Announcement: Power Manager 3.0 plugin release

Hello OpenManage Enterprise and Power Manager plugin Users,

Power Manager 3.0 is now available for online install and update.

Prerequisite: OpenManage Enterprise users with version 3.9 (please ensure update settings is set to automatic and online)

New features/Enhancements

• Create, edit, and delete virtual machine (VM) groups.
• View energy consumption cost for VMs, VM groups, devices, and groups.
• View carbon emission for devices and groups.
• Automatically create physical hierarchy for unplaced devices that is based on location data in the device console.
• Added support for new devices.
• Analyze and compare the server utilization metrics - CPU, I/O, memory bandwidth, and system usage.
• Identify and view idle servers.
• Generate alerts for devices and groups when power consumption approaches the power cap.
• Stagger power on of devices when EPR is disabled.
• Update the device location in the device console as per the data in Power Manager.
• Support for new custom and integrated reports.
• View information about power and vCPU usage of VMs associated with a device.
• Enable force shutdown of devices while enabling EPR.
• View new metrics of PowerEdge servers.
• Added support for LCS Event-triggered EPR and alerts.
• View minimum and maximum power consumption graphs of virtual machines and virtual machine groups.
• Select a section of the graph to zoom.
• For a simultaneous view of all the metrics at a specific time, hover over one of the graphs.
• Add groups to the OpenManage Enterprise dashboard.

Manuals

Power Manager plugin: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/openmanage-enterprise-power-manager/docs

OpenManage Enterprise: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/dell-openmanage-enterprise/docs

What if I have questions?

Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues:

• Visit www.dell.com/support
• Select your support category
• Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country/Region drop-down list at the bottom of page
• Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need