Owner's Manual

Main Page Available Actions on This Page
Compare This page enables you to compare power and temperature
status and energy consumption between the selected
groups and/or devices. You can also print comparison
results.
Settings This page enables you to view or configure all settings.
Settings — User Accounts This page enables you to set up and manage user
accounts.
Settings — Licensing This page enables you to view or import a license.
Event Logs This page lists all events at all severity levels.
From this page, you can:
• View all events
• Add comments to events
• Delete the events
• Filter and sort the events
Common Use Cases
This section provides a standard scenario to help users in an Administrator role get started with Power Center.
If you are a first-time user, you can follow the sequence of steps 1-5 to install Power Center and set up the group
structure for monitoring your data center. Then, see steps 6, 7, and/or 8 to use Power Center for monitoring, comparing
power and temperature data between devices and/or time slots, and creating policies:
1. Install OpenManage Power Center.
2. Launch Power Center.
3. Discover devices and add one or more devices manually or from the network.
4. Manage your devices. You can delete, edit, and filter devices. You can also click Add in the Devices page to add a
device manually, then manage it.
5. Create one or more data center group structures.
6. Create one or more power policies, and apply to devices.
7. Monitor Power and Temperature events on devices.
8. Compare power/temperature status and the energy cost for two or three devices/groups.
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