Users Guide

NOTE: You must create a super user account to log into OpenManage Power Center following

installation.

11. Create a super user account.

a. Type 1, then enter a super user account name. The account name must be:

• Unique for each Power Center user

• Up to 20 uppercase or lowercase printable characters, except “/\[]:;|=,+'*?<>.@

• Not case sensitive

b. Type 2, then enter a password for the super user account.

NOTE: The password must be a minimum of 8 characters in length, with characters from at

least three of the following categories: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and non-

alphanumeric. The password can include spaces

12. Press <Enter> to initiate the installation.

13. Once the installation has completed, type q to quit the installation wizard.

Installed directories in Linux

By default, the OpenManage Power Center package is installed in /opt/dell/ompc.

The OpenManage Power Center package includes the following folders:

• bin — OpenManage Power Center binaries

• conf — OpenManage Power Center configuration files

• external — Other applications installed by OpenManage Power Center

• logs — OpenManage Power Center event logs

• pgdata (default) — Database files

Power Center services in Linux

OpenManage Power Center includes the following services on Linux platform installations:

• Dell OpenManage Power Center Database Services — The PostgreSQL internal database for

OpenManage Power Center.

• Dell OpenManage Power Center DataCenter Manager Service — The OpenManage Power Center

server core service. It carries out all actions including communication with devices.

• 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

OpenManage Power Center web application which passes action requests to the OpenManage Power

Center server.

Use the following command at the command line interface to check OpenManage Power Center service

status:

#service ompcdaemons status Control power center service

To start, stop, or restart OpenManage Power Center service, use the following command:

#service ompcdaemons start|stop|restart|status

NOTE: If you stop a service before restarting a server, you may have to manually start the service

again as it does not start automatically after the system restart.