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DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotesTopics:PriorityandrecommendationsCompatibilityNewinthisreleaseFixedissuesKnownissuesLimitationsInstallationinstructionsVersion4.
1Rev.
A00ReleasesummaryDellEMCOpenManagePowerCenter(OMPC)isapowermanagementsolutionforthedatacenter.
Itenablesyoutomonitorandmanagepowerconsumptionandtemperatureinyourdatacenterthroughthemanagementconsole.
PriorityandrecommendationsOPTIONAL:Dellrecommendsthecustomerreviewspecificsabouttheupdatetodetermineifitappliestoyoursystem.
Theupdatecontainschangesthatimpactonlycertainconfigurations,orprovidesnewfeaturesthatmay/maynotapplytoyourenvironment.
CompatibilityFollowingisthelistofsupportedDellplatforms,hardware,operatingsystems,andwebbrowsersinthisreleaseofPowerCenter:SupportedplatformsPowerEdgeR310ServerPowerEdgeR410ServerPowerEdgeR515ServerPowerEdgeR610ServerPowerEdgeR710ServerPowerEdgeR715ServerPowerEdgeR810ServerPowerEdgeR815ServerPowerEdgeR910ServerPowerEdgeM610ServerPowerEdgeM610xServerPowerEdgeM710ServerPowerEdgeM710HDServerPowerEdgeM910ServerPowerEdgeT610ServerPowerEdgeT710ServerRev.
A002018-09DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotes1PowerEdgeFM120ServerPowerEdgeR320ServerPowerEdgeR420ServerPowerEdgeR520ServerPowerEdgeR620ServerPowerEdgeR720ServerPowerEdgeR720xdServerPowerEdgeR820ServerPowerEdgeR920ServerPowerEdgeM420ServerPowerEdgeM620ServerPowerEdgeM520ServerPowerEdgeT320ServerPowerEdgeT420ServerPowerEdgeT620ServerPowerEdgeR330ServerPowerEdgeR430ServerPowerEdgeR530ServerPowerEdgeR530XDServerPowerEdgeR630ServerPowerEdgeR730ServerPowerEdgeR730XdServerPowerEdgeR830ServerPowerEdgeR930ServerPowerEdgeR640ServerPowerEdgeR740ServerPowerEdgeR740XDServerPowerEdgeR840ServerPowerEdgeR940ServerPowerEdgeR940xaServerPowerEdgeM630ServerPowerEdgeM830ServerPowerEdgeT330ServerPowerEdgeT430ServerPowerEdgeT630ServerPowerEdgeFC430ServerPowerEdgeFC630ServerPowerEdgeFC830ServerPowerEdgeFD332ServerPowerEdgeC4130ServerPowerEdgeC6320ServerPowerEdgeC6420ServerPowerEdgeMX740CServerPowerEdgeMX840CServerPowerEdgeM1000eEnclosurePowerEdgeVRTXEnclosurePowerEdgeFX2/FX2sEnclosurePowerEdgeMX7000EnclosureSupportedhardware:Adual-coreprocessorof2.
6Ghzorhigher16GBRAM60GBfreespaceofharddriveGigabitbandwidthofnetworkinfrastructureSupportedoperatingsystems:MicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2EssentialsEditionMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2StandardEdition2DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotesMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2DatacenterEditionMicrosoftWindowsServer2016StandardEditionMicrosoftWindowsServer2016DataCenterEditionMicrosoftWindows8.
1ProfessionalMicrosoftWindows8.
1EnterpriseMicrosoftWindows10ProfessionalRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
9x86_64RedHatEnterpriseLinux7.
4RedHatEnterpriseLinux7.
5SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11SP4x86_64SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12SP3Supportedwebbrowsers:GoogleChrome63,64,and65MozillaFirefox57,58,and59MicrosoftInternetExplorer11MicrosoftEdgeNewinthisreleaseSupportfornewplatforms,operatingsystems,andbrowsers.
SupportforTripplitePDU.
Fordetailsonthepreviousrelease,seeOMPC4.
0ReleaseNotes.
FixedissuesIssue1:MisleadingerrormessageinPoweranalysispage.
Description:Whenyouselectagroupwithoutanyrackforpoweranalysis,theerrormessagedisplayedismisleading.
Rootcause:ThedifferenterrorcasesnotmappedtodifferenterrorcodesandOMPC4.
