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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
Removing devices from physical groups
34 Managing physical grouping of infrastructure devices in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Note: When the device is removed from the rack, it is still monitored in Power Manager if it is added as an
individual device in Power Manager.
6.2 Disassociating a PDU from a rack
This operation is to remove the association of a PDU with a rack after it is physically removed from a rack.
A PDU is removed from a rack if it is being decommissioned or if it is associated with another rack in the
data center.
1. Click PLUGIN GROUPS > Physical Hierarchy > Rack > Manage Rack option to Manage Rack
2. Click Manage Rack wizard to add devices to specific rack slots, rearrange devices within a rack,
remove devices from a rack, and associate supported devices with a rack.
3. To disassociate a discovered PDU with a rack in OpenManage Enterprise, click Associate
Device tab.
Associative device list
The API to view all the PDU devices that are associated to a specific rack:
https://<IP>/api/PowerService/PhysicalGroups/GroupDetails(GroupID)/AssociatedDevices
For more information about the Power Manager APIs, see the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
API document available on the support site.
1. Select the PDU’s from the list and click Remove Devices.
2. In the confirmation page, click Yes. The devices are disassociated from the rack.
Disassociate device - confirmation box
The API to remove device from a physical group at the rack level:
https://<IP>/api//PowerService/PhysicalGroups/Actions/PhysicalGroup.RemoveMemberDevices
For more information about the Power Manager APIs, see the OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
API document available on the support site.