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Creating physical groups
9 Managing physical grouping of infrastructure devices in OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
1.4 Creating datacenter physical group
The Datacenter type physical group represents the entire data center. If you plan to manage multiple
datacenters in a single console, then ensure that you create multiple data center physical groups.
1. Click PLUGIN GROUPS > Physical Hierarchy >Create New Physical Group option to launch
physical group creation wizard to provide the physical group’s information.
Create New Physical Group Wizard – Data Center
2. Provide Name and Description for the group.
3. Each physical group and their siblings in a physical group hierarchy are identified by a unique
name.
4. Select the Group Hierarchy as Data Center and Parent Group with the defined power capacity.
5. Provide the Power Capacity (W) as maximum defined power consumption of the physical group.
6. Power Capacity (BTU/Hr) is calculated and displayed based on the Power Capacity (W).
7. Click Finish. The Datacenter 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.
1.5 Creating Room physical group
The Room type physical group represents sections inside a data center. Use this group to represent a
room or a floor which is physically separated from its peers.
1. Click PLUGIN GROUPS > Physical Hierarchy > Data Center >Create New Physical Group
option to launch Physical Group creation wizard to provide the physical group’s information.