Users Guide

• 4GB RAM

• 60GB free space of hard drive

• Gigabit bandwidth of network infrastructure

NOTE: For the latest list of hardware and software requirements, refer to the readmefirst.txt file

included with the Dell OpenManage Power Center software download, and the Release Notes

available at dell.com/support/home.

Software requirements

Dell OpenManage Power Center supports the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Data Center Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Essential Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise Edition R2 SP1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard Edition R2 SP1

• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise

• Microsoft Windows 8 Professional and Enterprise (x64 recommended)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 x86_64

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 x86_64

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 x86_64

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 x86_64

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 x86_64

Dell OpenManage Power Center supports the following web browsers:

• Mozilla Firefox 41, 42, and 43

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11

• Google Chrome 45, 46, and 47

The Dell OpenManage Power Center installation includes the following major software tools:

• Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 Update 66

• Apache Tomcat application server 7.0.63

• PostgreSQL 9.3.5

Hardware and software requirements for devices

• Managed servers must have an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 6, 7, or 8.

• Power Distribution Unit (PDU) and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) devices must comply with the

Management Information Base (MIB) the vendor provides through SNMP interface.

• Devices must provide exclusive access for Power Center because the policies set on the devices from

other management software affect the Power Center power control function.

• The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) user, through which Power Center communicates with

devices, must be a local user account whose roles include Administrator. The device must be

configured to allow the Administrator to use at least one of the cipher suite levels 0–3, and enable the

IPMI over LAN setting.