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Summary: Dell Technologies provides the capability to manage your PowerEdge servers & selected other devices power through OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager. Power Manager lets you view, measure, and control server power consumption and monitor server telemetry increase your infrastructure’s efficiency and performance. ...

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Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Dell Technologies support for server power management

Server power management is a key component of Dell PowerEdge servers. Server power management includes:

  • Measure power usage, carbon emissions, and thermal health
  • Mitigate risks from power and cooling events
  • Utilize capacity
  • Set policy-based controls

Dell Technologies enhances your visibility into server power consumption and control utilization through the console’s integration with the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) embedded in Dell PowerEdge servers. OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is the next generation of server power management. Power Manager lets you view, measure, and control server power consumption and increase your infrastructure’s performance. As an extension to Dell OpenManage Enterprise, this extension is a vital piece of the OpenManage portfolio and provides integration.

OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager replaces OpenManage Power Center. OMPC no longer has additional functionality added.
Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Benefits of OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

  • Measure energy consumed by IT equipment at a server, rack, row, or room level
  • Mitigate risk by reducing power consumption per predefined policies that maximize the uptime of business-critical applications by reducing noncritical consumption
  • Increase data center density by identifying racks with equipment not using the power capacity that has been wired into it
  • View CO2 emissions report as it relates to PowerEdge server usage
  • Identify idle servers to repurpose or remove
  • Reports containing CPU usage and power consumption that can be used for:
    • Chargeback
    • Workload balancing based on power consumption
    • Identifying rack space for server installations
  • Power policies to automatically set power caps for an individual server or groups of servers
  • Policies to automatically take corrective action when temperatures are too high
 

Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Power Usage

Features of OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

  • Monitor & manage server power consumption & thermals
  • View real-time system airflow history of PowerEdge servers
  • View, analyze, and report the subsystem power and Compute Usage Per Second (CUPS) values
  • Access to device or groups summary, events, policies, and power and thermal threshold settings
  • Parallel Coordinates graphs
  • Input current power limiting
  • PSU draw by grid
  • GPU power and thermal reporting
  • Support for selected UPS & iPDU 
  • REST API Including report generation
  • Reports:
    • Predefined report templates to customize, run, with  export & schedule options
    • Greenhouse gas report
    • Server subcomponent power report
    • Idle and underutilized server report
    • Report on power for HPE and Lenovo servers
    • Reporting "stranded power" in the data center
    • Identifying empty rack space for server installations
    • BIOS profiles of PowerEdge Servers 
  • Manage remote devices and control power spikes during power-on operation
  • Configurable chassis inventory schedule and immediate execution on need basis
 

Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Enhancements to OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Dell Technologies is constantly improving OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager.

New in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager 3.3

  • PowerFlex power & thermal management
  • Support for Dell iPDU (currently sold with PowerMax)
  • Detailed thermal reporting for CPUs & PSUs
 

See OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Documentation for the latest User's Guide and Release Notes for the complete list of enhancements as well as limitations, fixed issues, and known issues.

Licensing for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Use of OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is included with the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced License. Advanced features of Power Manager depend on the server's iDRAC or modular enclosure license. Advanced licenses are available at server point of sale (POS) and after point of sale (APOS) using these SKUs. The OpenManage Portfolio Software Licensing Guide provides additional information for licensing options for your organization.

A 90-day evaluation OpenManage Enterprise Advanced trial license is available which includes Power Manager to fully test and experience all the features. This trial license is limited to work with iDRAC9 Express, Enterprise, or Data Center licenses. Learn more and download license >.

OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license SKU
SKU Description
528-BJEW APOS Legacy Platforms
528-BIYY POS Current and future platforms
528-BIYX APOS Current and future platforms
528-BJEV APOS Upgrade from server configuration license Legacy Platforms
528-BIYW APOS Upgrade from server configuration license Current and future platforms
Power Manager features for PowerEdge servers
Power Manager Features OpenManage Enterprise Advanced/Advanced+ and iDRAC Basic OpenManage Enterprise Advanced/Advanced+ and iDRAC Express OpenManage Enterprise Advanced/Advanced+ and iDRAC Enterprise OpenManage Enterprise Advanced/Advanced+ and iDRAC Data Center
Monitor & report server metrics including :  power & thermal for system,  CPU, , PSU ; Utilization  metrics for :  system, CPU, I/O, Fan, memory bandwidth. ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Energy consumption costs and carbon usage ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Static power policy (power cap) ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Emergency Power Reduction (Throttle and Shutdown) - EPR ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Temperature triggered policy and EPR. ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Liquid cooling leak detection and LCS EPR actions ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
Thresholds (Alert thresholds and Power cap thresholds) ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Virtual Machine power monitoring and grouping ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Physical hierarchy and rack management ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically create a physical hierarchy and Update location in iDRAC. ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
GPU power & thermal ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Idle server detection ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
Selected non Dell server No license required      
Power Manager features for PowerEdge enclosures
Power Manager Features PowerEdge MX7000 PowerEdge M1000e PowerEdge FX2/FX2s/VRTX PowerEdge FX2/FX2s/VRTX
No License Requirements No License Requirements CMC Express CMC Enterprise
Monitor device metrics (Power, thermal, and energy metrics). ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Energy consumption costs and carbon usage ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Static power policy ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
Temperature triggered policy and EPR. ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
Alert thresholds ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Physical hierarchy and rack management ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically create a physical hierarchy. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Update device location in chassis console ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
 

Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Download and install for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Power Manager 3.2 is a plug-in for the OpenManage Enterprise (minimum version 4.0). To download and install or upgrade this extension:

Ensure use of OpenManage Enterprise version 4.0 or newer.
  1. Connectivity to the Power Manager plug-in
    • Online repository: Ensure connectivity to the downloads.dell.com portal from OpenManage Enterprise
    • Offline repository: Download the Power Manager plug-in files and extract to your offline repository
  2. Launch OpenManage Enterprise
  3. In Applications Settings, click Console and Plugins. The Console and Plugin page is displayed.
  4. In the Power Manager section, click Install. The Install plug-in page is displayed.
  5. Select the plug-in version from the Available Version drop-down menu that is supported on the installed version of OpenManage Enterprise. Review the list of prerequisites.
  6. Click Download the plug-in. The plug-in is downloaded, and the status of the plug-in is updated to Downloaded on the Console and Plugins page.
  7. In the Install Details page, click Install plug-in.
  8. Review the agreement and then click the Accept option.
  9. The details of the number of users who are logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and scheduled jobs are displayed in the confirmation window. To confirm the installation, select the "I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance before performing a plug-in action" option, and then click Confirm Install.
  • To instantly view the latest list of devices and groups that are part of Power Manager as a result of any license changes made on the target devices, click Run Inventory in OpenManage Enterprise, and then click the Refresh Power Manager capabilities option on the Power Manager Devices page.
  • View the count of overall power-capable devices from the Power Manager Devices Statistics section of the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.

Ensure use of OpenManage Enterprise version 4.0 or newer.
To upgrade Power Manager, perform the following steps:
  1. Launch OpenManage Enterprise, and click Application Settings > Console and Plugins. The Console and Plugins tab is displayed.
  2. In the Power Manager section, click Update Available. The Update Plugin page is displayed.
  3. To view the updates for this version, click the Release Notes link. The support page is displayed.
  4. To download the update, click Download Plugin. The Enabled plug-in during update option is selected by default. If you want to disable the plug-in post upgrade, clear the Enabled plug-in during update option. The plug-in is downloaded, and the status of the download is displayed on a green color band.
  5. To update Power Manager, click Update Plugin.
  6. In the End User License Agreement window, review and click the Accept option.
  7. The details of the number of users who are logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and scheduled jobs are displayed in the confirmation window. To confirm the installation, select the "I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance before performing a plug-in action" option, and then click Confirm Install.
To view the list of devices and groups that are Redfish capable, click Run Inventory in OpenManage Enterprise, and then click the Refresh Power Manager capabilities option on the Power Manager Devices page.
 

Resources for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Community

Engage in the OpenManage Systems Management community to find:

  • Boards to post questions and answers
  • Blogs to read and comment on articles
  • Idea exchanges to improve products and vote for ideas that other community members have posted
  • And more....

