Users Guide

Device Management
The Devices feature enables you to view and manage the network-discovered devices and devices added manually. You can also
categorize the devices into groups.
In the left pane, click Devices. The Devices screen is displayed and comprises the following tabs:
● All Devices
● Managed Groups
By default, the All Devices tab is displayed.
You can also view the details of a specific device or device group at the bottom section of the Devices screen. The details are
categorized into the following tabs:
● IP Address/Hostname
● Serial Number or Service Tag
● Device Model
● Protocol
● Power Capability
● Time of Discovery
Topics:
• Adding a new device
• Adding an existing group
• Adding a device from the network
• Viewing resource utilization history
• Filtering devices
• Editing a device
• Deleting devices using a filter
• Sorting devices
• Updating Device location
• Chained PDU Support
• Managing groups
Adding a new device
The Add New Device window enables you to manually add a new device to the device list. You can add only unsupported
devices and create a group structure to build the data center.
OpenManage Power Center cannot discover or manage all device types, and you must manually add unsupported devices to
complete the data center group structure. For supported devices:
● Discover and add a supported device to the system.
● Perform management functions including discovery, adding to the group structure, monitoring power and temperature,
applying power management policies, and sending events.
For unsupported devices:
● OpenManage Power Center does not communicate with unsupported devices, therefore connection protocol and credential
information is not necessary.
● Unsupported devices cannot be discovered; they can only be added manually to the system.
● OpenManage Power Center adds the unsupported device to the group structure, but cannot manage it using the available
management functions.
1. In the left pane, click Devices > All Devices > Add New.
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