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Direct from

Development

OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager

Tech Note by:

Lori Matthews

Tad Walsh

SUMMARY

OpenManage Enterprise Power

Manager monitors, reports,

alerts and caps power

consumption in data centers of

all sizes.

Power Manager enables better

visibility, improved control,

greater rack density, faster

power capping, and greater

accuracy, all of which leads to

better decision making for data

center operators.

Useful for both IT- and Facilities

administrators, Power Manager

helps to reduce energy footprint

and brings greater energy

efficiency to the data center.

Measure and manage power utilization

OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is a product for power monitoring,

alerting, reporting and capping in the data center, for users of all sizes. Power

Manager provides accurate, real-time power and thermal monitoring and

management of servers, racks, and IT equipment such as PDU’s, USP’s and

non-Dell EMC servers as well. It thus gives a consolidated view of the data

center at the level of the server, the rack, the row, or the entire room, allowing

users to gain greater insight into energy usage throughout the data center.

Users of Power Manager can measure and manage the power consumption of

up to 6,000 servers and devices, and track both short-term and long-term

historical data. Its capabilities are useful for both IT- and Facilities

Administrators and allows them to work jointly to bring greater energy

efficiency to the data center, to reduce energy footprint and make the data

center “green”.

Image 1: The Power Manager GUI is intuitive and easy to use. This partial screen view shows

warning thresholds set by the IT Admin (yellow and red) while the needle indicates current status,

giving the Admin immediate, at-a-glance information.

Beyond helping to reduce power consumption, Power Manager:

• Allows users to set pre-defined power policies can help mitigate

operational risks

• Provides users with a single-click Emergency Power Reduction (EPR)

command that cuts power to a predetermined minimum level

• Simplifies cost itemization and chargeback, to improve allocation of

power costs to business units, locations, or specific functions.

Summary of content (3 pages)

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Direct from Development PowerEdge Product Group OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Tech Note by: Lori Matthews Tad Walsh SUMMARY OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager monitors, reports, alerts and caps power consumption in data centers of all sizes. Measure and manage power utilization OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is a product for power monitoring, alerting, reporting and capping in the data center, for users of all sizes.
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Reduce consumption during low-load hours Users can identify energy savings opportunities through management of their data center according to business needs. For example, if demands on systems are lower overnight or during weekends, Power Manager allows users to implement policies that throttle back power consumption during those hours, and/or assign maximum possible power to those servers running the most important applications. Create and implement multiple usage policies.
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PowerEdge Product Group Direct from Development centralize control, monitor server temperatures, and easily respond to thermal anomalies with rapid power adjustments. For example, users can respond to temperature spikes with a single-click Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) command that cuts power to a predetermined minimum level. In the event of an urgent situation, the Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) feature of Power Manager can reduce power consumption and heat generation.