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8 Importing Physical Groups and Device Association from a CSV file
The individual elements in a row in the predefined order are:
<DATA-CENTER NAME>,<ROOM NAME>,<AISLE NAME>,<RACK NAME>,<RACK POWER
CAPACITY>,<RACK SIZE>,<RACK SLOT NUMBER>,<DEVICE SERVICE TAG>
Below is a sample for your reference:
DC1,Room1,Aisle1,Rack1,100,42,1,GMJ3GL2
DC1,Room1,Aisle1,Rack1,100,42,3,BN1JR42
DC1,,Aisle1,Rack1,100,21,4,D4QBBS2
DC1,,,Rack1,100,21,10,6SM09X2
,Room1,Aisle1,Rack1,100,48,1,BCF5GY1
,Room1,,Rack1,100,48,5,H2CHH32
,,Aisle1,Rack1,100,48,4,DR6R7C2
,,,Rack1,100,24,4,G72SQ12
,,Aisle4,Rack4,100,24,4,CQ2RG52
The following sections provide details about these elements.
1.4 CSV Column Specification
Following are the list of columns that you can specify in the CSV file. Column names are case-insensitive.
And, absence of any of these columns does not result in any error.
DATA_CENTER
Description
Name of the Data Center to use
Value Types
String
Required
No
Constraints
Created if non-existent.
ROOM
Description
Name of the Room
Value Types
String
Required
No
Constraints
Created if non-existent.