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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.

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.

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.

BigFix calculates power consumption by measuring the amount of time a computer spends in Active, Idle, Standby, and Off power states, and factoring in 'assumptions' for hardware power draw and endpoint cost per kWh. Power Management uses default values based on experience and research with typical computers manufactured in the last few years and average CO2 and electricity costs. You can choose the default values or you can override them with known values specific to your computers and costs.

You use the Manage Assumptions dashboard for customizing your deployment through assumptions. The Manage Assumptions dashboard can be found in the navigation tree under Setup and Configuration/Manage Assumptions/Manage Custom Assumptions Tasks.

Note: Managing Assumptions is an optional feature in BigFix Power Management. If you do not set custom assumptions, default assumptions are used.