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Contents 1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................9 Key Features............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Topology...................................................................................................................................................................
add_group........................................................................................................................................................ 26 delete_group.................................................................................................................................................... 26 update_group................................................................................................................................................... 27 add_device_to_group.
Protocol Profile....................................................................................................................................................... 47 Discovering Devices Using IP Ranges................................................................................................................... 48 Adding A New Device.............................................................................................................................................
Power Details for the Current Time Window................................................................................................... 68 Power Details for a Different Time Window.................................................................................................... 68 Power Details for Racks...................................................................................................................................69 Viewing Energy Consumption........................................
13 Event Management.................................................................................................................87 Events..................................................................................................................................................................... 87 Predefined Events...................................................................................................................................................88 Custom Events......................
Power Center Data Files for Backup and Recovery............................................................................................. 107 Backing up Power Center Data............................................................................................................................ 108 Recovering Power Center Data............................................................................................................................ 108 17 Troubleshooting..................................
1 Overview Dell OpenManage Power Center is a power management solution for the data center. It enables you to monitor and manage power consumption and temperature in your data center through the management console. Key Features Table 1. OMPC Features Feature Description Power Monitoring Monitors power-related metrics on the following levels: • • • Individual device Data center/Room/Aisle/Rack/Chassis User-defined group Temperature Monitoring Monitors data center temperature data.
Figure 1. OMPC Topology System Requirements Hardware And Software Requirements For The Server System NOTE: For the most current list of hardware and software requirements, refer to the readmefirst.txt file included with your Dell OpenManage Power Center software download, and the Release Notes which may be found at www.dell.com/support/manuals.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32 Enterprise Edition SP2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard Edition SP2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32 Standard Edition SP2 • Microsoft Windows Server 2011 x64 SBS • Microsoft Windows 7 • Microsoft Windows 8 • Red Hat Linux 6.2 x86_64 • Red Hat Linux 6.3 x86_64 • Red Hat Linux 6.
• Chassis Management Controller (CMC) that supports all devices installed in your managed network. NOTE: For a list of OMPC-supported devices, see Supported Devices and Unsupported Devices.
2 Getting Started This chapter introduces the Dell OpenManage Power Center management console, and presents several use cases that describe standard usages of Power Center. Management Console Introduction To use Power Center, you must open a Web browser and log in. The management console opens with a list of the available screens in the left navigation pane, and the currently-open screen in the right pane. Table 2.
Main Screen Available Actions on This Screen Jobs Manage and display the status (ongoing, scheduled, cancelled, or completed) of your discovery jobs. From this screen, you can: • • • • Events This screen lists all events at all severity levels.
Installing, Uninstalling, and Launching Power Center 3 This chapter explains how to install, uninstall, and launch Dell OpenManage Power Center on both Windows and Linux platforms. You can use a web browser to launch Power Center. Installing, Uninstalling, Launching, and Upgrading Power Center In Windows This section explains how to install, uninstall, launch, and upgrade Power Center on Windows platforms.
* The remote server must have a running PostgreSQL database service with at least v8.3.5. You can download it from http://www.postgresql.org. * There is no Power Center database on the remote server. * The database service on the remote server is able to accept remote database connections. * The correct connection information (Server Name, Database Port, Database User Name, Database User Password) is provided.
• Logs — Power Center event logs • Pgdata (default) — Database files To protect data, the following files are accessible only to Network Service or Administrator users: • OpenManagePowerCenter\conf\app.config.xml • OpenManagePowerCenter\external\apache-tomcat\conf\server.
Uninstalling Power Center In Windows NOTE: Make sure to remove all devices from the Power Center management console before uninstalling Power Center. Otherwise, the existing power cap value set in the policies (including EPR) will remain effective on the devices. Make sure to check your data center power capacity before removing the devices to avoid tripping the breaker, because the policies will be removed at the same time. 1. Go to Add/Remove Programs. 2.
