Month
NOTE
: This option is available only for Power Data, Power Headroom, and Raw Monitoring data report types.
7 Enter the report aggregate value in the Report Aggregation Value text box and click Next.
NOTE
: This option is available only for Power Data, Power Headroom, and Raw Monitoring data, and Thermal data
report types.
8 In the Associated Devices/Groups tab, select the devices or groups for which you want to generate the report.
a Click the ‘plus’ icon to add them to the Selected Devices/Groups list and click Next.
NOTE
: This option is displayed only for Power Headroom, General Inventory, Raw monitoring data, Comparison report,
PDU outlet assignment, and PDU sensor report types.
NOTE: Starting OMPC 3.2, the Select All Devices and Select All Groups options are available.
9 In the Report Attributes tab, select one or more attributes that you want to include in the report. The attributes displayed are based
on the report type you select.
Managing reports
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