0cannotprovideerrorinformationindetailwhenthereisanunsupportedscenario.
Resolution:InOMPC4.
1,newerrormappingcodeisaddedandOMPCcanprovideclearerrorinfointhiscase.
KnownissuesIssue1:InconsistentpowerdataobservedforR640inIPMIandRedfishprotocol.
Description:ThereareminordifferencesintheR640dataobservedthroughtheIPMIandRedfishprotocols,asboththeprotocolsusedifferentsamplingintervalsforpowerreading.
Resolution:Itisrecommendedtouseoneprotocolatatimefordatacollectiontomaintainconsistencyindata.
LimitationsIssue1:Thepowergraphisblankwhileviewingthepower(ortemperature)history.
Description:Whenviewingthepowerhistory(ortemperature)ofaselectedgroupinthe15minute/1Hwindow,thegraphisblank.
Possiblecause:OpenManagePowerCenterhasjustbeeninstalledandhasnotcollectedenoughdatatoprovideapowerhistorygraph.
Resolutionorworkaround:ItisrecommendedtowaitasOpenManagePowerCentercollectsappropriatedatatopresentthegraph.
Issue2:ThoughIhaveeditedandsavedtheIPMIkey,thenexttimeIopenthesavedIPMIprofile,thekeyisonceagaindisplayedas0000….
Description:Thekeymighthavechanged,andtheyoumayhaveupdatedthevalue.
However,whilethedisplayshouldreadthevalueasxxxx…asthekeyisencrypted,theencryptedkeyisinsteaddisplayedas0000….
.
Thereisnodifferencebetweenthedisplay0000….
andxxxx….
Resolutionorworkaround:N/AIssue3:OMPCdoesnotprovideawarningwhenIdeletemyownLDAPaccount.
.
DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotes3Description:IloggedintoOpenManagePowerCenterwithmyLDAPaccount,andthendeletedtheLDAPaccountintheusermanagementsettingsscreen,butOpenManagePowerCenterdidnotprovideawarningthatwasdeletingtheaccountIwasusingtologin.
Tobefixedinthesubsequentreleasewhichwillhaveawarningmessagetoensurethatyouawarethatyouaredeletingthecurrent-useraccount.
Resolutionorworkaround:LoginoraskpersonwithadminrightaccounttologintoOpenManagePowerCenterandcreatetheaccountifinfactyoumadeamistakeofdeletingtheaccount.
Issue4:ServercannoteditthepowerpolicyontheenclosureM1000e/VRTXfromstatictodynamic.
Description:OMPCsupportsstaticpowerpolicyforM1000e/VRTXatthechassislevel.
Duetothis,theoptionforselectingdynamicorstaticpowerpolicyisunavailable.
Resolutionorworkaround:SelectStaticpowerpolicyforM1000e/VRTX.
Issue5:Deviceselectionislostwhennavigatingtoanotherpage.
Description:ThisisaknownlimitationoftheOMPCUI.
TheUIonlyfocussesonthecurrentpage.
Anyactionssuchaseditordeleteneedtobetakenonthecurrentpagefortheselecteddevices.
Otherwise,theselectionwillbelostwhenyounavigatetothenextpage.
Resolutionorworkaround:Performtherecommendedtasksondevicesdisplayedonepageatatime.
Issue6:IgetanetworkexceptionerrorwhenIamtryingtologinwithanLDAPuseraccount.
Description:LDAPserverconfiguration(seeSettings>Directory)isrequiredtologinwithanLDAPuseraccount.
ThisissuecouldbecausedbythenetworkcommunicationbetweenLDAPandOMPCserverduringtheauthenticationprocess.
Resolutionorworkaround:ChecktheLDAPconfigurationinOpenManagePowerCentersettingtomakesuretheIPaddressofLDAPserveriscorrect.
Issue7:Thememorypowerisincorrectforsomedevicesinpowerhistorywindow.
Description:Thepowerhistorychartindevicepageshowsabnormalreading/spikesinmemorypower.
Resolutionorworkaround:UpdatetheiDRACfirmwaretolatesttosolvethisissue.
Issue8:PowercapabilitychangedfromMonitorandcappingtoNoneforT420ServerwhenweapplythetheiDRACfirmware2.
10.
10.
10.
