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Contents 1016 Configuring Power Center . . . . . . . . . . 126Monitoring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Default Units Settings. . .

Power Policies 100 NOTE: All devices are displayed on this page, but you only can configure priority for the devices that have Monitor & Capping

Power Policies 101data on a regular basis to avoid such impacts. To restore the policies after Power Center is corrupted, perform the following steps:

Power Policies 102For each device/group, you can set one of the three priority levels:•Low• Medium (Default)•HighPriority lists are policy-specific; h

Power Policies 1031Go to the Policies page or the Policies tab in the Power Overview page.2Click Enable/Disable.3Check or uncheck the Enabled box for

Power Policies 1044Click Apply.Filtering PoliciesYou can apply a filter to show only specific policies.To filter policies:1Go to the Policies page.2Cl

Power Policies 1054In the Emergency Power Reduction window, read the message, and click Continue.All of the devices with the Monitor & Capping pow

Comparing 10613ComparingPower Center enables you to add a device or a group to compare their power and temperature status and energy consumption in th

Comparing 107Adding a Device or GroupYou can add one to three devices or groups to compare the power and temperature status. Only one device or group

Comparing 108Printing the Comparison ResultTo print the comparison result, click Print on the Compare page.You must set the Web browser to enable the

Event Management 10914Event ManagementThis chapter provides information on event types, severity levels, supported PDU/UPS events, and how to manage t

Overview 111OverviewDell OpenManage Power Center is a power management solution for the data center. It enables you to monitor and manage power consum

Event Management 110Communication with Chassis FailedPower Center lost communication with the chassis.WarningCommunication with Chassis RestoredPower

Event Management 111UPS Bad TemperatureEvents related to temperature limits and exceeded thresholds in the UPS.CriticalUPS Bad Input Events related to

Event Management 112 NOTE: To receive events from a PDU or UPS, you must subscribe to the event from the console of that PDU/UPS. NOTE: For the Powe

Event Management 113When the following change occurs, the corresponding "Critical" or "Warning" event becomes an "Informative

Event Management 114• An event condition is removed from Power Center, for example, the Threshold settings.• An event condition is updated in Power Ce

Event Management 115Event Severity LevelsThe following table lists the severity levels for Power Center events: NOTE: There may be an inconsistency

Event Management 116Go to the Event Logs page. You can click the arrow buttons <> to see the previous/next page.Sorting EventsIn the Event Logs

Event Management 117You can also manually delete events in Power Center.To delete events:1Go to the Event Logs page.2Click Delete → Delete.3Select the

Event Management 118•Ty p e — Select the event type. You can select multiple event types. Only the Maximum Power, Average Power, Average Inlet Tempera

Event Management 119• The IPMI device is added in the Device List page.• The network connection status of the IPMI device is "connected."• T

Overview 12TopologyThe following figure shows how to use a Web browser to access the Power Center server and manage the data center. OpenManagePowerCe

Security 12015SecurityPower Center is designed to ensure data confidentiality, data integrity and the security of user authentication. Power Center no

Security 1211Go to Control Panels → User Accounts, and create a new normal user (either local or domain), or select an existing normal user. For examp

Security 1225Start all Power Center services to take effect.OS HardeningTo deploy Power Center security hardening configuration on an OS where you int

Security 123For more information on Power Center supported OS, see "System Requirements" in the "Overview" chapter.Audit LogPower

Security 124The total size of all audit log files is limited to 20MB; they are evenly split into three log files (approximately 6.67MB each). If a new

Security 125•Scenario 2 — Replace the self-signed certificate with a signed certificate issued by a Certification Authority (CA)A certificate signed b

Configuring Power Center 12616Configuring Power CenterYou can configure all the Power Center settings in the Settings page. Follow these steps:1Click

Configuring Power Center 127The default power and temperature intervals in Power Center are 1 minute. These value is appropriate for small- or medium-

Configuring Power Center 128When are the settings effective?Immediately.Protocol Type Device Timeout SettingsThese settings are used to configure the

Configuring Power Center 129•Average Power•Average Inlet Temperature•Max Power• Policy Cannot Be Maintained• Policy Return To Normal•Power Return To N

Overview 13System RequirementsHardware Requirements for Server SystemYou must install Power Center on a system with at least:• A dual-core processor o

Configuring Power Center 1301Click Edit.2Enter information for fields Destination IP/Host, Port or Community Name. NOTE: 1) If the Port field is empt

Configuring Power Center 131•Data Compression — You can set the number of the days (1-14) to keep the non-compressed data. The default is 7 days. •Pur

