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Creating physical groups
11 Managing physical grouping of infrastructure devices in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
6. Click Finish. The Aisle 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.
1.7 Creating Rack physical group
The Rack type physical group represents a single enclosure that accommodates multiple infrastructure
devices. A rack has a fixed unit size, which cannot change unless it is physically replaced in the data
center. Any device can only be placed inside a rack, and hence, creating a rack group is mandatory to
organize devices in a physical hierarchical structure.
1. Click PLUGIN GROUPS > Physical Hierarchy > Data Center >Room > Aisle >Create New
Physical Group option to launch Physical Group creation wizard to provide the physical group’s
information.
Create New Physical Group Wizard - Rack
2. Provide Name and Description for the Rack.
3. Select the Group Hierarchy as Rack and Parent Group as Room/Aisle/DC/default.
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. Provide Space Capacity (U-SIZE) for rack management purpose.
7. Click Finish. The Rack 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.