License requirements
Use OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license together with your iDRAC license to work with all the features of
Power Manager. The following table provides the license combinations that is required to add and monitor servers in
Power Manager.
Table 1. License capability with servers
Power Manager license behavior with iDRAC
OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license
|
iDRAC Base license
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iDRAC Express license
|
iDRAC Enterprise license
|
iDRAC Data Center license
|
Device and group monitoring
|
Device and group management
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
No
|
No
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
No
|
No
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
No
|
No
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
No
|
No
|
Added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
No
|
No
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Yes
|
No
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Not added
|
Added
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
The following table provides license information that is required to add chassis for power management through Power Manager.
Table 2. License capability with chassis
Power Manager license behavior with CMC Enterprise license for various chassis
Chassis models
|
CMC Enterprise license
|
Monitoring
|
Power policy
|
Emergency Power Reduction (EPR)
|
PowerEdge VRTX
|
Not added
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
PowerEdge VRTX
|
Added
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s
|
Not added
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s
|
Added
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PowerEdge M1000e
|
NA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
PowerEdge MX7000
|
NA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Licensing behavior in
Power Manager for devices:
- If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license on the target devices is expired or deleted, the devices are removed from
Power Manager. You must re-add the devices to
Power Manager after adding the license.
- If EPR is enabled on a device, and the device is removed from
Power Manager due to an expired or deleted license, then you cannot access the device through
Power Manager. To disable EPR, go to the iDRAC or CMC page of the device and remove the EPR.
- If policy and alert thresholds are set on a device, and the device is removed from
Power Manager due to an expired or deleted license, then the policy and alert thresholds are removed from the device.
Licensing behavior in
Power Manager for groups:
- For a group, only the devices that have a valid license are added as part of the group into
Power Manager. Metrics are collected only for these devices in the group.
- If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license is expired or deleted from the target devices that are part of a group, the devices are removed from
Power Manager. After updating the license, these devices are automatically added to
Power Manager in the next inventory cycle.
- If EPR is enabled on a group, and if the license is expired or deleted for any device in a group, the device is not removed from
Power Manager.
- If EPR is enabled on a group, you cannot remove the group or any device that is part of the group from
Power Manager.