Documentation

See OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Documentation for the latest documentation.

White Papers

Data Center Carbon Usage


May 2022
16 page white paper
This white paper provides guidance to measure the data center’s carbon usage based on energy consumed during operations. Emissions measurement is crucial to meet data center sustainability goals.

Read the white paper

Installation Guide for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager


September 2020
34 page white paper
This technical white paper provides guidance for setting up Power Manager for the first time. The paper contains details on how to install it on OpenManage Enterprise and setting up Power Manager to kick start power monitoring and management for a data center.

Read the white paper

Importing Physical Groups and Device Association from a CSV file


October 2020
13 page white paper
Use this white paper to import your existing device groups into OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager as physical groups to replicate the devices and their locations in your data center and, leading to an effective rack management system.

Read the white paper

Server Performance Advisor


May 2022
24 page white paper
This technical white paper provides guidance to view and analyze various performance parameters of monitored devices related to power, performance, and thermal management.

Read the white paper

Analyze Multivariate Metrics


December 2023
17 page white paper
The white paper provides insights into the usage of various features of parallel coordinates to analyze multivariate metrics and manage the data center in a more efficient way. A parallel coordinate graph allows data center analysts to visualize, analyze, and evaluate complex multivariate device metrics in Power Manager.

Read the white paper

Overview Of Power And Thermal Reports


February 2023
29 page white paper
This technical white paper review reports for power and thermal data that is used to assess the consumption and emission of devices over a period and thus helps administrators to take proper actions in understanding and reducing the power consumption in the devices using Power Manager features. OpenManage Enterprise allows you to run integrated or create, define, and run custom power and thermal reports.

Read the white paper

Non-Dell Server Support In Power Manager


September 2023
2 page white paper
This short white paper highlights support for selected HPE and Lenovo server.

Read the white paper

Using OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager for Chargeback


September 2020
17 page white paper
This technical white paper provides information about the best practices that you can follow using Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Plugin 1.2 to optimize the usage of Dell servers and chassis for power cost reduction and efficient budget.

Read the white paper

Overall Best Practices for OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager


September 2020
23 page white paper
This technical white paper provides information about the overall best practices for the usage of the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager plug-in.

Read the white paper

Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) feature with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager


August 2020
38 page white paper
This white paper provides an overview about the effective utilization of the Emergency Power Reduction feature in a data center environment with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager.

Read the white paper

Rein in power consumption faster and more easily


November 2023
4 page white paper
Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager 3.0 hand on testing delivered faster server power monitoring and capping vs. completing tasks manually. Read the testing and results.

Read the white paper

Power Manager Infographic


August 2023
1 page infographic
Infographic covering the features and benefits of Power Manager, how its usage can save power and save money.

Read the white paper

Best practices for Alert Management using OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager


September 2019
22 page white paper
This technical white paper describes the process of configuring and following some best practices of using the Alerts features in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager version 1.0 to manage the data center better by leveraging the power monitoring and management capabilities.

Read the white paper

Videos

OpenManage Quick Insight : OME Power Manager

OpenManage quick insight video show casing features and benefits of Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Plugin. Review consumption, thermal data, performance metrics, costs, CO2 emissions and more. Analyze by server, rack, row, or even a whole data center. Schedule power caps and automatically respond to thermal events.
October 2023
OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Tech Talk  

Overview of OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager's features & benefits.
July 2021


Identify zombies with OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Identify servers that are drawing high power and perform low compute by analyzing a server's power and compute metric history.
October 2021

Summary of Principled Technologies OME Power Manager Testing

Review of hands on testing results carried out by a 3rd party agency
October 2021
Report power in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager  

Reporting capabilities of OpenManage Enterprise with Power Manager plugin.
October 2019

OME Power Manager multivariate metrics visualization overview 


OME Power Manager multivariate metrics visualization walk-through

Analyze multivariate metrics in Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager. Visualize multivariate device metrics in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager using a parallel coordinate graph. Using this graph, you can analyze and evaluate complex and multidimensional time-series metrics.
December 2023

Cause

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Resolution

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Affected Products

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Products

OpenManage Power Center, Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
Article Properties
Article Number: 000176254
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2024
Version:  24
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