Configuring ESC to Trust the Power Center Site and Links 1. Go to Internet Explorer → Tools → Internet Options → Security. 2. Click Trusted Sites, and add about: Blank as a trusted site. NOTE: You may need to restart Internet Explorer for the configuration to take effect. Installing, Uninstalling, Launching, and Upgrading Power Center In Linux This section explains how to install, uninstall, launch, and upgrade Power Center on Linux platforms.
– The database service on the remote server is able to accept remote database connections. Select one of the database server options listed. The Database Setting screen appears. 11. Configure the PostgreSQL service by providing the following information: – User Name—Enter your PostgreSQL database server user name. – User Password—Enter your PostgreSQL database server user password.
• Dell OpenManage Power Center Authentication Service – Authenticates the local Linux user and group through a standard PAM interface. • Dell OpenManage Power Center WebServer Service – The Apache Tomcat server that hosts the Power Center web application which passes action requests to the Power Center server.
Command Line Interface 4 All of the commands supported by the command line interface (CLI) have the following format: ompc_cli [COMMAND] [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_TARGET] The operation must start with a valid [COMMAND]. Options can be entered anywhere after [COMMAND]. For each option that has a value, the value must be supplied immediately after the option. NOTE: If a duplicate or incorrect option value is supplied with a command, the CLI will exit with an error.
Command Line Interface Commands NOTE: In the following commands, [ ] represents optional attributes and < > represents variables. All command line text is case insensitive. help Usage: ompc_cli help [] [] The help command prints the help content for a command or a command option (including the generic option). Authentication is not required for the help command.
• wsman_password • wsman_validate_cert (its value must be true or false) update_profile Usage: ompc_cli update_profile [-description ] [] [] The update_profile command updates an existing discovery profile identified by profile_name in OMPC. The semantics of the command options are the same as those in add_profile. The protocol property set that can be updated depends on the protocol supported by this profile.
For the Chassis Management Controller (CMC), if you are rediscovering it before adding it to the rack (in other words, the blades inside it are not enumerated), it will not trigger enumerating blades inside it. If rediscovering a CMC after it is added to rack (the blades inside it are enumerated), OMPC will enumerate blade changes inside it to reflect any changes. You cannot use -service_tag and device_name at the same time.
• The summary includes the number of impacted devices, number of impacted groups, and number of impacted policies. • All subgroups under the specified group path are counted in the summary whether they will be deleted from OMPC or not. (It is possible that a subgroup could be removed from the specified group path, but not be deleted from OMPC due to a reference from another parent group.) • All devices and subgroups are counted in the summary (not only the direct children of a specified group).
PDU and UPS can only be added to a rack. For PDU and UPS in other types of groups in a previous OMPC release, if the you upgrade the data, you must remove PDU and UPS from those groups after upgrading. The add_device_to_group command does not move a device from one group to another group. This is done by move_device. If a device already belongs to a group, you can use the add_device_to_group command to add the device to another group.
move_group Usage: ompc_cli move_group FROM_GROUP_PATH TO_GROUP_PATH The move_group command moves a group from FROM_GROUP_PATH to TO_GROUP_PATH. You cannot use the same group path as FROM_GROUP_PATH to TO_GROUP_PATH. Also, you cannot use “/” as FROM_GROUP_PATH. After successfully moving a group, the group identified by FROM_GROUP_PATH will no longer belong to its original parent in FROM_GROUP_PATH. It will belong to TO_GROUP_PATH.
list_devices Usage: ompc_cli list_devices [GROUP_PATH] The list_devices command lists all devices immediately under the GROUP_PATH. If no GROUP_PATH is supplied, then the CLI will list all devices, connected or not, that are managed by OMPC. Properties include all properties of the list_device_props command, except for protocol information (device name will be the first column). If “/” is provided as GROUP_PATH, the CLI will list the devices at the root level.
• The CLI identified an error, such as a command or command option validation error. The error code is generated by the CLI. The module number for the CLI is 0xEE. An error number for each command and option will display. • An OMPC back-end error occurs. In this situation, the error code from the server will be returned by the CLI.
Access Control 5 This chapter provides information about access control in Dell OpenManage Power Center, including: • Log in/Log out — Log into Power Center by entering user account credentials. • User/Role/Privilege Management — After logging in, you can manage user accounts from the Settings → User and Group Accounts area of the management console. Power Center provides role-based access control; to use these controls, set up roles first, and then define the privileges for each role.
