Owner's Manual

10. Click Apply.

Adding a Custom Group

A custom group represents an association of similar devices. For example, you might create a custom group of email or

print/file servers.

1. Click Groups in the left pane.

2. To select where in the parent-child hierarchy to add the group, do one of the following:

– To add the group at the highest parent level, make sure no groups are selected.

– To add a group as a child, click the parent group under which the new group should be nested.

3. Click Add.

4. Select Add a New Group.

5. Select a Group Type of

Custom

6. Enter the Number to Add; for example, you might want to create one data center or five racks.

7. Enter a Name the you will use to identify the group for future use.

8. Enter a Description of what the group contains.

9. Click Apply.

Adding Existing Group(s) as the Child of a Parent Group

1. Click Groups in the left pane.

2. In the column structure, click the parent group to which the child group will be added.

3. Click Add.

4. Select Add an Existing Group.

5. Select the child group(s) to add beneath the parent group.

6. Click Apply.

Adding Existing Device(s) as the Child of a Parent Group

After a device is discovered or manually added to Power Center, you can add it to a group.

NOTE: Racks are special groups. To add a device to a rack, select the rack, click Manage, and select the slot to

which you want to add the device. Click Add to Rack Slot, then click Apply.

To add multiple devices to the selected rack, click Batch Add, then click Apply.

To add devices to a parent group, perform the following steps:

1. Click Groups in the left pane.

2. Click the parent group to which you want to add the device.

3. Click Add.

4. Select Add an Existing Device.

5. Select one or more devices to add to the group.

6. Click Apply.