Creating a Rack

A rack target serves as a container for other hardware targets that are managed by Enterprise Controller. To create a rack, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to Enterprise Manager.

2. Under Setup, click Add Target, then click Add Targets Manually.

3. In the Overview section, click Add Targets using Guided Process.

4. In the Add Using Guided Process screen, scroll down to Systems Infrastructure Rack, then click Add.

5. In the Systems Infrastructure Rack Discovery screen, enter the required information.

   1. In the Target Name field, enter a name for the rack.

   2. In the Type field, select the type of rack and additional information if required.

   3. (Optional) You can also set additional information, such as Location, in the Global Properties section.

6. Click Add in the top right corner of the screen. Once the job is successfully run, an empty rack is created. You can now navigate to the rack landing screen and add hardware targets to the rack. The following figure is an image of an empty rack.

   Figure 36-2 Empty Rack

   
   Description of "Figure 36-2 Empty Rack"

Creating a Rack Using Command Line Interface

You can create a rack using the command line interface.

Perform the following steps to create a rack using CLI:

1. Open the command line interface on the host where OMS is running.

2. Log in to emcli using the following command: emcli login –username=<your user name>

3. Type the password when prompted.

4. Execute emcli sync.

5. Add a new rack using the following command:

   emcli add_target \

   -name="Name of your Rack" \

   -type=oracle_si_rack \

   -subseparator=properties='=' \

   -separator=properties=';' \

   -properties='EngineeredSystemId=SomeID;RackType=SomeType;RackSubtype=SomeSubtype;TotalSlots=42'

6. Set the following in the emcli add_target command:

   • Replace Name of your Rack with name of your Rack

   • Set values for properties

Properties of Rack

Rack has four properties, namely, EngineeredSystemId, RackType, RackSubtype, and TotalSlots. See Table 36-2 for description of the properties.

Table 36-2 Properties Description

Property	Description	Allowed Values	Mandatory	Note
EngineeredSystemId	Unique identifier of an Engineered System	Arbitrary string	No	Does not have to be provided if Rack is standalone not belonging to some Engineered System
RackType	Rack Type (Generic 42U Cabinet or well-known type e.g. Oracle Exalogic, SPARC SuperCluster, or Oracle Database Appliance)	GENERIC: Generic 42U rack cabinet EXALOGIC: Exalogic Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet EXADATA: Exadata Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet SUPERCLUSTER: SuperCluster Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet BIGDATA: Oracle Big Data Appliance Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet OPCA: Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet ZDLRA: Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet EXADATA_STORAGE_EXPANSION: Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Sun Rack II 42U rack cabinet	Yes	Provide GENERIC if Rack is standalone not belonging to some Engineered System
RackSubtype	Optional specification of the RackType size according to Rack Type. For example, Full, Quarter etc. This property is applicable only for Engineered Systems racks.	UNDEFINED FULL HALF QUARTER EIGHTH	No	NA
TotalSlots	Total count of slots in the rack.	42	Yes	Rack with 42 slots only is supported.

Following is a sample command to create a generic rack:

emcli add_target \

-name="Name of your Rack" \

-type=oracle_si_rack \

-subseparator=properties='=' \

-separator=properties=';' \

-properties=RackType=GENERIC;TotalSlots=42'