Overview

The Power Management Setup Guide covers the setup, configuration, and activation of BigFix Power Management for administrators, operators, and evaluators. It includes features like managing power settings, tracking power usage, creating power policies, Wake-on-LAN capabilities, and PC Insomnia detection. BigFix Power Management now supports additional Windows and Mac OS X versions.

The Power Management Setup Guide describes the initial setup, configuration, installation, and activation of the BigFix Power Management components. It is intended for BigFix administrators and operators, and evaluators of the product.

To learn about how to use and optimize the Power Management product in your environment, see the Power Management User's Guide.

Power Management supports many features, including:

  • Managing computer power settings and policies
  • Tracking and reporting computer power usage, including measuring power usage, potential power savings, and more
  • Tracking of computer states to create power policies that maximize power savings
  • Advanced Wake-on-LAN capabilities, including Last Man Standing, Wake-on-LAN 'Medic', scheduled wake-up times, and more
  • Support for PC Insomnia detection and prevention
  • A client-side dashboard where you can view power usage

New Features

BigFix Power Management has extended support to include the following Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions.
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2016
  • OS X 10.9
  • OS X 10.10
  • OS X 10.11
  • macOS 10.12
  • macOS 10.13
  • macOS 10.14
  • macOS 10.15