Unmanaged device support
HPE OneView provides administrators with the capability to define unmanaged devices to them place within Racks, in order to provide a more realistic and complete data center layout.
Unmanaged devices are created automatically to represent devices that are attached to an Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (iPDU) using Power Discovery Services connections. HPE BladeSystem enclosures and ProLiant DL series servers are shown in the
unmanaged or
unsupported state in the
Enclosures and
Server Hardware in the master pane, respectively. These will be represented as unmanaged enclosures and servers; as such, they are not included in the
Unmanaged Devices resource list.
Unmanaged devices are created automatically to represent devices that are attached to an Intelligent Power Distribution Unit (iPDU) using Power Discovery Services connections. HPE BladeSystem enclosures and ProLiant DL series servers are shown in the
unmanaged or
unsupported state in the
Enclosures and
Server Hardware in the master pane, respectively. These will be represented as unmanaged enclosures and servers; as such, they are not included in the
Unmanaged Devices resource list.
When creating an unmanaged device, you provide its name, model description, height in U-slots, and maximum power in watts that the unmanaged device can consume. The maximum power values are used in power and cooling capacity analysis, and enable alerts to be generated identify potential power and cooling issues. The values also help in analyzing the power consumption of the rack or any other power delivery device attached to the unmanaged device.
The default value for Name is the iLO or the Onboard Administrator name for any automatically added unmanaged device. The default value for Height is inferred from the height of the specific device model.
You can obtain this information from the device specifications, the calibrated maximum power reported by the device (if available), the HPE Power Advisor available at, https://www.hpe.com/info/poweradvisor/onlineor your estimate of the maximum power consumption for the device.
Because there is no communication to the unmanaged device, the status is
disabled unless appliance-generated alerts identify issues to be addressed.
The management interface link opens a browser to the HPE iPDU through its IP address.
The Location describes the device location in the physical rack. The term
not set means that you have not added the device to the rack configuration. Select
to specify the location of the device.
The Powered by option describes the parent delivery device that supplies power to this device. The term
unspecified means that you have not specified the parent delivery device. Select
or
to specify the parent power delivery device.
For purposes of power configuration, unmanaged devices are assumed to have two power supply connections to support redundant power. These are identified as power supplies 1 and 2. If an unmanaged device does not support redundant power, connect only power supply 1, and then clear the alert about the lack of redundant power to the device.
For devices that are not discovered through Power Discovery Services connections, you can manually add these devices to the appliance for tracking, inventory, and power management purposes.