During a power shortage, enable the Emergency Power Reduction (EPR) on devices so that they run on minimal power.
About this task
NOTE Temperature-triggered EPR cannot be activated manually. When a temperature-triggered policy is active and the group temperature is equal to or exceeds the threshold value, Power Manager automatically applies the EPR.
To enable EPR, perform the following steps:
Steps
From OpenManage Enterprise, perform one of the following steps:
For device:
Click
Devices.
All the devices that are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise are displayed.
From the list of devices, click a device name.
The details of the device are displayed on the
Overview page.
To view
Power Manager related information, click
Metrics page.
For group:
Click
Devices > Static Groups > Group name.
All the devices that are part of the static group are displayed.
To view
Power Manager related information, click
Group Details.
To enable EPR, click the
Policies and EPR tab, and then click
Apply EPR.
In the confirmation screen, select one of the options and click
Apply EPR.
Throttle—All selected devices and groups are allowed to consume an extremely low level of power. This settings affects performance.
NOTE The throttle option is supported for servers with iDRAC DC or iDRAC Enterprise licenses and chassis.
Shut down—All selected devices or devices part of the selected group are shut down gracefully.
NOTE If a group consists of servers and chassis, and you select the
Shut down option, then only the servers in the group are shut down. The shut-down option applies only to servers.
Click
Yes on the confirmation screen.
EPR is enabled on the selected device or group. A red color bar indicator is displayed on the
Policies and EPR tab along with the type of EPR option applied.
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