Intelligent Power Manager capability overview by license

Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) offers three levels of licenses: Monitor, Basic and Gold. IPM Gold is our premium offering and provides the most complete set of capabilities, including the ability to monitor and trigger actions via third-party power devices in addition to Eaton equipment.

Standard features	Included with Monitor, Basic and Gold: Up to 500 supported UPS nodes Up to 200 supported rack PDU nodes Monitor third-party devices Event-based PDU outlet control Discover third-party devices from one dashboard Customize the data monitored from your device using generic drivers
Virtualized features	Included with Basic and Gold: Shut down server and host without crashing Shut down storage module to keep data safe Group multiple devices to be acted on as a single device with configuration policies Enter and exit maintenance mode Plugin for VMware vCenter Plugin for Citrix XenCenter Limit server power consumption to save on battery and fuel costs during a catastrophe by power capping on demand Trigger an advanced action (power cap, load shed, failover) on configured policies (groups of devices) during specific power events with a single command Safely shut down and securely restore high availability environments without crashing virtual machines or host server
	Included with Gold: Monitor and trigger actions via third-party devices Shut down specific virtual machines during a power event no matter what physical machine they are on Migrate virtual machines to targeted hosts and shut down the non-critical server to conserve energy Shut down or suspend a virtual appliance Automatically back up data during a power event to avoid data loss using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Monitor and manage the health, risk and efficiency of your power infrastructure by integrating into VMware’s vRealize Operations Manager