Configuring Power Center 132– InletTemperatureMax — Maximum inlet temperature value.After you export data to a .csv file, you can:– Use Microsoft Exce

Configuring Power Center 133Before changing the database settings, the system must meet the following requirements: • The correct connection informati

Configuring Power Center 1341Log into Windows with the Administrator privilege.2Open a command line with the Administrator privilege.3Run the followin

Configuring Power Center 1353Change the pg_hba.conf file (By default, pgdata of Power Center is installed at C:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManagePowerCent

Configuring Power Center 136Current value:# IPv4 local connections:host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trustReplace to original valu

Configuring Power Center 137The following steps assume local host is 192.168.11.11, remote database host is 192.168.11.22, and the remote database fol

Configuring Power Center 138Step 3. Change PostgreSQL database settings on a remote serverSee "Change database settings in PostgreSQL database&qu

Backup and Recovery 13917Backup and RecoveryYou can back up and recover the data in Power Center.To support Power Center recovery, you must back up Po

Overview 14Hardware and Software Requirements for Devices Power Center defines the following hardware and software requirements for supported devices:

Backup and Recovery 140For a Power Center installation in C:\Program Files\Dell\OpenManagePowerCenter, the data files are located as follows: C:\Progr

Backup and Recovery 1413Start all Power Center services. The Power Center backup is completed.Power Center RecoveryWhen you recover Power Center data,

Backup and Recovery 142"8643" minSpareThreads="5" maxSpareThreads="75" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" enableLookups

Backup and Recovery 143connectionTimeout="60000" acceptCount="100" maxThreads="200" server="localhost" allowTr

Troubleshooting 14418TroubleshootingThis chapter lists some of the known issues you may encounter when working with Power Center, and some possible so

Troubleshooting 145–Resolution: Wait one minute or more for Dell iDRAC6 devices to release the connection sessions, then try again.•Problem 5: Power C

Troubleshooting 146–Cause: Firefox may have a memory leak after running for a long time. The memory leak-related issues may cause Firefox to function

Troubleshooting 147Center database service will be forced to stop when other Power Center services are not yet stopped yet. In this case, the database

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Overview 15PDU Dell• Dell 6804 Metered PDU• Dell 6607 Metered PDU• Dell XX5T6 Metered PDU• Dell 6803 Metered PDU• Dell 6605 PDUAPC• APC Metered Rack P

Getting Started 162Getting StartedThis chapter introduces the Power Center management console and presents several use cases that describe standard us

Getting Started 17Table 2-1. Available ActionsMain Page Available Actions on This PageGetting Started This page introduces the Dell OpenManage Power C

Getting Started 18Use Case IntroductionThis section provides several standard usage scenarios to help you get started with Power Center, or refresh yo

Getting Started 195Creating the data center group structure6Monitoring power/temperature/events of a device or group7Creating power policies8Comparing

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indica

Getting Started 201Go to the Discovery page to add devices from the network.2Configure the search criteria for the devices you want to discover.See &q

Getting Started 21Use Case 6: Monitoring Power / Temperature / Events of a Device or GroupThis use case describes how to monitor power/temperature det

Getting Started 221Go to the Compare page.2Select two or three devices or groups to compare.See "Adding a Device or Group" in the "Comp

Installing and Launching 233Installing and LaunchingThis chapter explains how to install, uninstall and launch Power Center. After Power Center is ins

Installing and Launching 24 NOTE: The password must be more than 5 characters, and cannot contain non-ANSI characters and double quotes (").• HT

Installing and Launching 25• PostgreSQL Data Directory — The location of PostgreSQL data. If you enabled the option "Use another database server&

Installing and Launching 26 NOTE: User names with Chinese characters are not supported due to the limitation of Java Kerberos related library impleme

Installing and Launching 27• Dell OpenManage Power Center — Apache Tomcat server accommodating the Power Center web application which passes action re

Installing and Launching 28If you did not check the option "Use another database server" during the installation, the uninstall program remo

Installing and Launching 29To disable this feature in Windows 2003 Server:1Go to Control Panel → Add or Remove Programs → Add/Remove Windows Component

Contents 3Contents1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Topology . .

