Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager Version 1.0 User’s Guide

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License requirements for Power Manager

Use OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license to work with all the features of Power Manager. The following table depicts the license combination that is required to use Power Manager.

Table 1. License capability with servers Power Manager license behavior with iDRAC
OpenManage Enterprise Advanced License	iDRAC Basic License	iDRAC Express License	iDRAC Enterprise License	Monitoring of devices and groups	Management of devices and groups
No	Yes	No	No	No	No
No	No	Yes	No	No	No
No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

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	No	Yes	No	Yes
PowerEdge VRTX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s	No	Yes	No	Yes
PowerEdge FX2 or PowerEdge FX2s	Yes	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 is expired on or is deleted from the target devices, the devices are removed from Power Manager. You must 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 expired or deleted license, then you cannot access this device through Power Manager. To disable EPR, go to the iDRAC or CMC page of the device and remove the EPR.
If a policy and alert thresholds are set on a device, and the device is removed from Power Manager due to expired or deleted license, then the policy and the threshold is removed for the device.

Licensing behavior in Power Manager for groups:

For a group, only the devices that have valid license are added as part of the group into Power Manager. Hence, the metrics are collected only for these devices in the group.
If the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced license is expired on or deleted from the target devices that are part of a group, the devices are removed from Power Manager. After adding the license, these devices are automatically added to Power Manager in the next inventory cycle.
If EPR is enabled on a group, and if license has 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 part of the group from Power Manager.

OpenManage Enterprise Advanced License	iDRAC Basic License	iDRAC Express License	iDRAC Enterprise License	Monitoring of devices and groups	Management of devices and groups
No	Yes	No	No	No	No
No	No	Yes	No	No	No
No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

OpenManage Enterprise Advanced License	iDRAC Basic License	iDRAC Express License	iDRAC Enterprise License	Monitoring of devices and groups	Management of devices and groups
No	Yes	No	No	No	No
No	No	Yes	No	No	No
No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

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License requirements for Power Manager

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