Configuring a Rack and Placing Components

After you create the rack, you can put assets in the rack so that Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can present them and manage them as if it were a physical asset.

The rack asset is a group that includes other managed assets installed in the physical rack, such as servers or compute nodes, storage arrays or appliances, switches, and power distribution units (PDU).

Creating a Rack

Procedure to create a rack and place assets into the rack.

1. Expand Assets in the Navigation pane and select Racks.
2. Click Create Rack in the Action pane.
3. Enter the name for the rack.
4. For a rack containing an Oracle Engineered System, specify the serial number of the rack.
5. Enter the total number of slots in the rack. A full rack has 42 slots. Default to 42.
6. You have the option to place assets into the rack immediately after this procedure ends or to perform this task at a later time.
7. Enter a description for this rack.
8. Add semantic tags that are appropriate for this rack.
9. Click Create Rack to submit the job.

Use the Place/Remove Assets in Rack action and the Place/Remove PDU in Rack action to specify each asset in the physical rack and its location in the rack so that Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can represent the physical rack accurately to remote users.

Placing Assets in a Rack

The rack asset is a group that includes the managed assets installed in the physical rack, such as servers or compute nodes, storage arrays or appliances, switches, and power distribution units (PDU).

Use the Place/Remove Assets in Rack action and the Place/Remove PDU in Rack action to specify each asset in the physical rack and its location in the rack so that Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can represent the physical rack accurately to users who cannot examine the rack. Update the type and location of the assets in the rack asset when the configuration of the physical rack changes.

Placing a Power Distribution Unit in a Rack

Procedure to place a power distribution unit in a rack.

1. Expand Assets in the Navigation pane and select Racks from the Resource Management Views.
2. Select the rack.
3. Click Place/Remove Assets in Rack in the Actions pane or click the Details tab to navigate to the icon. The Place Assets in name Rack window opens, which displays a list of all managed assets in the physical rack. You can filter the list by type or attribute.
4. Click an asset and then enter its slot number.
5. Click Place Asset in Rack. The Assets in the Rack pane is updated to show the location.
6. Continue to select assets and place them in the rack.
7. To change an asset's slot, select it and click Edit Placement. Enter a new slot number.
8. To remove an asset, select it and click Remove Asset. The asset is deleted from the Assets in the Rack pane and is available to be placed.
9. When you are satisfied with the configuration displayed in the Assets in the Rack pane, click Submit.

To add PDUs to the rack asset, use the Place/Remove PDUs action in the same way. Select the rack and the action. The assets you have placed in the rack are shown in the Assets in Rack pane. Add each PDU.