Access Control 304Access ControlThis chapter provides information about the access control in Power Center, including:• Log in/Log out — You can log i

Access Control 31only supports Kerberos-based SSO. For more information on SSO, see "Single Domain Environment" and "Multiple Domain En

Access Control 32Log in Using Your Power Center AccountTo log in using your Power Center Account: 1Select Power Center Account (default).2Enter the Us

Access Control 33Log in Using the Windows Domain AccountTo log in using the Windows Domain Account:1Select Windows Domain Account.2Enter the User Name

Access Control 34Log in Using the Windows Local AccountTo log in using the Windows Local Account:1Select Local Windows Account.2Enter the User Name. T

Access Control 35Log in with Single Sign-on (SSO)SSO uses centralized authentication servers that other applications and systems utilize for authentic

Access Control 362Set up AD domain controller addresses. Separate multiple addresses with a comma. For example, 192.168.0.250. 3Specify a domain user

Access Control 37Multiple Domain EnvironmentThe following illustration shows how to set up a multiple domain environment with the following components

Access Control 38Set up SPN for Power Center service in all involved AD domain controllers. In the example, three domains are involved: dcm.dell.com,

Access Control 39What's the limitation?The Web browser displays a message box requiring a Windows user name and password: •If you press OK after

Contents 4Use Case 8: Comparing Two or More Devices/Groups . 213 Installing and Launching . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Installing Power Center . . . .

Access Control 40• If another user is viewing the pages, this user may see inconsistent data.• If another user is performing operations on the same de

Access Control 41Updating a RoleTo update a role:1Go to Settings → User Accounts → User Roles, and click Edit.2Edit the role name, description, or pri

Access Control 42•Power Center Account — Create a user name and password for the Power Center account. For more information on the user name and passw

Access Control 43Managing PrivilegesA user privilege is a right to execute a particular type of Power Center function. Privileges are not configurable

Access Control 44Power Overview Fully functional:For users with the "Manage Device/Group," "View Device/Group," "Manage Event

Access Control 45Device List Fully functional:For users with the "View Device/Group" and "Manage Device/Group" privileges.Partiall

Access Control 46Global ConfigurationThe "Global Configuration" privilege enables:• Changing the Power Center global configuration. For exam

Access Control 47Device DiscoveryThe "Device Discovery" privilege enables:• Discovering network devicesWhat happens without this privilege?Y

Access Control 48• Creating logical groups• Creating a Data Center/Room/Aisle/Rack/Device • Associating Data Center/Room/Aisle/Rack/Device/Logical Gro

Access Control 49You can view the events information and add comment to the events, but cannot delete events. You cannot see the Thresholds tab in the

Contents 5Deleting a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Managing Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Global Configuration . . .

Access Control 50To import a license:1Request a license from www.dell.com/powercenter.2Click Import License.3Click Upload File.4Select a license file,

Device Discovery 515Device DiscoveryTo manage devices in Power Center, you must add the devices to the Power Center management console first. You can

Device Discovery 52• Device types include server, UPS, PDU and chassis. • Set the connection protocol and credential information so that the device ca

Device Discovery 53 NOTE: Power Center server tries to get device names from the DNS server specified in the network configuration of the operating s

Device Discovery 543Select the connnection protocol(s), and click Next.Step 3. View Summary and Search Devices1The Summary information displays. Revie

Device Discovery 552Enter the device and protocol information - Required Device Information, Protocol Information, Optional Device Information - for t

Device Discovery 561Go to Group Management → Physical (Logical) Group → View All Physical Groups.2Click the selected physical/logical group icon and i

Device Discovery 57Management Controller, see "Configuration - New SSL Server Certificate Configuration" in the Using Windows Remote Managem

Device Management 586Device ManagementThe Device List page lists network-discovered devices and devices added manually. From this page, you can:• Add

Device Management 59Device Type Device type, including:•Server•PDU•UPS•Chassis• UnsupportedDevice Model Device model, for example, PowerEdge M610.Prot

Contents 6Editing Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Deleting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Filtering Devices .

Device Management 60 NOTE: If a device is already discovered and listed in the Device List page, when Power Center runs a discovery task and this dev

Device Management 61 NOTE: 1) If you selected devices with different protocol types, then you cannot edit the protocol information. 2) If you edit th

Device Management 621Go to the Device List page.2Click Delete Tasks → Delete All.3Read the pop-up message, and click Yes to continue.Filtering Devices

Device Management 63•Physical Group — Select a physical group where the device is located. You can select any level of the physical group, including d

Group Management 647Group ManagementYou can configure several devices as a group so that you can manage them.Power Center enables you to create and or

Group Management 65 NOTE: To view the updated location information on supported device, you must 1) Make sure the device status is "Connected&qu

Group Management 664The page displays the selected group/device at the right, and displays the corresponding Power Overview or Group Management page o

