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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
8 Managing physical grouping of infrastructure devices in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Group
Hierarchy
Defines the category
under Parent Group
Yes
• Data Center
• Room
• Aisle
• Rack
Parent
Group
Represents the high-
level hierarchy for the
physical group
Yes
• Physical Hierarchy
• Previously created Physical Groups
Power
Capacity (W)
Provide the maximum
defined power
consumption of the
physical group.
Yes, only for the
Rack group.
Optional for data
center, room, and
aisle groups.
Recommended limit: 1–629365631
Space
Capacity (U-
SIZE)
Provide the rack
capacity for rack
management purpose.
Note: This option is
only applicable for
Racks.
Yes
Recommended limit: 1U – 80U
Note: If you are logging in as a Device Manager, only the device groups and devices that are in your
scope are available for viewing and management. For example, if you are logging in as a Device Manager
DM1 user, you can view only the devices and groups that are assigned to a Device Manager DM1 user.
1.3 Physical group hierarchy menu
1. Log in to Dell EMC Open Manage Enterprise and navigate to Devices page.
2. On the Devices page, in the left pane, expand the PLUGIN GROUPS section.
3. In the Physical Hierarchy section, click more options, and then click Create New Physical
Group.
4. Each physical group and their siblings in a physical group hierarchy are identified by a unique
name.
Create new physical group