Users Guide

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Task management
The Tasks feature enables you to perform device discovery and power control tasks such as power-on
and power-off, on a specific device or group of devices.
In the left pane, click Tasks. The Tasks screen comprises the following tabs:
• Discovery Tasks
• Power Control Tasks
By default, the Discovery Tasks tab is displayed.
On the Tasks screen you can:
• Create new discovery and power control tasks
• Edit or delete discovery and power control tasks
• Start or re-run discovery and power control tasks
• Enable or disable power control tasks
• Refresh the list of discovery or power control tasks
• View the summary of the discovery or power control tasks
NOTE: If you schedule a task at a non-existent time when the daylight saving is effective, the Web
browsers align themselves to the accurate time.
Discovery tasks
The Device Discovery privilege enables you to discover network devices. Users without this privilege can
view the Devices screen, but cannot make any changes.
To manage devices in Dell OpenManage Power Center, you must have Manage Device/Group privileges,
and you must first add the devices to the OpenManage Power Center management console.
OpenManage Power Center discovers devices using IP ranges and collects basic information about each
device, such as:
• Device name
• Connection status
• Device type
• Device model
• IP address
• Hostname
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