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Table Of Contents
- 1 Creating physical groups
- 2 Editing physical groups
- 3 Adding devices in physical groups
- 4 Creating physical group through CSV file
- 5 Reorganizing devices in physical groups
- 6 Removing devices from physical groups
- 7 Visualizing Headroom and Underutilized Racks
- 8 Visualizing racks of physical groups
- 9 Deleting physical groups
- 10 Physical group reports
- 11 Conclusion
- 12 Technical support and resources
Creating physical groups
10 Managing physical grouping of infrastructure devices in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Create New Physical Group Wizard – Room
2. Provide Name and Description for the Room.
3. Select the Group Hierarchy as Room and Parent group as DC or default with the defined power
capacity.
4. Provide the Power Capacity (W) as maximum defined power consumption of the physical group.
5. Power Capacity (BTU/Hr) will calculated and displayed based on the Power Capacity (W).
6. Click Finish. The Room physical group is created successfully.
The API to create a physical group is: https://<IP>/api/GroupService/Actions/GroupService.CreateGroup
For more information about the Power Manager APIs, see the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
API document available on the support site.
1.6 Creating Aisle physical group
The Aisle type physical group represents an aisle or a row of racks. You can have multiple aisles based
on the actual layout of the racks in a data center.
1. Click PLUGIN GROUPS > Physical Hierarchy > Data Center >Room >Create New Physical
Group option to launch Physical Group creation wizard to provide the physical group’s
information.
Create New Physical Group Wizard - Aisle
2. Provide Name and Description for the Aisle.
3. Select the Group Hierarchy as Aisle and Parent Group as room/DC/Default with the defined
power capacity.
4. Provide the Power Capacity (W) as maximum defined power consumption of the physical group.
5. Power Capacity (BTU/Hr) will calculated and displayed based on the Power Capacity (W).