Physical Groups 678Physical GroupsA physical group is a group of groups/devices with a structure mapping that represents the actual physical layout. A

Physical Groups 685Click Apply.Managing Physical GroupsAdding Devices to a Physical GroupAfter you create a physical group, you can add or associate d

Physical Groups 69• Show additional columns: The page displays three device information columns by default (Select, Name, Status). Click Show Addition

Contents 7Managing Logical Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Adding a Logical Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Adding Devices or Groups to

Physical Groups 70dRepeat the previous step to select more devices and the corresponding slots. You can select multiple devices from different pages.e

Physical Groups 71 NOTE: After the device is removed, it still exists in the Device List page. You can add it to any physical group or logical group

Physical Groups 721Click Move.2The Move Physical Group window displays the physical group structure of the physical group on top, and displays a list

Physical Groups 73• Access from the left pane of the Power Center management console: You can click Group Management → Select a Physical Group to ente

Logical Groups 749Logical GroupsA logical group is a collection of groups and devices with a logical relation. A logical group does not need to map wi

Logical Groups 75Adding Devices or Groups to a Logical GroupYou can add devices or groups to a logical group. Only one device or group can be added at

Logical Groups 76Editing Logical GroupsAfter you created a logical group, you can edit the logical group information.To edit a logical group:1Go to Gr

Logical Groups 77The Logical Groups page lists all logical groups by name in alphabetical order (A-Z). You can click a logical group’s active link to

Power Monitoring 7810Power MonitoringPower Center enables the monitoring of current or historical power-related metrics (for example, power consumptio

Power Monitoring 79Thresholds is useful if you want to be notified when the power of the group/device exceeds the thresholds. Once the power value exc

Contents 8Monitoring Temperature of Devices/Groups. . . . . . 92Temperature Dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Printing Temperature Monito

Power Monitoring 80Viewing Power DetailsGo to Power Overview → Physical (or Logical) Groups, click the group/device icon, and then open the Power Deta

Power Monitoring 81Yo u c a n a l s o:View power details for the current time window • Click a time window tab to see the current power details. NO

Power Monitoring 82For example, when you view power details in the 1H (1 hour) window, the maximum value at 15:00 shows 500W and the time interval is

Power Monitoring 83 NOTE: Power Center can read the power consumption of a device when it is at S0 (On) state. For devices in S4/S5 state, Power Cent

Power Monitoring 84• If you view the PDU Dashboard from the Dashboard page of a group: The PDU Dashboard displays all PDU information in a table.• If

Power Monitoring 85• If you view the UPS Dashboard from the Dashboard page of a UPS: The UPS Dashboard displays the specific UPS information in a grap

Power Monitoring 86The dashboard graph displays: For devices (Excludes PDU and UPS):• The left box displays the average power consumption of the lates

Power Monitoring 87Printing Power Monitoring/Dashboard GraphClick Print to print the power monitoring, power dashboard graph to a PDF file or printer.

Temperature Monitoring 8811Temperature MonitoringPower Center enables monitoring of the current or historical temperature of the data centers in Power

Temperature Monitoring 89To configure thresholds:1Go to Power Overview → Physical (or Logical) Groups, and click the group/device icon.2Go to Threshol

Contents 9Adding a Device or Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Removing/Changing Device or Group. . . . . . . . . 107Printing the Comparison Re

Temperature Monitoring 90By default, the Temperature Details graph displays temperature details of the previous hour. You can also:• View temperature

Temperature Monitoring 91 NOTE: The table above lists the interval when the sampling interval is at the default value (1 minute). The sampling interv

Temperature Monitoring 92•Average: The average value of the latest sampling interval. •Maximum: The maximum value of the latest sampling interval. •Mi

Temperature Monitoring 93The dashboard graph displays: For devices (Excludes PDU and UPS):• The left box displays the average temperature status of th

Temperature Monitoring 94For more information on how to configure the thresholds, see "Temperature Monitoring Configuration" in the "Te

Power Policies 9512Power PoliciesA power policy is a set of configurations used to manage the power cap for devices or groups. A policy is useful for

Power Policies 96How Does a Dynamic Power Policy Work?To understand how a dynamic policy works, you need to understand the following terms first:• Con

Power Policies 97If the average power consumption of a device becomes lower than the power cap established for the device, its power cap is evaluated

Power Policies 98Scenario 2. You try to import a license on a device without a license importedIn this case, the following happens:• If a policy exist

Power Policies 994The Create New Policy window opens, set a power cap using the following steps:aEnter a policy name, maximum length of no more than 2