NOTE: Power Center requires that SSL is enabled at the LDAP server, otherwise authentication attempts will fail. NOTE: LDAP authentication must be enabled in the Directory Settings screen. See Editing Directory Settings. • LDAP Account For more information on how to open the Power Center management console, see Launching Power Center In Windows or Launching Power Center In Linux. Logging In With A Power Center Account 1. Enter the User Name and Password of the OpenManage Power Center account. 2.
NOTE: Kerberos SSO may not work if you launch Power Center services using an account other than Network Service. Single Domain Environment You can set up a single domain environment with the following components: • Domain Controller — AD server that supports the domain (parent and child) • Power Center Server — Server with Power Center installed • Power Center Client — Client server that connects to the Power Center server Figure 2.
The following is an example of the configuration steps in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9: 1. Go to Internet Explorer 9 → Internet Options → Security → Local Intranet, and click Sites. The Local Intranet window opens. 2. Click Advanced. 3. Add your Power Center site into Local Intranet—for example, server1.dcm.dell.com.
Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication Limitation Dell OpenManage Power Center supports Kerberos SSO for Windows domain user authentication. To enable this feature, Power Center is configured to support the Windows integrated authentication option which includes two authentication mechanisms: Kerberos and NTLM . NTLM is not supported in Power Center. If the client’s web browser uses NTLM to authenticate domain users for Power Center, there are some limitations.
Editing A Role NOTE: You cannot edit a pre-defined role. 1. Click Settings → Roles in the left navigation pane. 2. Place a check mark in the check box beside the role you want to edit, then click Edit. The Edit Role screen opens. 3. Make any changes required to the Role Name, Role Description, and Select Privileges fields for this role. 4. Click Save to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard them. Deleting A Role 1. Click Settings → Roles in the left navigation pane. 2.
• Create users • Delete users • Update users Users without this privilege can only view their own user account information and update the password. View Device/Group The View Device/Group privilege enables a user to view all device and group information. Users without this privilege cannot view device or group information; they can only view the Settings page. Users with only the View Device/Group privilege have the following restrictions: • The Run Discovery task is not available.
Users without this privilege can view event information and add comments to events, but cannot delete events or see the Thresholds values from the Devices screen. Managing User Accounts You can create users and assign them to different roles. If you have the Manage Role/User privilege, you can add/edit/delete a user in Power Center. Adding A User Account 1. Click Settings → User and Group Accounts in the left navigation pane.
5. Enter a description of this user account (optional). 6. Select between one and four user and group roles. 7. Click Save to add the user account, or click Cancel to discard your changes. Adding A Group Account 1. Click Settings → User and Group Accounts in the left navigation pane. 2. Click Add a User/Group. The Add a User or Group Account window opens. 3. Click the radio button next to A group. 4. Select a group Account Type. 5. Enter a unique Group Name.
c. Enter the new password. Enter the new password again to confirm. d. Click Save to change the password, or click Cancel to discard your changes. Viewing Current User Information You can view current user information and update the current user’s password. To view current user information, click the login user name in the upper-right corner of any page, or go to Settings → User And Group Accounts. Select the current user account from the list, and click Edit.
4. Click Upload File. 5. Browse to a license file, and click Open. Power Center imports the license and displays a message upon successful import. You can view the license information in the Licensing screen.
Device Discovery 6 The Device Discovery privilege enables a user to discover network devices. Users without this privilege can view the Settings page, but cannot make any changes. Discovery To manage devices in Dell OpenManage Power Center, you must have Manage Device/Group privileges, and you must first add the devices to the Power Center management console.
• • Set the connection protocol and credential information so that the device can communicate with Power Center. Add or discover a supported device to the device list in the Devices page. Perform management functions including discovery, adding to the group structure, monitoring power and temperature, applying power management policies, and sending events. Power Center supports up to 4000 managed devices in one data center. Table 3.
