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Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
Power Management Setup Guide
Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
Setup and configuration
Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
Manage Assumptions
BigFix calculates power consumption based on Active, Idle, Standby, and Off power states, using default assumptions for hardware power draw and cost per kWh. Users can customize these assumptions through the Manage Assumptions dashboard found in the Setup and Configuration section of BigFix Power Management.
Hardware Assumptions
Define endpoint power consumption in Active or Standby mode in the Hardware Assumptions tab by specifying fields like Name, System Power Draw, and Monitor Power Draw for hardware including servers and desktops. To customize values, create new assumptions and assign them to specific computer models, either averaging values for all or creating multiple assumptions for accuracy. Manually input data for new tasks and deploy actions after entering Private Key Password.

Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
- Power Management Setup Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
  - Overview
  - Setup and configuration
    Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
    - Quick Start
      Enable and configure Power Management by subscribing to the Power Management Fixlet site and following basic configuration steps in the BigFix console. The Quick Start subnode under Setup and Configuration offers analyses and Fixlets for adjusting Wake-on-LAN, Power Consumption, Standby, and Power Tracking settings, which can be accessed through the List Panel for deployment.
    - Manage Power Tracking
      Manage Power Tracking in the Setup and Configuration node involves configuring, setting, enabling, and updating Power Tracking capabilities, which are optional tasks that can be utilized during the configuration process.
    - Manage Assumptions
      BigFix calculates power consumption based on Active, Idle, Standby, and Off power states, using default assumptions for hardware power draw and cost per kWh. Users can customize these assumptions through the Manage Assumptions dashboard found in the Setup and Configuration section of BigFix Power Management.
      - Global Settings
        Access the Global Settings dialog in the Manage Custom Assumptions Tasks Wizard to set international currency and weight units for your deployment, then click Update Settings to confirm your selections.
      - General Assumptions
        Manage Custom Assumptions Tasks allow users to define the cost and carbon emissions per kWh for their endpoints. Users can set specific values or use default ones, with the option to create multiple assumptions for more accurate deployment based on location.
      - Office Hours Assumptions
        The Office Hours Assumptions tab allows users to define work hours and workdays settings, including start time, end time, and applicable days. Users can create, edit, and delete assumptions within this tab, with default settings from Monday to Friday. To create a new assumption, users can enter a name, define office hours, select workdays, and deploy the task. To delete an existing assumption, users can select and confirm deletion within the tab.
      - Hardware Assumptions
        Define endpoint power consumption in Active or Standby mode in the Hardware Assumptions tab by specifying fields like Name, System Power Draw, and Monitor Power Draw for hardware including servers and desktops. To customize values, create new assumptions and assign them to specific computer models, either averaging values for all or creating multiple assumptions for accuracy. Manually input data for new tasks and deploy actions after entering Private Key Password.
    - Configure Historical Reporting
      Power Management allows users to view historical power usage trends and capture data for reporting purposes. Tasks under Configure Historical Reporting include installing the BES Server Plugin, configuring historical reporting groups, and enabling history tracking on a server for efficient power data management.
    - Configure Client-side Dashboard
      Configure the Client-side Dashboard by enabling and disabling tasks in the navigation tree, creating offers for target machines and users, and applying power profiles without needing to access the Offers tab. Ensure your BES Client version is 8.2.1170.0 or later for this functionality.
    - Enable Wakeup
      Enable Wakeup involves enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility to wake computers according to a defined schedule and send wake-up requests to Last Man Standing computers. It utilizes directed broadcasts without the need for Wake-on-LAN forwarders and supports versions 1.5.30 or later of BESWolMedic.exe. Ensure correct setup of RESTAPI for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above, and be aware of possible network security warnings from the BigFix Server firewall when running the utility.
    - Remove previous version
      When transitioning to the new version of Power Management, it is important to note that the new version uses different collection techniques from the old version. Historical data is not carried over when the old version is removed after installing the new version.
- Power Management User's Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.

Hardware Assumptions

Define endpoint power consumption in Active or Standby mode in the Hardware Assumptions tab by specifying fields like Name, System Power Draw, and Monitor Power Draw for hardware including servers and desktops. To customize values, create new assumptions and assign them to specific computer models, either averaging values for all or creating multiple assumptions for accuracy. Manually input data for new tasks and deploy actions after entering Private Key Password.

Define endpoint power consumption in Active or Standby mode in the Hardware Assumptions tab. The following fields are displayed:

Name
System Power Draw - Active or Standby
Monitor Power Draw - Active or Standby
Applicability to hardware such as servers or desktops
Computers

If you do not have Hardware Assumptions set, you are using default values. To override default values with values specific to your deployment, click New Assumption.

To effectively set assumptions, you must discover the amount of electricity used by your computers. You can determine this amount by plugging systems into an electricity usage device, such as a Kill a Watt electricity usage monitor. Because power usage varies only minimally per computer model, you might want to check power values for representative models. If you have many computer models, you can choose to average the values and assign them to all computers or create multiple assumptions and assign each assumption to the appropriate computers based on their models. The latter approach is more accurate, but it is more time consuming and difficult to maintain over time.

After clicking New Assumption, an additional row displays at the bottom of the window, where you can manually populate fields corresponding to the new task Name, System Power Draw, Monitor Power Draw, and the applicability to different hardware types. When complete, click Create Task, click OK, and enter your Private Key Password. Click in the Actions box of the task window to deploy the action.