Concept Guide

Dell OpenManage Power Center

Dell OpenManage Power Center is a one-to-many application that can read power usage information

from Dell servers, Power Distribution Units (PDU), and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). It can

aggregate this information into rack, row, and room-level views. Additionally, for servers with the iDRAC7

Enterprise version, you can cap or throttle the amount of power consumed. This is done in response to a

need to reduce consumption due to external events such as brownout and failure of data center cooling

devices. Capping can also be used to safely increase the number of servers in a rack to match the power

that has been provisioned to that rack. It helps to:

• Track power and thermal at rack, row, and room level

• Rack-level power capping

• Risk mitigation with predefined policies

For complete information, see Dell OpenManage Power Center User’s Guide available at dell.com/

openmanagemanuals .

Dell Tools And Utilities

The following table lists the tools and utilities and the operating systems they are supported on.

Table 3. Dell Tools And Utilities

Product Windows Linux

Dell Repository Manager

NOTE: Dell Repository Manager can create Windows or Linux based update

tools and it can run on Windows Virtual Machines.

Yes -

Dell Update Packages Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility Yes Yes

PowerEdge Driver Maintenance Packs Yes -

Yellow Dog Update Modified Repository - Yes

Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Yes Yes

RACADM Yes Yes

Dell IPMITool Yes Yes

WSMAN Yes Yes

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator CLI Yes Yes

Dell Repository Manager

The Dell Repository Manager is a standalone Windows-based application that helps simplify the process

of managing downloads and baseline component configurations, firmware, and driver updates. Dell

Repository Manager can compare differences between two repositories at the bundle and component

level. It allows you to create deployment tools using a custom repository. The tool can create and