Category UPS Supported Platform Dell Validated Model • ServerTech Smart CDU, 0U CS-24V1-C20M • Dell N313P Line interactive UPS w/ web card H910P Dell Online Rack UPS 3750R OL K804N Dell UPS, 2700/2300VA, 120V, 3U K802N • • APC • • • Eaton Emerson APC Online UPS w/ Web card SURTD3000XLI APC Smart-UPS 3000VA RM SUA3000RM2U Smart-UPS 5000VA RM DL5000RMT5U • Eaton Line interactive UPS w/ Web card PW5130I1750-XL2U • Emerson Online UPS w/ Web card GXT2-2700RT208 For unsupported devices: • • • Po
• IPMI: Select IPMI protocol for the server. • – IPMI User Name – Maximum length is 16 characters. – IPMI Password – Maximum length is 255 characters. – IPMI Key – A string of 40 hex digits. WS-MAN: Select WS-MAN protocol for the chassis. – WS-MAN User Name – HTTP basic user name; maximum length is 255 characters. – WS-MAN Password – HTTP basic password; maximum length is 255 characters. – WS-MAN Port – Default value is 443, or enter a port number from 1 to 65535.
1. On the Define IP Range screen, click the Add Range task. NOTE: IP addresses and Network masks should conform to the 255.255.255.255 format. 2. On the Define A New IP Range screen, enter a Beginning IP address, an End IP address, and a Network Mask. 3. Click Finish to continue, or click Cancel to discard your entries and return to the Define IP Range screen. 4. Select one or more Connection Protocols: – If the connection protocols you want to use are listed already, select them and then click Next.
– SNMP Encryption Password: Maximum length is 255 characters. When the SNMP Authentication Password is empty, the SNMP Encryption Password is also empty. You can create multiple protocol profiles for each protocol. 4. Click Finish, or click Cancel to discard your entries and return to the Define IP Range screen. 5. Select your newly-added protocol and any others you require. 6. Click Back to return to the IP Range screen, click Next to continue, or click Cancel to discard your discovery job. 5.
Viewing And Rediscovering Devices In A Chassis Dell OpenManage Power Center allows you to view the devices you have installed in a chassis. Further, if you have physically added, removed, or changed the devices in a chassis, you can update the device information in Power Center. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. From the Grouped Devices tab, select a chassis. 3. From the task menu near the top of the screen, click View Chassis.
Device Management 7 From the Devices screen you can view both network-discovered devices and devices added manually, and you can access these devices within three categories: • Grouped Devices tab (default view)—Devices that have been gathered into physical (Datacenter, Enclosure, Room, Aisle, Rack, and individual device) and logical (custom) hierarchical groupings. • Unassigned Devices tab—Devices that have not been assigned to any physical or custom groups.
• Edit power andtemperature alert thresholds • View power and temperature history graphs • View rack utilization graphs All Devices The All Devices tab lists both network-discovered devices and devices added manually in a flat, non-hierarchical view.
Filtering All Devices The filter feature on the All Devices tab is useful when you want to view devices that share a certain attribute. For example, you can view devices of a certain device type or devices that share an IP range. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane, and then click the All Devices tab. 2. Click Filter. The Filter window opens. 3. 4. Do one of the following: – Click IP Range, and enter the start and end IP address of devices.
Field Description • • • • PDU UPS Chassis Unsupported Group Device’s physical group.
Before adding a device from the network, make sure the DNS server is set up correctly. Specifically, make sure that: • There is a DNS server running on the Power Center network. • The specified DNS server has a reverse DNS zone for the network on which you are trying to discover the devices. To add devices from the network using IP ranges, see Discovering Devices Using IP Ranges.
Editing A Device Entity Edit devices or device groups from any of the tabs on the Devices screen. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. From any of the tabs on the screen, select a device entity. 3. Click Edit. The Edit Entity screen appears. 4. Depending on the type of device or device entity that you selected, a range of fields will be available for editing. NOTE: You cannot edit the Faceplate Power and Derated Power for a chassis. 5.
Filtering All Devices The filter feature on the All Devices tab is useful when you want to view devices that share a certain attribute. For example, you can view devices of a certain device type or devices that share an IP range. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane, and then click the All Devices tab. 2. Click Filter. The Filter window opens. 3. Do one of the following: – Click IP Range, and enter the start and end IP address of devices.
