Users Guide

Main Screen Available actions on the screen
• Warning
• Info
On this screen you can:
• Acknowledge Events
• Add a note to an event
• Delete Events
• Sort events
• Filter events
• Export Events
Logs The Logs screen displays information about unexpected or informational
events or internal errors that occur in Dell OpenManage Power Center.
Settings From the Settings submenus you can configure all Dell OpenManage Power
Center settings, including:
• General — Configure the timeout for console and device communication.
• Monitoring — Configure the power/thermal units and energy consumption
parameters.
• Alerts — Configure alerts for SNMP traps, enable or disable sending alerts
through emails, configure email recipients, and event severity-level.
• SMTP — Configure SMTP parameters for sending alert emails.
• Database — Configure database compression and purging policy.
• Directory — Configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
settings to support authentication through LDAP. This tab is displayed only
on systems running the Linux operating systems where Dell OpenManage
Power Center is installed.
• User and Group Accounts — Manage user or group accounts for accessing
Dell OpenManage Power Center.
• Roles — Managing roles and rights.
• Licensing — Manage the issued licenses.
• Inventory — Track chassis inventory.
Home page
On the Home page, you can view the following information.
• Events (Overall)
• Events (Top 5 Groups)
• Devices Discovered [Total: <number>]
• Energy Consumers (Top 5 Groups) [kwh]
• Power Headroom
• Space Headroom
• Top Offenders (Power)
• Top Offenders (Temperature)
• Top 10 Underutilized Racks (Power)
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