Description:EventhoughT420serverhavethecappingcapability,itwillchangetoNoneifweapplyiDRACfirmware2.
10.
10.
10.
Resolutionorworkaround:UpdatetheiDRACfirmwaretolatesttosolvethisissue.
Issue9:SlotinfoofC6420isnotavailableifthedeviceisdiscoveredthroughRedfishprotocol.
Description:IfaC6420serverisaddedthroughRedfishprotocol,thereisnoRedfishcommandtogetitsslotnumberinchassis.
Resolutionorworkaround:Ifyouneedtoviewtheslotinformation,youcanremovethedeviceandre-discovertheserverthroughIPMIprotocol.
Issue10:Turningon"Lockdownmode"on14GserverswillimpactOMPCfunctionsofpowercappinganddevicelocationediting,iftheserverisdiscoveredbyRedfishprotocol.
Description:14thgenerationofPowerEdgeserversprovidedanewswitch"Lockdownmode"iniDRACconsole.
The"Lockdownmode"willlockdownallwriteoperationontheservers.
Turningon"Lockdownmode"on14GserverswillimpactOMPCfunctionsofpowercappinganddevicelocationediting.
TheseoperationsinOMPCwillfailwhenthe"Lockdownmode"isenabled.
Resolutionorworkaround:Turn-offthe"Lockdownmode"iniDRACconsoleifyouarediscoveringtheserverthroughRedfishprotocolorremovethedeviceandre-discovertheserverthroughIPMIprotocol.
Issue11:IfyouinstallOMPC4.
0orpriorversionswithapathdifferentfromthatofthedefaultpath(forexample,/opt/DELL/ompc)onLinuxoperatingsystemsandtrytorunthecommandrpm-UOpenManagePowerCenter.
rpmtoupgradetothelatestversion,anerrorisdisplayedandtheupgradeisnotsuccessful.
Description:Thisisalimitationintherpmtool.
Therpmtoolfails,ifthespecifiedpathisnotadefaultinstallationpathoftheolderversions.
Resolutionorworkaround:Itisrecommendedtoruntheinstall.
shtoupgradetoOMPC4.
1onLinuxoperatingsystemsoraddprefixparametertospecifythenon-defaultpathwhenusingrunrpm-Ucommand(forexample,rpm-UOpenManagePowerCenter.
rpm--prefix/opt/DELL/ompc1).
4DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotesInstallationinstructionsInstallationprerequisitesDependenciesManagedserversmusthaveanIntegratedDellRemoteAccessController(iDRAC)6,7,or8.
Itisrecommendedtousethelatestversionfirmware.
PowerDistributionUnit(PDU)andUninterruptiblePowerSupply(UPS)devicesmustcomplywiththeManagementInformationBase(MIB)thevendorprovidesthroughSNMPinterface.
DevicesmustprovideexclusiveaccessforPowerCenterbecausethepoliciessetonthedevicesfromothermanagementsoftwareaffectthePowerCenterpowercontrolfunction.
TheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)user,throughwhichPowerCentercommunicateswithdevices,mustbealocaluseraccountwhoserolesincludeAdministrator.
ThedevicemustbeconfiguredtoallowtheAdministratortouseatleastoneoftheciphersuitelevels0–3,andenabletheIPMIoverLANsetting.
TheWSmanuser,throughwhichPowerCentercommunicateswiththechassis,mustbealocaluserwiththeAdministratorrole.
ThechassismustbeconfiguredtoenabletheWebServerservice.
Download1.
ClicktheDownloadFilelinktodownloadthefile.
2.
WhentheFileDownloadwindowappears,clickSavetosavethefiletoyourharddrive.
Extractfiles1.
Browsetothelocationwherethefileisdownloadedanddouble-clickthenewfiletounzipthedownloadedpackage.
2.
Specifythelocationtounzipthefiles.
3.
Clicktheunzipbuttontoextractthefiles.
InstallationBrowsetothelocationwherethefilesareunzippedandruntheapplication.
DellOpenManagePowerCenter4.
1ReleaseNotes5Notes,cautions,andwarningsNOTE:ANOTEindicatesimportantinformationthathelpsyoumakebetteruseofyourproduct.
CAUTION:ACAUTIONindicateseitherpotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
WARNING:AWARNINGindicatesapotentialforpropertydamage,personalinjury,ordeath.
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