• Add an associated device to the rack • Edit an associated device that has already been added to the rack • Remove an associated device from the rack Adding A Device To A Rack Slot 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. Expand the list of Grouped Devices and select a rack. 3. In the task bar, click Manage Rack. The Manage Rack screen appears. 4. Click the Rack Contents tab. 5. Click Add to Rack Slot. A list of slottable devices appears. 6.
A schematic of currently slotted devices appears. 6. Using the drop-down boxes beside each device, select the slots into which you want to move the devices. 7. Click Finish to return to the Manage Rack screen and review your changes. Removing A Rack-Associated Device 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. Expand the list of Grouped Devices and select a rack. 3. In the task bar, click Manage Rack. The Manage Rack screen appears. 4. Click the Associated Devices tab. 5.
Group Management 8 Power Center enables you to create groups for organizing devices, so that you can manage them more efficiently. Mapping Group Structure Information Dell OpenManage Power Center supports group structure mapping for Dell PowerEdge rack servers and tower servers.
Adding An Existing Device Or Group After a device is discovered or manually added to Dell OpenManage Power Center, you can add it to a group. NOTE: Racks are special groups. To work with racks, see Manage Racks. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. To select where in the parent-child hierarchy to add the existing device, do one of the following: 3. – To add the device at the root level, make sure no groups are selected before proceeding with the next step.
3. Click Delete in the task menu. 4. Click Delete again to confirm the deletion. Editing A Device Entity Edit devices or device groups from any of the tabs on the Devices screen. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. From any of the tabs on the screen, select a device entity. 3. Click Edit. The Edit Entity screen appears. 4. Depending on the type of device or device entity that you selected, a range of fields will be available for editing.
Power Monitoring 9 Power Center enables the monitoring of current or historical power-related metrics (for example, power consumption or cost). This can help you understand the power status in the data center and plan for additional power infrastructure, cooling, and facility needs. You can monitor power at different device and/or group levels. You can configure power monitoring settings to meet your monitoring needs, and you can print the power status graph.
– 5. Avg Warning Threshold—When the average power exceeds this setting, the warning-level event alert “Average Power” is sent. – Avg Critical Threshold—When the average power exceeds this setting, the critical-level event alert “Average Power” is sent. Click Finish. Once you have configured the threshold values, click View History in the Present Power section of the device or group details to view a graphical representation of the power details.
• Average: The average value from the previous time point to the current time point. • Maximum: The maximum value from the previous time point to the current time point. • Minimum: The minimum value from the previous time point to the current time point. For example, you view power details in the 1H (1 hour) window and the maximum value at 15:00 shows 500W and the time interval is 6 minutes. This value would represent that the maximum power consumption from 14:54 to 15:00 is 500W.
NOTE: By default, the Cost column displays 0. You must configure the cost rate to see the cost. The rate is a global setting, and can be set on the Settings → Energy Consumption page. NOTE: The Energy Consumption section displays information based on the values configured in the Settings page. This information should be used as an estimate only.
Monitoring UPS Power To monitor UPS power, click Devices in the left pane, and then navigate to and select the UPS. The UPS details are displayed in the detail portion of the screen. The instantaneous power value of the UPS is shown, as well as the UPS details read from the device. It displays NA when the data is not provided on the UPS.
Temperature Monitoring 10 Dell OpenManage Power Center enables monitoring of the current or historical temperature of the data centers in Power Center. This can help you understand the temperature status and identify hot spots in the data center. You can monitor the temperature status at different device/group levels. You can configure the temperature monitoring settings to meet your monitoring needs, and you can print the temperature status graph.
5. – Average Inlet Thermal Greater Than Critical Level—When the temperature is greater than the setting, the warning-level event "Average Inlet Temperature" alert is sent. – Average Inlet Thermal Less Than Warning Level—When the temperature is less than the setting, the warning-level event "Average Inlet Temperature" alert is sent. Click Finish to apply the new alert thresholds, or click Cancel to discard your changes..
