Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 2.0 User’s Guide

Rack management

Manage the physical groups hierarchy, and perform rack utilization for space and power using rack management features.

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

The devices have OpenManage Enterprise Advanced and the required management console licenses. For more information, see the License requirements.
Devices are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise. For information about discovering devices, see OpenManage Enterprise User's Guide.
The modular server is not in a Proxied state in OpenManage Enterprise.

To monitor and manage racks in your data center, perform the following steps:

Create the physical groups to replicate the group hierarchies in a data center.
Add the unmonitored devices in Power Manager.
Add the individual devices and unmonitored devices in physical groups.
View Power Manager details like group metrics, policy applied, power and space headroom data, by expanding Physical Hierachy to a group level and click Group Details.
Associate Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to rack. For more information, see associate PDU to rack .
Monitor PDU information. For more information, see View PDUs.