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 24-2 Empty Rack

    Description of Figure 24-2 follows
    Description of "Figure 24-2 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 24-2 for description of the properties.

Table 24-2 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'