• Average: The average value from the previous time point to the current time point. • Maximum: The maximum value from the previous time point to the current time point. • Minimum: The minimum value from the previous time point to the current time point. For example, you view temperature details in the 1H (1 hour) window and the maximum value at 15:00 shows 40°C and the time interval is 6 minutes. This value would represent that the maximum temperature from 14:54 to 15:00 is 40°C.
Monitoring the Temperature of the Chassis/Blade Server You can monitor the inlet temperature at the blade server level. You can also monitor the inlet temperature at the chassis level, including average, maximum, and minimum details. Monitoring the Temperature of Devices/Groups Power Center supports temperature monitoring of the inlet temperature span for devices and groups.
Policies 11 A power policy is a set of configurations used to manage the power cap for a device or group. A policy is useful for power management in different situations. For example, you can create a policy to: • Make sure that power consumption does not exceed the capacity of the circuit. • Schedule power usage according to the workload of the device/group. For example, you can set an aggressive cap when the workload is low, enabling a reduction of power use for your data center.
Dynamic Power Caps The following terms are helpful for understanding how a dynamic power cap works: • Consumption: The amount of power a device is using. • Power Cap: The maximum amount of power that a device is allowed to consume (may not be equal to its demand).
• The Policies tab of the devices is set to disabled in the Groups page. • The power capability status of the devices is set to "None" in the Devices page. • You cannot edit the policy of this device from the Policies page; you can only delete it. Scenario 2 — You try to import a license on a device without a license imported In this case, the following happens: • If a policy exists on the devices, you will receive a "Server Capabilities Changed" event.
a) In the Power Cap Priorities screen, select the priority (Low, Medium, or High) of each device within the group using the drop-down list at the right of each device. Power Center reserves more budgeted power for higher priority devices and groups when the power budget is not completely consumed. b) Click Next to continue, click Back to return to the previous screen, or click Cancel to discontinue the task.
Priority lists are policy-specific; however, a device/group may have different priority levels in different policies. A higherpriority value of a device/group in a policy overrides the lower-priority value of the same node in another policy. For example, you created Policy1 for device and Policy2 for device , and you configured different priorities or power caps for the policy with the same time slot.
4. Using the Next and Back buttons, click through the Policy wizard to locate the details you want to change, then make the necessary changes. 5. In the Summary screen, review your changes, then click Finish to save your changes, click Back to return to the previous screen, or click Cancel to discard your changes. Deleting a Power Policy 1. Click Policies in the left navigation pane. 2. Place a check mark in the check box beside the policy that you want to delete.
NOTE: For instructions on how to disable EPR, see Disabling Emergency Power Reduction. 1. Click Devices in the left navigation pane. 2. Select the entity (data center, room, aisle, rack, or chassis) to which you will apply the Emergency Power Reduction. 3. Click Enable EPR on the task menu. Disabling Emergency Power Reduction Disabling Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) restores device power to its full state. NOTE: For instructions on applying EPR to an entity, see Enabling Emergency Power Reduction.
Compare 12 Dell OpenManage Power Center enables you to compare the power and temperature status and energy consumption of groups and devices within a specific time period. For example, you can select two rooms and compare their temperatures, or select two groups with similar devices and compare their respective rates of power consumption. Power Center can compare up to three groups/devices.
13 Event Management This chapter provides information on event types, severity levels, supported PDU/UPS events, and how to manage Power Center events. You can receive events indicating an abnormal power/temperature situation in the data center. Power Center detects: • Pre-defined events • Custom events Power Center uses port 6553 to listen for internal events. If another application is configured to use port 6553, you must change it to reserve port 6533 for Power Center.
Predefined Events A predefined event is an event that Power Center defines based on system conditions. Device support for events includes: • PDU/UPS devices – To receive events, you must subscribe to the event from the console of that PDU or UPS. • Dell PowerEdge tower and rack servers – Support all IPMI events (IPMI Power Unit, IPMI Power Supply, IPMI Processor Temperature Trip, IPMI Fan). • Dell PowerEdge blade servers – Only support IPMI Processor Temperature Trip events.
