Users Guide

15 Configuring settings.......................................................................................114
General settings.................................................................................................................................114
Configuring console session timeout.........................................................................................114
Setting protocol timeout periods................................................................................................114
Monitoring settings............................................................................................................................115
Recommended sampling intervals for performance tuning and scaling.................................. 115
When are the settings effective?................................................................................................. 115
Configuring the power and temperature sampling intervals.....................................................116
Configuring the power and temperature monitoring units.......................................................116
Configuring energy consumption cost settings.........................................................................116
Database policy settings....................................................................................................................116
Setting or editing the database policy.........................................................................................117
Configuring database backup......................................................................................................117
Directory............................................................................................................................................ 118
Editing directory settings............................................................................................................ 120
Viewing directory settings........................................................................................................... 121
Alerts...................................................................................................................................................121
Setting SNMP traps...................................................................................................................... 121
Sending SNMP traps to a Third-Party Application..................................................................... 122
Editing email alert settings.......................................................................................................... 122
Viewing alert forward settings.................................................................................................... 122
Editing SMTP settings........................................................................................................................122
Licensing............................................................................................................................................123
Importing a License.....................................................................................................................123
Inventory............................................................................................................................................123
Configuring inventory settings................................................................................................... 124
16 Logs................................................................................................................... 125
Sorting the logs display.....................................................................................................................125
Setting the application log size.........................................................................................................125
17 Troubleshooting............................................................................................. 126
Why am I being required to log in more than once by Power Center?..........................................126
Why can’t I access the Power Center management console from a Web browser, even
though the Power Center server is running normally?................................................................... 126
Why was I automatically logged out of Power Center?..................................................................126
Why did my connection to Dell iDRAC6 devices (Dell PowerEdge Servers) fail, when the
network connection status is Connected?...................................................................................... 127
Why can’t Power Center receive events sent from devices?.......................................................... 127
Why are previously-existing power policies (including EPR) still effective on devices when
Power Center is corrupted or has been uninstalled?...................................................................... 127
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