Administrator Guide

Beyond Alerts – policy-based actions
15 Prefailure alerts provided by Dell EMC PowerEdge server systems management | ID 426
The following image shows the ‘wizard’ to help create a policy action based on event.
OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager is a plug-in to OpenManage Enterprise. Power Manager uses
power capping to ensure power for a group of servers remains within the envelope the customer sets for the
server group. An admin defines a group of servers by rack, row, or room of a data center. This policy ensures
that a rack does not spike power over the allotted WATTs in order to prevent breaker tripping or grid failure. In
addition, Power Manager uses power capping to immediately lower power on a group of servers that exceeds
the customer set temperature. Power capping can prevent an outage of servers due to high temperatures.
OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager uses alerts to warn the customer using the OpenManage Enterprise
console, email, or mapped to another vendor console. This integration allows the customer to react to the
power or thermal alert for a group of servers before experiencing an outage.
The following image shows the granular choices on the “Policy Settings” page of the wizard.