Type Description Severity Level IPMI Fan Events related to the server fan. Critical IPMI Test An IPMI test event was received. Informative Kerberos SSO Initialization Failed SSO initialization failed because Kerberos SSO configuration is incorrect. Warning UPS Bad Battery Events related to battery failure in the UPS. Critical UPS Low Battery Events related to low battery limits and exceeded thresholds in the UPS.
Type Description Severity Level event is only applicable to a device that has a policy applied. When you see such an event, check the policy on the device. Custom Events Custom events that you have set up are automatically triggered when the custom condition threshold is reached. Table 9.
Supported PDU and UPS Events Power Center supports events for different PDU and UPS devices. The following table lists the events that are validated by Power Center for specific devices. There may be other events not mentioned in this table. Table 10.
Using the Critical Event Notification icon: 1. Click the Critical Event Notification icon in the upper right corner of the screen. A list of the three most recent critical events displays. 2. Click the View Events button. The Events screen appears. From the Home screen: 1. Click Home in the left navigation pane. The Events (Overall) and Events (By Top-level Group) graphs display 2. Click the View Events button. The Events screen appears. Sorting Events 1. Click Event Logs in the left pane.
Deleting All Events 1. Click Events in the left navigation pane. 2. Click Delete All in the task menu. A verification box appears. 3. Click Yes to confirm deletion of all events, or click Cancel to close the verification box and return to the previous screen. Filtering Events Filter the event log to display events of specific types, severity levels, Acknowledged By user name, and/or events that occur within a specific time period. 1. Click Events in the left navigation pane. 2.
To send a test event from an IPMI device, see the following example for a Dell PowerEdge M610 server: 1. Open the iDRAC management console of the M610, and go to the page related to SNMP trap settings. 2. Click Send next to the Power Center server address to send a test event. 3. Open the Power Center management console, and click Event Logs in the left pane. The informative event IPMI Test appears on the Event Logs page. NOTE: For more information on steps 1 and 2, see the IPMI device documentation.
Security 14 Power Center is designed to ensure data confidentiality, data integrity, and the security of user authentication. Power Center not only provides authentication and access control to user accounts (see Access Control), but also protects all of the communication channels to the Power Center server and the stored sensitive data (for example, passwords) on the Power Center server.
– Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\external\apache-tomcat\conf\tomcat-users.xml – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\external\apache-tomcat\conf\web.xml – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\external\jre\lib\security\krb5.conf – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\external\jre\lib\security\login.conf – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\keystore.ssl – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\pgdata\pg_hba.conf – Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\pgdata\postgresql.conf 4. Delete all content under Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\external\apache-tomcat\work.
Audit Log Power Center tracks critical operations and stores related information in a log file for auditing purposes. Each log includes the following basic information: • User name • Time • Action • Details (Depends on the action; see the following table for audit log details). Table 12.
You can manage Power Center certificates in Keytool. Common scenarios include: • Scenario 1 — Generate a key pair and self-signed certificate. During Power Center installation, a key pair and self-signed certificate are generated for the Power Center server. NOTE: When you delete an entry from the keystore file, make sure you leave at least one key pair entry in the keystore file; otherwise, Power Center will not work.
Configuring Power Center Settings 15 You configure all the Power Center settings in the Settings > General screen. 1. In the left pane, click Settings → General. 2. Click Edit under the selected settings section. 3. Enter or select a new value. 4. Click Save. Some settings will take effect immediately; some will not. See the following sections for more specific information.
When are the settings effective? • Monitor all devices and groups — Immediately • Power/Temperature sampling interval — Every 30 minutes, for example, 08:00, 08:30, 09:00, and so on Configuring and Editing Power Center Monitor Settings NOTE: If you are managing more than 1000 devices, it is recommended that you increase the default power and temperature sampling intervals. 1. Click Settings → General in the left navigation pane 2. In the Power Center Monitoring section, click Edit. 3.
• WS-MAN – 60 seconds 1. Click Settings → General in the left navigation pane 2. In the Protocol Type Device Timeout section, click Edit. 3. Enter the intervals in seconds at which the connection between a device with the specified communication protocol (IPMI, SNMP, and/or WS-MAN) and the Power Center server ends. 4. Click Save to apply your settings, or click Cancel to discard your settings and return to the previous screen.
– 5. The Community Name that describes the community; for example, Public. The maximum length is 255 characters. Click Save to apply your changes, or click Cancel to discard them. Sending SNMP Traps To A Third-Party Application 1. Locate the Power Center MIB file at \Conf\DellOpenManagePowerCenter-MIB.mib 2. Import the MIB file into the third-party application. 3. Make sure SNMP trap settings are configured as required in Dell OpenManage Power Center.
• – Timestamp — Data timestamp – PowerAvg — Average power value – PowerMin — Minimum power value – PowerMax — Maximum power value – InletTemperatureAvg — Average inlet temperature value – InletTemperatureMin — Minimum inlet temperature value – InletTemperatureMax — Maximum inlet temperature value Purge Database Now — You can manually purge the database at anytime.
If a Bind Distinguished Name is provided, Power Center does not attempt an anonymous bind search. 4. – Bind Password (optional unless a Bind Distinguished Name is provided). – Base Distinguished Name to Search (required). The Distinguished Name of the branch of the directory from which searches start. For example: ou=ccr,dc=dell,dc=com – Attribute of User Login (optional). Specify an attribute for which to search. If this field is not configured, the default search string used is “uid”.
3. Select the severity level of event log alerts you want to forward. 4. Enter the email addresses of alert recipients. Separate multiple addresses with a semicolon. 5. Click Test Email to send a test e-mail to the list of e-mail recipients, and verify that the e-mail is sent successfully. 6. Click Save to save your settings, or click Cancel to discard your changes. Viewing Alert Forward Settings In the left navigation bar, click Settings, then click Alert Forward Settings.
Importing A License You must purchase, download, and import a license to continue using the product after the 60–day trial period. 1. Click Settings → Licensing in the left navigation pane. 2. Click Import License. 3. In the Import License window, click Continue. a) If you have not downloaded your license, click Download license file. Your web browser opens the Dell OpenManage Power Center website. b) Click Click here to download. c) Download and unzip the OpenManage Power Center License.
16 Backup and Recovery You can back up and recover data in Power Center. To support Power Center recovery, you must first back up Power Center data. Power Center only supports complete backup and recovery. It does not support incremental backup and recovery. NOTE: You should back up Power Center data on a regular basis. You may need to start or stop Power Center services during backup and recovery. For more information on Power Center services, see Power Center Services.
• C:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\pgdata Backing up Power Center Data 1. Stop all Power Center services. 2. Back up all Power Center data. a) You must add your operating system user with Read privilege for the files listed in the Power Center Data table. Also, you must add Read privileges to all of the sub-contents of the pgdata folder. Refer to your operating system’s documentation for instructions on how to change file privileges.
connectionTimeout="60000" acceptCount="100" maxThreads="200" server="localhost" allowTrace="false" scheme="https" secure="true" SSLEnabled="true" xpoweredBy="false" keystoreFile="E:\Program Files \Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter\keystore.ssl" keystorePass="DCM10!pass" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/> * Update the Keystore password: Replace the value in bold below with the value in the server.xml backup file. PAGE 110
Troubleshooting 17 This chapter lists some of the known issues you may encounter when working with Power Center. Why am I being required to log in more than once by Power Center? Possible Cause: This occurs when one of the following elements of Kerberos SSO is not correctly configured: the Power Center server, the web browser, or the AD domain controller configuration. Resolution: Correctly configure your Power Center server and web browser for Kerberos SSO.
Possible Cause: Essential services are not started. Resolution: Make sure that if the Windows SNMP trap service is installed on the Power Center server, this service and the Dell OpenManage Power Center SNMP Dispatcher are started on the Power Center server.
NOTE: Check your data center power capacity to avoid tripping the breaker before performing the following steps. • If you intend to uninstall Power Center, make sure to remove all devices first. • If Power Center is corrupted, do one of the following to remove the power policies: – If the device number is small, access the Dell iDRAC management console, and manually remove the power policies. – If the device number is large, perform the following steps.
